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Benjamin Punchard House

The Benjamin Punchard House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. Located in the center of Andover, it now houses a bank. The house was built in 1846 by Benjamin Punchard, a successful merchant and shopkeeper. Punchard built the house on the site of a Federal style house he had previously occupied, which was moved to 33 High Street, and is known as the Abiel Pearson House. The house he designed has a number of distinctive characteristics, include a number of early Italianate details. Punchard died a wealthy man, and the town's high school was named for him. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References
Benjamin Stickney Cable Memorial Hospital

The Benjamin Stickney Cable Memorial Hospital is a historic hospital building at the junction of Massachusetts routes 1A and 133 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S. The Colonial Revival building was built in 1917, following an extended fundraising effort, begun in 1906 and pushed further along by philanthropist and Castle Hill owner Richard T. Crane, Jr., after the 1915 death in a car accident of his friend, Benjamin Stickney Cable. Crane purchased the land on which the building sits and made a further donation of $145,000 to the construction fund. The building was designed by noted hospital architect Edward F. Stevens in a Georgian Revival style designed to harmonize with the rich colonial heritage of Ipswich. The original part of the building is a 2+1⁄2-story brick-and-terracotta structure in the shape of an H. A major addition in 1961 added a wing to the east side of the building, doubling the available space from 20 to 41 beds, and a dining hall was built into the slope of a hill on the east side of the patients' terrace at the rear of the original building. The most notable architectural parts of the building interior are Memorial Hall and the patients' day room, both richly detailed with paneled wainscoting, leaded-glass French doors, and ornate crown molding. The hospital closed its doors in 1980, and the building was converted to apartments in the late 1980s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, although the 1961 additions do not contribute to this listing. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Ipswich, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References
Bennett's Meadow Bridge

The Route 10 bridge, also known as Bennett's Meadow Bridge is a 215.5-metre (707 ft) steel stringer bridge crossing the Connecticut River in the town of Northfield, Massachusetts. The bridge carries state highway Route 10 and was built in 1969. History The town of Northfield first authorized a bridge at or near the site of the current bridge in 1810. The bridge was built by a private corporation with the town holding stock. The new bridge was destroyed in a flood after only a few years. A horse boat ferry, known as Bennett's Meadow Ferry, replaced the river crossing. In 1897, the state legislature authorized Franklin County to construct a second bridge at or near the site of the ferry at a cost not to exceed $35,000. The new bridge was designed by Edward Shaw of Boston and was opened to traffic in 1899. The bridge was one of the first bridges erected by a then novel method without the use of false works that has since become standard procedure. The 1899 bridge was later demolished and a third bridge (the current bridge) was constructed just south of the former bridge, resulting also in the slight realignment of the highway. See also List of crossings of the Connecticut River References Bridge Inventory Record on NationalBridges.com. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (1982). MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, Northfield (PDF). Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. External links HAER report on Schell Bridge, August 1990, which also talks quite a bit about this bridge Footnotes
Bennington Street Burying Ground

The Bennington Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Bennington Street, between Swift St. and Harmony St., in East Boston, Massachusetts. The cemetery was established in 1838, in a late version of the traditional rectilinear colonial cemetery, rather than the rural cemetery style that was then just beginning to come into vogue. The cemetery has more than 300 graves, the oldest dating to 1819 (probably a reburial from another location). The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The professional baseball player Red Woodhead was interred at the cemetery in 1881. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Bennington Street Burying Ground at Wikimedia Commons Profile at City of Boston U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bennington Street Cemetery Bennington Street Burying Ground at Find a Grave Media related to Bennington Street Burying Ground at Wikimedia Commons
Berklee Performance Center

The Berklee Performance Center is a 1,215-seat theatre located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest theatre space on the Berklee College of Music campus and is used primarily for college-affiliated activities. Presenters from outside the Berklee community also rent it for performances of all kinds. In 2009, the Berklee Performance Center hosted a total of 200 events. History In 1972, Berklee purchased the Fenway Theatre at 136 Massachusetts Avenue. The 1915 movie palace, designed by Thomas Lamb, was renovated and reopened as the Berklee Performance Center in 1976. Venue uses Berklee College of Music uses the facility to present its most popular and heavily produced student concert events, such as the Singers Showcase and the International Folk Festival. It is also the home of major faculty concerts such as Fall Together, the annual concert by the Jazz Composition Department faculty. Other Berklee-affiliated public events such as ticketed concerts during the Beantown Jazz Festival, produced by the college since 2006, and the Music Series at Berklee, which pairs professional musicians such as Issac Delgado, Don Was, and Gary Burton with student ensembles, are also presented at the Berklee Performance Center. Besides being used extensively by student performers, students enrolled in Music Production and Engineering courses use the theatre's recording studios and video taping facilities in classroom projects. The Berklee Performance Center is also a popular rental venue for presenters of music and performances of all types. Since it opened, a wide range of artists, including Talking Heads, Thomas Dolby, Melissa Ferrick, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, Sonny Rollins, and comedians Bill Maher and Louis C.K. have recorded there. French singer Mireille Mathieu sang here once, on 14 April 1982, during her 1982 World Tour. For the Fall 2012 season, the headliners include Rockapella, Franco Corso, Pentatonix, Glen Hansard, Melody Gardot, Béla Fleck, Snarky Puppy, Clannad, Zoë Keating, Alfie Boe, Henry Rollins, Aimee Mann, and Mary Black. Notes
Berkley–Dighton Bridge (1896)

The third Berkley–Dighton Bridge was a paved one-lane swing-span bridge connecting the towns of Berkley and Dighton, Massachusetts. Built in 1896, it was the third at that location, and was demolished in September and October 2010. Bridges at this location are the only crossing over the Taunton River between the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Fall River and the Weir Street Bridge in Taunton. History The first bridge at the site was built in 1801. There was no bridge on the site from 1853 to 1873. The third bridge was dedicated in 1896 with Luther Dean as the engineer, substructure built by Beattie and Wilcox of Fall River, Massachusetts, and superstructure built by R.F. Hawkins of Springfield, Massachusetts. The bridge as built had two traffic lanes. However, the deterioration of the structure reduced the bridge's weight-bearing capacity, so traffic flow was restricted to one lane. Traffic over the bridge was controlled by traffic signals on each side, which alternately allowed eastbound and westbound traffic to use the single lane. The road approaching the bridge from Dighton (eastbound) is known as Center Street; approaching from Berkley (westbound) it is known as Elm Street. The 1896 bridge was 21.3 feet (6.5 m) wide, and stood seven feet above mean high tide. It had a posted weight limit of 3 short tons (2.7 t) at the end of its useful life. Proposals to replace the bridge were discussed for many years, starting no later than 1975. The Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) replaced the Berkley–Dighton Bridge because it was seriously structurally deficient, its gears often jamming in the open position, forcing travelers miles to the north or south, and the inability for the bridge to handle emergency vehicles. The MHD estimated (2001 data) that 6,200 cars crossed the bridge each day. Bridge upgrade plans met with opposition for a variety of reasons, particularly concerns about the impact on local traffic. Commercial trucks were not allowed to use this bridge. Also, the traffic lights were only triggered by cars stopping on a line in the road. This was very problematic for people not familiar with the bridge. Opening the bridge The towns of Dighton and Berkley paid a bridge tender to open the bridge as needed. Originally, the bridge was opened with a giant crank. The Dighton highway department installed a motor in the 1960s, though a tender was still required to grease the gears, unlock the bridge, remove some pins, and pull some switches to operate the mechanism. Fourth bridge The current bridge is a fixed structure which opened on 28 August 2015. See also Berkley-Dighton Bridge - current bridge List of crossings of the Taunton River References External links Berkley-Dighton Bridge at Structurae
Berkshire Mall (Massachusetts)

Berkshire Mall was a shopping mall located in Lanesborough, Massachusetts outside Pittsfield. The mall was built in 1988 and closed in 2019. It could be reached from both Route 8 and U.S. Route 7. As of 2025, the mall's one remaining tenant is the Target anchor store. History The mall opened on September 21, 1988. The original anchor stores at the mall were Hills (later Ames), JCPenney, Sears, Service Merchandise, and local chain Steiger's. Steiger's sold its locations to Filene's (later Macy's) in 1994. Service Merchandise closed in 1999. The building was razed and replaced with Best Buy and Linens 'n Things in 2002. Ames closed in 2001, and was replaced with a Target in January 2006. An Old Navy store was added to the mall in 2000. In 2016, Strategic Mall Services (operating as Berkshire Mall LLC) sold the mall to Kohan Retail Property Group. On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced their anchor store would close. On March 17, 2017, JCPenney announced their anchor store would close. On November 2, 2017, Sears announced their anchor store would close. On May 28, 2019, the mall concourse closed, leaving only Target and Regal Cinemas open. On February 1, 2022, it was reported that Regal Cinemas had closed, leaving only Target open. In April 2023, it was reported that the owners of the property were in negotiations with new tenants who wish to convert the former mall retail space into an indoor cannabis cultivation facility. In October 2023, it was announced that these plans had been scrapped due to a slowing cannabis market, in favor of plans for a complex of 400–600 apartments for older people. References
Berkshire Medical Center

Berkshire Medical Center is a mid-sized non-profit community hospital located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The hospital is part of Berkshire Health Systems, a three-hospital healthcare system operating in Western Massachusetts. In 2022, the hospital reported 198 staffed beds, almost 12,000 discharges, and over 15,000 emergency department visits. History The hospital's history goes back to the original House of Mercy, which opened in Pittsfield in 1875. Harriette Merrick Plunkett served as its president. In 1949, the House of Mercy was renamed Pittsfield General Hospital, and moved into a new seven-level, 245-bed location in 1962. It merged with St. Luke's Hospital in 1968, becoming the Berkshire Medical Center. It merged with Hillcrest Hospital in 1996. It acquired the former North Adams Regional Hospital property from Bankruptcy Court on August 29, 2014. Certifications Berkshire is certified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level III trauma center and by The Joint Commission. See also Fairview Hospital (Massachusetts) References External links
Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church

The Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church is a historic church building at 49 Church Street in Bernardston, Massachusetts. The church is notable for the history of construction, movement, and reconstruction, since it was first erected in 1739, just two years after Bernardston was settled. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Its congregation is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association which was established in 1820. Architecture and building history Located in the town's village center, at the southeast corner of Church and Depot Streets, it features a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its architectural style is Greek Revival, featuring corner pilasters rising to an entablature and fully pedimented gables. An entry pavilion with similar features projects slightly from the main block. A square tower rises above the roof ridge, with a plain first stage and two octagonal stages of decreasing size above it, capped by a bellcast cupola and weathervane. The interior—originally a single story with gallery—is now two stories, with the sanctuary on the upper level and vestry and office spaces on the ground floor. The sanctuary's earliest documented organization included box pews and a high pulpit; these were removed during 19th-century alterations. The church began as an early colonial meeting house, located on Huckle Hill, near the town's early residential concentration. It was moved 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in 1772 on capstans and rollers using human power. In 1791 it was moved again, this time by disassembly and reconstruction, to a location on Bald Mountain Road. It was moved a third time in 1825, again by disassembly, to its present location. It was significantly altered in 1846, which it acquired its Greek Revival features and its belfry. The congregation began as a traditional Congregationalist community, which became Unitarian in the early 19th century; its more traditional Trinitarians split off to form the present Congregational group in 1824. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts References External links Official website
Bertram Hall (Radcliffe College)

Bertram Hall at Radcliffe College is an historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University at 53 Shepard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1901, it was the first dormitory building constructed for Radcliffe College. The building is now one of the dormitories of Harvard's Cabot House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history Bertram Hall is located on the south side of the Radcliffe Quadrangle, between its grassy center and Shepard Street. It is a 3+1⁄2-story brick building with Georgian Revival styling. It is covered by a dormered hip roof. It is nine bays wide, with a central five-bay section and symmetrical two-bay end sections that project slightly. The building corners have brick quoining, and the eave is adorned with modillions. Most windows are set in rectangular openings with stone sills and splayed stone lintels; those on the ground floors of the end sections are set in blind round-arch recesses. The main entrance is at the center, sheltered by a single-story porch with Tuscan columns and a balustrade on the roof. The hall was built in 1901 to a design by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. It was the first of the quadrangle's buildings to be built, and the first dormitory building at Radcliffe College, representing a major shift in the college's policy from placement of its boarding students in private homes. It was funded by a donation from the Radcliffe class of 1895. It was named after John Bertram Kimball, the deceased eight year old son of David Pulsifer Kimball and Clara Millet Bertram Kimball, and the grandson of Captain John Bertram. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References External links Cabot House
Bessie Monroe House

The Bessie Monroe House (also ''Munroe'') is a historic house at 7 Ash Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It is notable as a good example of a Federal style house, and for its survival from planned demolition during Salem's urban renewal of the area in the 1970s. The house, a modest two story brick house located just north of Salem's downtown, was built in 1811 for Thomas Perkins, a local merchant whose brother was its first occupant. When the city began urban renewal planning for the area in the 1960s, the building was occupied by an elderly lady named Bessie Monroe. Out of concerns for her health the city allowed her to remain in the property after its taking, and proceeded with plans that included the demolition of many surrounding properties. However, the delay occasioned by her occupation until her death in 1971 was accompanied by a shift in attitude in the city toward restoring such properties, and it was eventually sold to owners prepared to rehabilitate the property. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts List of historic houses in Massachusetts Greenlawn Cemetery References
Beth Eden Baptist Church (Waltham, Massachusetts)

The Beth Eden Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building at 84 Maple Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Built in 1891, it is a fine local example of Romanesque Revival architecture and is further notable as the oldest church on Waltham's South Side. The church was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1989. Its Settled Pastor is Rev. Dr. Esther Pearson. Architecture and history The church is located on the north side of Maple Street, just west of its junction with Moody Street. Maple Street is a major east-west route through Waltham's South Side, and Moody Street is its economic spine. The church is built principally of brick, but the lower half of the ground floor is fashioned out of uncoursed fieldstone. The gabled roof is oriented north-south, with a tall tower at the southwest corner, that has an open belfry topped by a pyramidal roof with gable-topped clock faces. The main entrance is housed inside a large round-arch opening at the base of the gabled section, and has two board-and-batten doors flanked by Romanesque windows with simple tracery. The church was designed by William M. Butterfield of Manchester, New Hampshire, and completed in 1891. It is the oldest surviving church building on Waltham's South Side, built during expansion related to the success of the Waltham Watch Company. The congregation was organized out of the city's First Baptist Church in 1887. The building suffered a major fire in 1908, from which it was rebuilt to largely the same plan, allowing increased space for an organ. The tower originally housed a city-owned clock. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts References External links Beth Eden Baptist Church
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

El Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (abreviat com BIDMC, traduït seria Centre Mèdic de la Diaconessa de la Casa d'Israel) de Boston, Massachusetts, és un hospital docent de la Harvard Medical School (Escola de Medicina de Harvard). Es va formar a partir de la fusió del 1996 del Beth Israel Hospital (l'Hospital de la Casa d'Israel, fundat el 1916) i el New England Deaconess Hospital (l'hospital de la Diaconessa de Nova Anglaterra, fundat el 1896). Entre els hospitals docents independents, el BIDMC se situa constantment entre els tres principals beneficiaris de finançament de la investigació biomèdica dels National Institutes of Health. El finançament de la investigació totalitza gairebé 200 milions de dòlars anuals. Els investigadors del BIDMC realitzen més de 850 projectes patrocinats actius i 200 assaigs clínics. El Centre de Recerca Clínica General de Harvard-Thorndike, el laboratori d'investigació clínica més antic dels Estats Units, es troba en aquest lloc des de 1973. Referències
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Le Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) est un centre hospitalier universitaire lié à la Harvard Medical School. Situé dans la Longwood Medical and Academic Area à Boston dans le Massachusetts, il est le résultat d'une fusion de 1996 entre le Beth Israel Hospital (fondé en 1916) et le New England Deaconess Hospital (fondé en 1896). Le Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center est l'hôpital officiel des Red Sox de Boston. Il est connu dans l’univers des réseaux de télécommunication pour avoir subi une coupure de quatre jours à la suite de plusieurs erreurs de mise en œuvre du Spanning Tree Protocol. Notes et références Lien externe (en) Site officiel Portail de Boston Portail du judaïsme Portail de la médecine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – szpital kliniczny w Bostonie w stanie Massachusetts. Zainaugurował działalność w 1996 - powstał z połączenia Beth Israel Hospital (założonego w 1916) i New England Deaconess Hospital (założonego w 1896). Od wielu lat stale zajmuje bardzo wysoką pozycję (mieści się w pierwszej trójce) wśród wszystkich niezależnych szpitali klinicznych w Stanach Zjednoczonych pod względem wysokości dotacji na badania biomedyczne, przyznawanej od rządowej agencji National Institutes of Health, która dysponuje tymi środkami. Coroczna suma dotacji na wyżej wymieniony cel wynosi około 200 mln USD. Naukowcy zatrudnieni w BIDMC prowadzą ponad 850 projektów sponsorowanych oraz 200 badań klinicznych. Kardiolodzy zatrudnieni w tym szpitalu opracowali stymulator serca i byli jednymi z pierwszych, którzy prowadzili badania w zakresie skuteczności angioplastyki balonowej, jak również innych metod leczenia niewydolności serca, takich jak wstawianie stentów w celu udrożnienia tętnic wieńcowych. W skład szpitala wchodzi również Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research Center - najstarsze kliniczne laboratorium w Stanach Zjednoczonych (1973). Przypisy Linki zewnętrzne Oficjalna strona internetowa. [dostęp 2013-04-24]. (ang.).