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Upham's Corner Market

The Upham's Corner Market is an historic commercial building at 600 Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is actually three separate buildings built c. 1919, 1923, and 1926. They were built by brothers John and Paul Cifrino, who were Italian immigrants. They established a small neighborhood grocery store in 1915, before building this series of buildings to house what became an early supermarket. After the third section was built, the store had 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of space, and was the largest store of its kind in the city, serving a nearby population of more than 250,000. The buildings have been converted to mixed commercial and residential use. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts References
Urias Hardy House

The Urias Hardy House is a historic house at 50 Brown Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Description and history Urias Hardy was an overseer at the nearby Arlington Mills. The Brown Street house, built in 1900, is a fine example of the large single-family home constructed during a time of rapid middle class expansion. The larger more elaborate home is in contrast to the smaller worker houses being built closer to the mills. The Hardy House was built during a period when Methuen became a "bedroom" community for the more urban Lawrence, and is associated with the last period of single-family house building prior to World War II. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References
Ursuline Academy (Dedham, Massachusetts)

Ursuline Academy is a private Catholic school located in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. It provides education in all areas for young women in grades 7–12 and offers over 20 clubs and 15 varsity sports. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is sponsored by the Ursuline Educational Foundation. The academy occupies a 28-acre campus. History The first Ursuline Academy in the Boston area opened in Charlestown in 1819 by the Ursuline Sisters. After the Ursuline Convent riots, the Ursulines left Boston. They would not return until the 1940s when they were invited by Cardinal Richard Cushing to open a new school for girls. In 1957, the growing school relocated to its present site in an estate on Dedham's Federal Hill. On October 18, 2024, a mass was held in the schools gymnasium to mark the transfer of sponsorship from the Ursuline Sisters to the Ursuline Education Foundation, a lay-led organization. During the mass, a silver ciborium was transferred from Sister Elisa Ryan, the prioress of the Ursuline Sisters of the Central Province, to Kate Levesque, the head of school. The ciborium was originally used by the French Navy in the 1700s and eventually was given to a Boston priest, possibly Bishop Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus. It was used in the Charlestown convent before the riot, and was saved when a group of sisters hid it below a clump of asparagus in the garden. It eventually made its way into the Boston College archives before being returned to Ursuline Academy for the transfer of sponsorship. Athletics Ursuline Academy competes at the Division III or IV level (dependent on the sport) within the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. Teams are offered at the Junior High (grades 7 and 8), JV, and Varsity levels. In the fall, cross country, field hockey, soccer, swimming and diving, and volleyball are offered. Winter sports include basketball, downhill skiing, ice hockey, and indoor track. The spring sports are golf, lacrosse, sailing, softball, tennis, and track and field. Notable alumna Marian Walsh, Massachusetts State Senator See also History of education in Dedham, Massachusetts References External links Ursuline Academy Massachusetts Department of Education directory profile
Vamp Building

The Vamp Building is a historic factory building at 3-15 Liberty Square in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The eight-story brick building was built in 1903 as the Lynn Realty Company Building #4 to a design by local architect Henry Warren Rogers, and was extended over the next four years to occupy the entire city block bounded by Washington Street, Union Street, and Liberty Square. The "flatiron" V-shape of the building was the basis for its name, as it resembles the shape of the vamp of a shoe. The building served in its early years as a home for all manner of businesses related to the manufacture of shoes. At the time of its construction it was the largest brick building of its kind in the world. The building suffered relatively little damage in the fire of November 28, 1981, losing only its top floor. The strong construction and newly installed sprinkler system were credited with limiting the scope of destruction of the fire, preventing the blaze from reaching farther into the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and is one of three registered buildings in Lynn designed by Henry Warren Rogers. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts Vamp (shoe), the upper part of a shoe References
Varnum School

The Varnum School is a historic former school building in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was built in 1857, and was the first school built in the city's Centralville section after it was annexed to the city in 1851. The building was altered with a minor addition added in 1886, and a substantial Classical Revival addition was made in 1896. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Vacant since the 2000s, it is now owned by a developer, and is slated for conversion to housing units. Description and history The Varnum School building is set on the south side of Sixth Street, between Myrtle and Beech Streets in the city's Centralville neighborhood, located just across the Merrimack River from its central business district. It is a three-story brick structure, with two large sections joined by a smaller one. The section facing the street is a Classical Revival structure, three stories high, with a hip roof and a projecting gable-roofed center section. Its corners are articulated by brick pilasters with stone capitals, and its windows have granite sills and lintels. The third-floor windows are round-arched, while the others are regular sash. The cornice and the pedimented gable are modillioned. This section was built in 1896 to a design by Arthur M. Burtt. Behind this section is a narrow two-story section, which joins the front section to the school's original 1857 structure, a two-story gable-roofed structure with Greek Revival styling. The slate roof is pierced by several dormers, and is topped by a cupola. A south-facing entrance is sheltered by a flat-roof portico supported by square columns. The gabled side elevations are divided by pilasters at the corners and in the center, and the gable end is fully pedimented, with a half-round window at the center. The Centralville area was originally part of Dracut, but its proximity to Lowell's business and industrial centers brought it economically and socially closer to that community. In 1851 the area was annexed to the city. A school was built near this site in the 1830s by Joseph Bradley Varnum and his son, Benjamin Franklin Varnum, who owned a boarding house on the site of this building. When built in 1857, this school was the city's first elementary school in which students were separated by grade. Population growth in the area prompted the 1886 addition of two classrooms (now the center connecting section), and the eight-room 1897 addition, which is now the dominant part of the building. The building was used as a school into the 2000s. The city sold it to a private developer, who is planning a residential conversion. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts References
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)

The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge connecting Somerset, Massachusetts and Fall River, Massachusetts. The bridge carries U.S. Route 6 and Route 138 over the Taunton River, with connecting ramps to Route 79, and includes a bike path on its north side. The $290 million bridge was dedicated to area veterans on September 11, 2011. The bike path was also dedicated in a separate ceremony that same day in honor of Pvt. Michael E. Bouthot, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2006. The Veterans Memorial Bridge now serves as the pathway for Route 6 and Route 138 to cross the river into Fall River. Other than the Berkley-Dighton Bridge 8½ miles to the north, it is the only non-highway bridge spanning the river between Fall River and Taunton. Along with the Braga Bridge, it is one of the two major crossings of the river. This has led to the bridge having vital importance anytime there is a problem on the Braga; since the northern detour takes approximately twenty miles and the southern detour (over the Mount Hope Bridge and the Sakonnet River Bridge) is over twenty-five miles, it immediately becomes the major path for people coming in and out of the city, and vice versa. Name Before being named, this bridge was known as the replacement Brightman Street Bridge. The name "Miguel Corte-Real Bridge" was also suggested for use on the new bridge. On November 13, 2009, Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2009 became law, officially naming this bridge the Veterans Memorial Bridge. History Planning for this bridge started no later than 1998, but was delayed due to its funding being siphoned off by the Big Dig project. Construction finally began in May 2007. After much delay, the dedication ceremony for the bridge occurred on September 11, 2011. The westbound lanes opened to traffic on September 12, 2011, with the eastbound lanes opening on October 11, 2011. Gallery Bridge features The Veterans Memorial Bridge features upgrades from the previous Brightman Street Bridge, including a much wider walkway/bikeway and fishing pier. The center span is also significantly taller and wider than the Brightman's, decreasing the frequency of traffic delays from the bridge opening due to a passing boat underneath. See also List of crossings of the Taunton River References External links MassHighway project status page Deep Foundations Institute article (commercial) Jay Cashman Marine project portfolio page Brightman Street Bridge at Structurae
Veterans Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, Massachusetts)

Veterans Memorial Stadium is a 9,000 seat stadium in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The stadium is located adjacent to the Lawrence High School. The venue opened in 1927 and was renovated in 2006. It currently serves as the home field for the Lawrence High School Lancers and the Central Catholic High School Raiders sports teams including football, soccer, lacrosse, and outdoor track and field. The stadium is also home to the semi-pro football team Merrimack Valley Maulers of the New England Football League. The Stadium has hosted national drum corps competition every summer since its renovation. It also hosts the New England Scholastic Band Association Finals for marching band every year. It was considered as a possible new location for the New Hampshire Phantoms minor league soccer club of the USL Second Division; The club eventually decided to stay in New Hampshire. External links Article on venues re-opening Article on possible move of Phantoms
Vickery-Baylies House

The Vickery-Baylies House is a historic house located at 56 Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Description and history The 2+1⁄2-story, wood-framed house was built in 1830, most likely by one of the city's local mill owners. The house is one of only two large-scale Greek Revival houses (the other is the Tisdale-Morse House) to survive from that period. Charles Vickery, whose family owned it for much of the second half of the 19th century, was the son of a ship's captain, and a merchant and banker in the city. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts References
Vine Lake Cemetery

Vine Lake Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Main Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. First established in 1651, this 32-acre (13 ha) cemetery has grown and evolved over the centuries, and remains the town's only public cemetery. Its sections include the original colonial burying ground, a section in the rural cemetery style fashionable in the 19th century, and modern sections laid out in the 20th century. The oldest dated marker is from 1661. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Vine Lake Cemetery (Medfield, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons Vine Lake Cemetery at Find a Grave
Merrimack Athletics Complex

The Merrimack Athletics Complex is the home of the Merrimack College Warriors athletics teams. It has a basketball court and hockey arena. Hammel Court, located in the Volpe Athletic Center, is the home of the men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the volleyball team. Lawler Rink is the home of the Division I Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey team, which had won the 1978 Division II national title before transitioning to Division I and joining the Hockey East Conference. The athletic center is named for S. Peter Volpe, a member of the college's Board of Trustees and benefactor. His construction company was responsible for the building of the McQuade Library on campus. His brother, John Volpe, was U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Richard M. Nixon. The hockey arena is named for J. Thom Lawler, former coach of the men's hockey team who died in 1978 at age 44, just after leading the team to their first national title. The basketball/volleyball court is named after former men's basketball head coach Bert Hammel who was part of the program for 40+ years. The complex also contains all athletic department offices, The Sports Medicine and Health Sciences Center, Academic Innovation Center, a Strength and Conditioning Center and the Merrimack Athletics Hall of Fame. Renovations Over the summer and winter break of 2010, extensive renovation was done on the arena. The wooden bench seating was completely replaced with seatback chair seating and a student bleacher section was installed behind the visiting goalie's side. The "tin foil" insulation was removed from the roof as well. Seating capacity did decrease, however. A major expansion was completed in 2013 that included a second ice rink, a franchise food location, and a campus bookstore. A new scoreboard/jumbrotron was added prior to the 2022-23 season. Extensive renovations were also completed in the fall of 2023 including the addition of a brand new pavilion area. Funding was provided by Richard H’15 and Susanna Gallant. Lawler Basketball Configuration Merrimack Men's Basketball played their first ever game at Lawler Arena during the 2021-22 season when they hosted Lehigh. Since then the arena has become a two-sport venue with the ability to change between hockey and basketball like many NHL/NBA arenas. The configuration ups the arena’s capacity from 2,549 to 3,000. References External links Merrimack Athletics Complex Lawler Rink Hammel Court
W. A. Mason House

The W. A. Mason House is an historic house at 87 Raymond Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1846 and extended to the rear in 1867, giving it a T shape. Its massing is Italianate as are its decorative window hoods, but its corner pilasters give it a Greek Revival character. The main entrance is accessed through a single-story porch occupying the front crook of the T. W. A. Mason, for whom it was built, was a city surveyor who was responsible for surveying and platting a significant amount of the city in the 19th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References
WCIS Bank

The WCIS Bank is a historic and unusual bank building at 365 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is fashioned out of two separate buildings, each of which has served as a home for the Worcester County Institution for Savings, the county's first chartered savings bank (in 1828). The older part of the building, from c. 1851, is at the corner of Foster and Norwich Street, and was built as a joint venture between the bank's parent, the Worcester Bank, and the Boston and Worcester Rail Road. It is a granite structure three stories high, decorated in Italianate styling. It originally featured windows with broken-scrolled pediments on the second story, and bracketed flat hoods over the windows on the third story, but these and other details were compromised by stuccoing done in the 1960s. The WCIS moved to a newly-constructed building at the corner of Main and Foster (365 Main Street) in 1906. This is also a granite three story building, with large Doric columns in the center of its main facade. These front the main banking hall, which is located in the building's center. Needing additional space, the bank repurchased the Foster Street building, and joined the two together in 1953. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Worcester County Institute for Savings was established in 1828, and remained in close association with its parent organization, the Worcester Bank, until 1903. The bank's presidents include a number of Worcester luminaries, including Daniel Waldo, Alexander Bullock, Stephen Salisbury II, and Stephen Salisbury III. The bank was merged into the First National Bank of Boston in 1994. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References
Waban station

Waban station is a surface-level light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line D branch, located just south of Beacon Street at Waban Square in the Waban section of Newton, Massachusetts. The station is located below grade; access to both platforms is via Wyman Street on the outbound side of the tracks or a stairway from Beacon Street. Waban station was made accessible in October 2024; additional reconstruction is planned. It is the least-used station on the D branch, averaging 545 daily boardings by a 2011 count. History Waban formerly boasted an H.H. Richardson-designed train station, like those still standing in Newton Highlands and Newton Centre. The original station was completed in August 1886 as part of the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland branch and was one of the last stations designed by Richardson before his death in April 1886. In June 1957, the Massachusetts Legislature approved the purchase of the branch by the M.T.A. from the nearly-bankrupt New York Central Railroad for conversion to a trolley line. Service ended on May 31, 1958. The line was quickly converted for trolley service, and the line including Beaconsfield station reopened on July 4, 1959. The station was demolished. The M.T.A. was folded into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in August 1964. The station has two MBTA ticket machines for reloading stored-value CharlieCards and buying CharlieTickets, as well one fare validation machine. All three are enclosed in a heated passenger shed near the center of the inbound platform. On May 28, 2008, two westbound Green Line trains collided between Waban and Woodland, killing one person. Accessibility In 2019, the MBTA indicated that the four remaining non-accessible stops on the D branch were "Tier I" accessibility priorities. A preliminary design contract for accessibility modifications at the four stations was issued in February 2021. Design reached 75% in June 2022 and was completed late that year. Plans shown in March 2024 called for the platforms to be rebuilt in their existing configuration. By November 2023, construction was expected to be advertised in early 2024 and begin midyear. However, in June 2024, the MBTA indicated that the renovations at the four stations would be done in two phases. The first phase added sections of accessible platform similar to those previously installed at Newton Highlands; some entrances were made accessible. Construction at the four stations took place primarily over the weekends of October 5–6 and 19–20, 2024, leaving them "generally accessible". By late 2024, full reconstructions were expected to take place in 2026–2027 to serve new Type 10 vehicles. As of December 2025, final design work is "pending determination of final scope". References External links Media related to Waban station at Wikimedia Commons MBTA - Waban
Waban (Metro de Boston)

Waban es una estación en el Ramal D de la línea Verde del Metro de Boston. La estación se encuentra localizada en Beacon Street y Waban Square en Boston, Massachusetts.​ La estación Waban fue inaugurada el 4 de julio de 1959. La Autoridad de Transporte de la Bahía de Massachusetts es la encargada por el mantenimiento y administración de la estación. Descripción La estación Waban cuenta con 2 plataformas laterales y 2 vías. Conexiones La estación es abastecida por las siguientes conexiones: Rutas de autobuses: ninguna Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Waban. Estación Waban Líneas y estaciones del Metro de Boston
Wachusett Dam

The Wachusett Dam in Clinton, Massachusetts, impounds the Nashua River, creating the Wachusett Reservoir. Construction started in 1897 and was completed in 1905. It is part of the Nashua River Watershed. This dam is part of greater Boston's water system, maintained and controlled by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). It discharges into the Nashua River. When it was completed in 1905, the Wachusett Reservoir was the largest public water supply reservoir in the world. At that time, the Wachusett Reservoir Dam was the largest gravity dam in the world as well. Construction The Metropolitan Water Board selected the south branch of the Nashua River in Clinton as the best site for Boston's new water supply over New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Maine's Sebago Lake, and the Merrimack River. Churches, factories, homes, and schools within the valley had to be knocked down or moved. Roads and rail lines had to be relocated; a railroad tunnel and trestle had to be built in order to relocate the Central Massachusetts Railroad, and over four thousand bodies had to be dug up and moved in the local Catholic cemetery. The project brought thousands of immigrants to the area for work. The dam created the world's largest water supply reservoir at the time. It is still considered the largest "hand dug" dam in the world today. Early problems A static liquefaction flow failure occurred in the upstream slope of the North Dike of Wachusett Dam near Clinton, Massachusetts on April 11, 1907 during the first reservoir filling. The fine sands of the upstream dike shell liquefied and flowed approximately 100 meters horizontally into the reservoir. Gallery See also Wachusett Aqueduct National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References External links Wachusett Dam at Structurae USGS Archived September 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine