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Park Circle Water Tower

The Park Circle Water Tower is a large water storage tank located on Park Circle in Arlington, Massachusetts. It was constructed by the Metropolitan Water Works (now MWRA) between 1921 and 1924 in the Classical Revival style, to provide water storage for Northern Extra-High Service area, consisting of Lexington and the higher elevations of Belmont and Arlington. It stands at 377 feet (114.9 meters) above sea level. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under its historical name Arlington Reservoir, now coincidentally shared with the recreational area a mile to the tower's northwest. History In 1895, the Town of Arlington constructed a 550,000 gallon standpipe at this location. However, after Arlington joined the Metropolitan Water District in 1899, the tank soon proved to be inadequate to supply other nearby towns, and was only used to regulate water pressure in the area. The current 2,000,000 gallon tank, contained within a stone rotunda, was built between 1921 and 1924 by Crane Construction Company, with William E. Foss as chief engineer. The water tower was designed by Frederic E. Low, of Arlington, and its construction was funded by the Robbins sisters, also of Arlington. The design was inspired by elements of Greek Doric style, "but the tower is not an enlarged replica of any specific round temple of the ancient world". In the Community On September 7, 2014, Luminarium Dance Company created a community arts event celebrating 90 years since the tower's completion. Roughly 300 locals attended the event entitled "Night at the Tower," showcasing a live dance performance on the lawn combined with colossal video projections on the tower. This was the first event of its kind to be held at there, and included 75 Arlington-inspired images created by local youth and adults over the past decade by the Arlington Center for the Arts. "Night at the Tower" was created and led by Luminarium Artistic Director and Arlington local Merli V. Guerra and was supported in part by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. References See also Bellevue Standpipe Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District Forbes Hill Standpipe National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets

The Armory of the First Corps of Cadets is a historic armory at 97–105 Arlington Street and 130 Columbus Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Over the years it has been known as Park Plaza Castle, Castle at Park Plaza, and The Tower. Description The four-story granite structure was designed by William Gibbons Preston and built beginning in 1891 and finished in 1897. Due to political unrest during the period, the building was designed to withstand mob violence. Its most prominent feature is its six-story tower. It is built in the Romanesque Revival style. The building's staircases are built by the Guastavino system, as are some tower vaults. The building was built to store armaments and contained a rifle range, gymnasium, and drill hall. In the late 1960s, the University of Massachusetts Boston leased the building and converted it into the university's first library. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1977. Between the early 2000s and 2018, a Smith & Wollensky steakhouse operated inside the four-story head house. For years the building was known as the "Park Plaza Castle" and owned by the adjacent Boston Park Plaza, which used it as a banquet facility up until 2014. At that time it was sold and renamed "Castle at Park Plaza." Wedding and events venue In 2020, the venue was renovated by new owners and rebranded as a wedding and events venue called "The Tower." Much of the original detailing as well as the doors were retained during the renovation. The Tower contains a distinct area on each of four floors: First floor: The Parlor, an open space with wood beams and decorative fireplaces 2nd floor: The Gallery, which features high ceilings with vintage chandeliers 3rd floor: A 750-square-foot Reading Room Top floor: The Library includes a catwalk, original bookcases, and large windows See also First Corps of Cadets (Massachusetts) National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Armory of the First Corps of Cadets at Wikimedia Commons City of Boston, Boston Landmarks Commission Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Study Report "The Tower". Longwood Venues. Longwood Venues. Retrieved July 9, 2023.; galleries of photos
Armsby Block

The Armsby Block, also known as the Armsby Building, is an historic mixed-use residential and commercial building at 144-148 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1885 to a design by noted local architect Stephen Earle, it is a well-preserved example of Panel Brick architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The Armsby Block is located on the west side of Main Street on the northern stretch of its downtown, adjacent to the former Elwood Adams Store. It is a five-story masonry structure, with a brick facade. The ground floor has two storefronts, which flank the recessed main building entrance. Brick piers separate each of these elements, and are topped by a frieze band and rusticated sandstone stringcourse. Upper level windows are set in rectangular openings with sandstone sills and lintels, and panels of brickwork between the second, third and fourth levels; a sandstone stringcourse separates the fourth and fifth floors. The building is crowned by a band of brick corbelling and a parapet with a central gable. The building was designed by Stephen Earle and built in 1885. It originally housed stores on the ground floor and a boarding house on the upper floors. It was built by the estate of George Armsby, who had been secretary of Worcester's Munroe Organ Reed Company. The principal alterations to the building over time were to the storefronts; these changes have largely been reversed. It currently contains offices for the Worcester County Sheriff and a restaurant at street level. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References External links Worcester County Sheriff's Office The Armsby Abbey Restaurant
Armstrong House (North Adams, Massachusetts)

The Armstrong House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1875, it is a well-preserved example of a locally idiosyncratic Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1985. Description and history The Armstrong House is located on a residential street on the north side of North Adams, on the east side of Brooklyn Street. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a low hip roof supported by decorative brackets at the corners and studded with modillion blocks. Its main entrance is in the leftmost bay, with a portico that is also bracketed, with 20th-century columns and balustrade that are sympathetic to its Italianate style. A single-story polygonal bay projects from the right side of the main block. A two-story ell extends to the rear, connecting the house to a barn that is of the same vintage as the house, with an oculus window in its gable end. Extending across the ell's side is a bracketed shed-roof porch. The house was built in 1875, during North Adams' industrial boom time. Its combination of features are a locally distinctive variant of the Italianate style, which is found repeated elsewhere in the community. The house was built for W. W. Armstrong, a worker at the Arnold Print Works, and is considered one of North Adams' best-preserved Italianate houses. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts References Notes
Cathedral of St. George Historic District

The Cathedral of St. George Historic District encompasses a historic church complex at 517-523-525 East Broadway in South Boston, Massachusetts. The church building was designed by Boston architect Samuel J. F. Thayer and was built in 1872 to house a Unitarian congregation. The polychrome Gothic Revival structure was acquired in 1949 by the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America. The complex also includes two brick houses, 517 and 525 East Broadway, which were built about the same time as the church, and were owned by the Unitarian congregation. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. See also Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts References External links Media related to St. George Cathedral, Boston at Wikimedia Commons the Cathedral's web site
Arthur D. Little Inc., Building

The Arthur D. Little Inc., Building is a National Historic Landmark at 30 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The building was constructed in 1917 for the Arthur D. Little Company alongside the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now serves as headquarters for the dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and other Sloan administrative groups. The Arthur D. Little Company was founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, and was originally located on Milk Street in Boston. The three-story brick building on Memorial Drive was constructed by the company to meet increasing demand for laboratory space, and is an architecturally unexceptional commercial structure. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark for its association with the Little company, the first business to be established as a consulting laboratory in the nation. Prior to its founding, individual businesses established their own research laboratories to make technological innovations. Little, and his partner William H. Walker, were among the first academically oriented researchers to create a consulting laboratory whose services could be hired by businesses. At first focused on the chemistry of cellulose and its uses in textiles and paper, the company was by 1909 the largest consulting industrial laboratory in the nation, and worked a wide array of research disciplines. Little was an early advocate of the importance of technological innovation, recognizing its importance in maintaining commercial success. He ran the company until his death in 1935, and willed his shares to MIT. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References
Asa Ellis House

The Asa Ellis House is a historic house located at 158 Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Description It is a two-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a shallow-pitch hip roof. It was built in 1805, and is a rare surviving Federal-style building from the first construction boom in the Cambridgeport area. This development phase resulted from the 1793 construction of the first West Boston Bridge; most of the construction was relatively modest vernacular housing such as this one. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts References External links Cambridge Historical Society
Asa Lincoln House

The Asa Lincoln House is a historic house located at 171 Shores Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Description and history The simple vernacular house was built in about 1760, and is locally significant for its status as the original homestead of Asa Lincoln, one of Taunton's first settlers. The asymmetrically bayed, 1+1⁄2-story house features a central chimney, entrance and 6/6 sash windows that are irregularly spaced. The small house is next door to a newer, larger (non-NRHP listed) 18th century house located 173 Shores Street, that has been added on to. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. Since that time, the historic house has been significantly altered with three large dormers added to the upper level. A new garage has also been constructed on the property. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts References
Asa Locke House

The Asa Locke House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built in the mid-19th century, it is a well-preserved local example of a side-hall Italianate farmhouse. It is also notable for its association with the locally prominent Locke family, who settled the area in 1699. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history The Asa Locke House is set on the south side of High Street, at the southeast corner with Overlook Way, in what is now a predominantly residential suburban area. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. A single-story porch extends across the north-facing front and around to the east side, supported by chamfered square posts with segmented-arch bracketing. The front door is set to one side, with full-length windows in the side base. The door is flanked by sidelight windows, and is topped by a transom window. A gabled two-story bay projects from the east side, with a lunette window in the gable, and a two-story ell and garage extend to the rear. The Locke family history on this land dates to 1699, when James Converse bought a large tract of land in this area (then part of Woburn). Locke's descendants include Samuel Locke, who served as President of Harvard College in the 18th century. Asa Locke, a prosperous local farmer, purchased the land this house stands on in 1826. Based on stylistic analysis, this house was built c. 1855, probably for his son Elbridge, who inherited the property in 1857. The house was sold out of the Locke family in 1902, to a partner in Boston's Ivers & Pond Piano Company. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Massachusetts References
Ashintully Gardens

Ashintully Gardens ist ein 120 Acres (0,49 km²) großes Naturschutzgebiet und Kulturdenkmal in der Nähe von Tyringham in den Berkshire Mountains im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten. Geschichte Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts kaufte der Ägyptologe Robb de Peyster Tytus insgesamt 1.000 Acres (4,05 km²) Land von drei Farmen in Tyringham und der Stadt Otis, die er zu den Ashintully Gardens („Ashintully“ steht in der gälischen Sprache für „auf der Spitze des Hügels“) zusammenfügte. Von 1910 bis 1912 errichtete er auf einem der Hügel eine weiße, im georgianischen Stil gehaltene Villa, die schnell als Marmorpalast bekannt wurde, da der weiße Stuck im Sonnenlicht glitzerte. Die Vorderseite des Gebäudes zierte eine Reihe aus vier Säulen in dorischer Ordnung. Das Haus verfügte über nicht weniger als 35 Räume, 10 Badezimmer und 15 Feuerstellen. Am 20. April 1952 brannte die Villa jedoch komplett aus, so dass heute nur noch die Eingangsterrasse, das Fundament und die vier Säulen zu sehen sind. Tytus starb nur ein Jahr nach Fertigstellung der Villa und hinterließ zwei Töchter und seine Ehefrau, die 1914 den kanadischen Senator John S. McLennan heiratete und mit ihm 1915 einen Sohn John McLennan Jr. bekam, bevor sie sich von ihm scheiden ließ. Dieser kaufte 1937 das Anwesen, wo er die Sommertage seiner Jugend verbracht hatte, und zog in einen Bauernhof am Fuß des Hügels. Er richtete dort ein Tonstudio ein und komponierte zeitgenössische Musik, wofür er 1985 von der American Academy of Arts and Letters mit einem Preis ausgezeichnet wurde. Über die Jahre gestaltete McLennan die Ashintully Gardens so, wie sie heute vorgefunden werden können. 1996 schenkten Katharine und John McLennan das Grundstück den Trustees of Reservations. Schutzgebiet Die Ashintully Gardens sind ein ruhig gelegenes Rückzugsgebiet in den Berkshire Mountains, das von dichten Wäldern umgeben ist und von einem Fluss durchzogen wird. Der Musikstil ihres Schöpfers John McLennan Jr. spiegelt sich auch in der Gestaltung der Anlage wider, was unter anderem dazu beitrug, im Jahr 1997 die Hunnewell Medal der Massachusetts Horticultural Society zu gewinnen. Das Schutzgebiet ist für die Öffentlichkeit vom ersten Mittwoch im Juni bis zum zweiten Samstag im Oktober jeweils mittwochs und samstags von 13:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr geöffnet. Siehe auch McLennan Reservation Liste der Schutzgebiete der Trustees of Reservations Weblinks Ashintully Gardens bei TripAdvisor Einzelnachweise
Ashland High School (Massachusetts)

Ashland High School is a public high school in Ashland, Massachusetts. History Established in the nineteenth century, Ashland High School is home to the Clockers. Ashland High athletic teams have competed within the Tri-Valley League since the early 1970s when they left the Dual County League. A new school building opened in 2005. In 2009, the school had probable cases of the swine flu pandemic. On September 21, 2020, the school hosted a first-round game of the 2020 U.S. Open Cup qualification soccer tournament. Demographics According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2025–2026 academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Ashland High School (Massachusetts) are as follows: Total number of enrolled students: 888 Total number of full-time equivalent educators: 62.6 Therefore, the student to teacher ratio for this school is 14.2:1 * Approximate number of enrolled pupils is calculated based on total number of students in district, multiplied by reported percentage, and rounded to nearest whole student. * SP = Special Education Beyond Grade 12 Notable alumni Dave Blass (1986), production designer Douglas R. Green (1973), biologist Dick Muri (1971), politician Carly Muscaro (born 1995), American middle-distance runner See also List of high schools in Massachusetts References External links Official website
Ashland State Park

Ashland State Park is a public recreation area surrounding the 157-acre (64 ha) Ashland Reservoir in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts. The state park's 470 acres (190 ha) incorporate the entire shoreline of the reservoir, which is abutted by the Warren Conference Center and Inn of Framingham State University, town-owned land once the site of Camp Winnetaska (a Girl Scouts camp), and residential houses. The park is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. History The park was authorized when the Ashland Reservoir, which was completed in 1895, was taken out of service in 1947. In January 1954, $30,000 ($359,665 in 2025) was approved by the state's forests and parks agency for construction of a roadway, parking area, beach, and associated structures. In August 1956, an 11-year-old youth drowned at the park while on a Boys Club outing from Boston. A 28-year-old man from Medfield, Massachusetts, drowned at the park in June 1967. Another drowning occurred in July 1968. Efforts by state workers in October 1988 to temporarily lower the level of the reservoir in order to expand the beach resulted in a larger than expected release of water, causing basement flooding in two Ashland homes. Elements of the reservoir were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as Ashland Dam and Spillway. The park was unstaffed from 2009 through 2012 due to budget cuts and reopened in 2013 with funding to restore facilities that had deteriorated during the shutdown. The film The Sea of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey was partially filmed in Ashland State Park in August 2014. On August 24, 2016, an ultralight helicopter crashed into the Ashland Reservoir after experiencing engine trouble. No one was injured when the craft submerged in water up to 30 feet (9.1 m) deep some 200 to 300 yards (180 to 270 m) offshore. Activities and amenities The park's trails are used for hiking, bicycling, and cross-country skiing. The park has wheelchair-accessible restrooms, picnic grounds and swimming beach in addition to a ramp for motorized and non-motorized boating and fishing. It is staffed seasonally. References External links Ashland State Park Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Ashland State Park Map Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Ashworth and Jones Factory

The Ashworth and Jones Factory is a historic building at 1511 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is one of the architecturally finest mid 19th century factory buildings in the city. Built in 1870 and repeatedly enlarged, most of its sections retain high quality brickwork and mid-19th century Victorian styling. The factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The complex has been converted into condominium residences known as Kettle Brook Lofts. Description and history The former Ashworth and Jones Factory complex is located in far southwestern Worcester, near the town line with Leicester, on the south side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9). The complex consists of a series of buildings that roughly form a U shape. The oldest portion is a four-story brick building, in which windows are set in recessed corbelled wall panels, with pilaster-like piers separating the windows. The lowest floor has windows only facing the ravine below where Kettle Brook flows. There is a clock tower on one corner that is topped by a flared mansard roof. The attached additions to the main block are one and two stories in height, and continue the styling and materials used in the original block, despite a forty-year construction range. The factory site used for industrial purposes beginning early in the 19th century, and was purchased by Thomas Ashworth and Edward Jones in 1861, where they manufactured shoddy fabric (using recycled materials). The buildings in which they first operated have not survived. The present building's main block was built in 1870. In the 1880s the business was taken over by E. D. Thayer, who built many of the additions, and manufactured woolens until his death in 1907. George Duffy acquired the facility in 1910, and again enlarged the premises. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References
Asie Swan House

The Asie Swan House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built c. 1720, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is a 1+1⁄2-story frame house, five bays wide, with clapboard siding, central chimney, and granite foundation. Its central entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The house originally stood at a location on Prospect Hill in what is now Lawrence, where it was used for the first town meetings beginning in 1726. It was moved in 1808 to its present location. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References