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Addison Prentiss House

The Addison Prentiss House is a historic house in Worcester, Massachusetts. The house was built c. 1877, and is one of the city's finer Gothic Revival houses built in brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The Addison Prentiss House is located east of downtown Worcester, at the end of Channing Way, a stub street off Channing Street in the city's Bell Hill neighborhood. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building with an L-shaped configuration and gabled roof. It is oriented facing south toward Kendall Street. The main facade is dominated by a 3+1⁄2-story tower, and a porch that extends across the full width of the front. Other elevations are asymmetrical, with varying gables and porches. Windows are generally set in rectangular openings, with rustically cut granite sills and lintels. A wood frame porch extends across the northern facade, which appears to have served as the building's principal entry. Addison Prentiss, the first owner, was a printer, book dealer, and publisher. He came to the city about 1852, and is known for publishing one of the first bird's-eye views of the city in 1851. Charles Hanson, the next owner, is believed to be the city's first Swedish immigrant; he was a piano tuner who eventually opened a music shop downtown. Hanson was also active in civic affairs and organizations that aided further Swedish settlement. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts References
Adolphus Busch Hall

Adolphus Busch Hall is a Harvard University building located at 27 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is named for brewer and philanthropist Adolphus Busch, former president of the Anheuser-Busch company, who contributed $265,000 to its building fund. The hall was designed by architect German Bestelmeyer to house Harvard's Germanic Museum. Its cornerstone was laid in 1912 and the building completed in 1917, but it was not opened to the public until 1921, officially because of a lack of coal. The Germanic Museum evolved into the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the only museum in North America dedicated to the study of art from the German-speaking countries of Central and Northern Europe. The Busch-Reisinger was located in Adolphus Busch Hall from 1921 to 1991 and the hall continues to house the Busch-Reisinger's founding collection of medieval plaster casts, as well as an exhibition on the history of the museum. The hall also hosts concerts on its Flentrop pipe organ, which was made famous by organist E. Power Biggs, who broadcast and recorded his long-playing records there. The hall is also home to Harvard's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Its courtyard contains a copy of the Brunswick Lion. See also Harvard Art Museums Busch-Reisinger Museum References External links Harvard Art Museums website Harvard Art Museums Collection Search website Harvard University website Busch-Reisinger marks a century
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School

Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School (AMSA) is a charter school founded in 2005. It is located at 201 Forest Street in Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S., in a few remodeled office buildings. History On February 30, 2004, the Massachusetts Department of Education granted the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School a five-year charter. Throughout the entire process, there had been a lot of controversy surrounding the school and founder Julia Sigalovsky. Opponents of the school managed to delay the opening of the school by a year by filing numerous lawsuits against the school. The school had to convince lawyers to wait until the school's funding to recoup over $30,000 in legal fees. The school finally opened on September 6, 2005, in time for the first day of school. The original class consisted of 250 sixth and seventh graders. In each successive year, one additional class of middle schoolers were added to the school. Following the 2010 school year, the school's charter was renewed for another five years. In 2014, teachers at the school unionized, organizing with the Teamsters Local 170, in response to reported poor treatment under then Executive Director John Brucato. In 2019, AMSA became the first public institution in the state of Massachusetts to own a scanning electron microscope thanks to a donation from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Legal challenges A lawsuit filed by three local school districts (Maynard, Hudson, and Marlborough) charged that the Massachusetts Department of Education failed to observe its own rules in granting the charter. The municipalities lost their case when the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that municipalities have no right to judicial review of the chartering process. The MetroWest Daily News reported that local school districts have no role in the granting of a charter, that the State Board of Education has "the final decision" on granting charters. AMSA also faced many challenges with its landlord and withheld rent for many years as the buildings were not up to standard. This dispute ended in court with the landlord giving the school a large sum of money. Notable people Faculty Barbara E. McGann, former executive director and one of the first women to achieve two-star rank in the United States Navy Adam Wool, former physics teacher and Alaska State Representative References External links Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School homepage Article from Christian Science Monitor, June 7, 2006 Charter school suit seen, Boston Globe, March 21, 2004 Hostility inflames charter school debate, Boston Globe, February 22, 2004. [1]
Baldwin, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the west, Cambridge Street, Quincy Street, and Kirkland Street on the south, Porter Square on the north, and the Somerville border on the northeast. It contains the Maria L. Baldwin Elementary School, known as the Agassiz School until 2002. It also contains all of Lesley University and much of Harvard University, including the Harvard Science Center and the Harvard University Law School. History The neighborhood was formerly named for Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a Harvard biologist and geologist. After being informally known as Agassiz/Baldwin for several years, in 2021 the neighborhood was renamed for Maria Louise Baldwin (1856-1922), an African American educator who, as principal of the former Agassiz School, was the first Black woman principal in New England. Like many places and buildings formerly named for Agassiz, this change came following controversy over his scientific racist beliefs, including polygenism and eugenics. The change was first proposed in City Council by Cambridge high school student Maya Counter in 2020. Geography In 2005 the neighborhood had a population of 5,241 residents living in 1,891 households, and the average household income was $55,380. In 2020 the Baldwin population was 5,146 in 1,987 households and median household income was $96,858 (based on 2013-2017). The Baldwin neighborhood has two zip codes 02138 and 02140, which also serve the villages of West and North Cambridge, respectively. References External links Cambridge Police Department
Agawam Diner

Das Agawam Diner ist ein 1954 gebautes Diner in Rowley, Massachusetts. Es befindet sich an der Kreuzung des U.S. Highway 1 mit der Route 133 und wurde am 22. September 1999 im Rahmen der Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS als Baudenkmal in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen. Das Diner ist seit seiner Gründung im Besitz der Familie Galanis und wird als Familienunternehmen betrieben. Geschichte Das erste Agawam Diner eröffnete die Familie Galanis 1940 in Ipswich. Aufgrund des zunehmenden Erfolgs kauften sie 1947 ein zweites Diner, der Standort Rowley wurde eröffnet. Die ersten beiden Diner stammten von der Worcester Lunch Car Company. Im Jahr 1954 kaufte die Familie zwei Diner der Fodero Dining Car Company, von denen eines in Peabody, ebenfalls am U.S. Highway 1 gelegen, eröffnet wurde. Das andere ersetzte das alte Diner in Rowley und steht seitdem an der Ecke U.S. Highway 1/Route 133. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren wurden die Standorte Ipswich und Peabody verkauft, nur das Agawam Diner in Rowley blieb erhalten. Sonstiges Der Name Agawam bezieht sich auf das Volk der Agawam, ein ehemaliges indigenes Volk in Neuengland. In der Episode Best Diners der 2. Staffel der Sendereihe Top 5 Restaurants wählte der US-amerikanische Fernsehsender Food Network die „Top 5 Diner Dishes in America“. Dabei belegte der „Chicken Pot Pie“ des Agawam Diners den zweiten Platz. Siehe auch Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Essex County Literatur Randy Garbin: Diners of New England. Stackpole Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8117-3141-6, S. 93 ff. (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche). Larry Cultrera: Classic Diners of Massachusetts. The History Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-60949-323-3, S. 60 ff. (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche). Einzelnachweise
Agawam Diner

The Agawam Diner is an historic diner at 166 Newburyport Turnpike (U.S. Route 1) in Rowley, Massachusetts. It was manufactured in 1954 and moved to this location in 1970 after first being in Ipswich. It is the town's only diner and one of only six in the state manufactured by the Fodero Dining Car Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Description The Agawam Diner stands in the area of Rowley known as Kent's Corner, on a lot of 0.75 acres (0.30 ha) at the southwest corner of Newburyport Turnpike and Haverhill Street (Massachusetts Route 133). It is a single-story building, six bays wide and seven deep. Its exterior is finished with a combination of horizontal and vertical metal banding and has rounded corners. At the center of its main facade is a projecting entry vestibule with entrances at the sides. The stairs leading to the entrances are sheltered by removable canvas awnings. The interior is divided roughly in half, the front half housing the dining and service area and the rear the kitchen. The dining area includes booths along the front wall and stools at the counter separating the dining and service areas. History The Galanis family opened a diner on this site in 1947, in a structure manufactured by the Worcester Lunch Car Company. It was one of three locations operated by the Galanises; the others were in Ipswich (opened 1940) and Peabody. In 1954, the Galanises purchased two diners from the Fodero Dining Car Company of Bloomfield, New Jersey. One was placed at Ipswich, replacing a Worcester diner the family sold, and the other was placed in Peabody. The Peabody diner closed in 1960, and the Ipswich one in 1970. The Galanises then opted to sell the diner at Rowley and moved the Ipswich diner to its location. The diner is named for a local Indian tribe. See also List of diners National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts Food portal Companies portal References Rough Weather (A Spenser Mystery) - Robert B. Parker
Agganis Arena

La Agganis Arena è un impianto sportivo di Boston, capoluogo del Massachusetts, operativo dal 2005. È situata all'interno del campus dell'Università di Boston, ed ospita le partite casalinghe della squadra di hockey su ghiaccio dei Terriers, la formazione universitaria. Dal 2008 è anche la sede del C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints. Storia La costruzione della Agganis Arena avvenne a partire dal 2003, assieme all'intero complesso universitario del quale fa parte, lo John Hancock Student Village dell'Università di Boston. L'intero complesso venne inaugurato il 13 gennaio 2005. L'impianto venne dedicato ad Harry Agganis, giocatore locale di baseball e college football scomparso a 26 anni per embolia polmonare nel 1955. Dalla sua apertura ospita principalmente incontri di hockey su ghiaccio e spettacoli di pattinaggio (per i quali la capienza è di 6.150 posti), ma viene utilizzato anche per concerti e congressi politici (per le quali la capienza aumenta fino ad un massimo di 7.200 posti). La struttura è in grado di ospitare anche incontri di pallacanestro e al suo interno si svolge, dal 2008, anche la principale manifestazione mondiale di indoor rowing. Note Voci correlate Boston Università di Boston Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Agganis Arena Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su agganisarena.com.
Agganis Arena

A Agganis Arena é uma arena multi-uso localizada em Boston, Massachusetts, EUA. Tem capacidade de 7200 pessoas. Localiza-se no campus da Universidade de Boston (Boston University - BU), e foi construída no local da antiga Commonwealth Armory. O seu nome é em homenagem a Harry Agganis, um grande atleta de futebol americano e baseball da BU e dos Boston Red Sox. Ele morreu aos 26 anos, de embolia pulmonar. O ringue de hóquei no gelo é chamado de Ringue Jack Parker, um dos maiores treinadores de hockey universitário. Em 30 de janeiro de 2009, Parker tinha 800 vitórias como técnico. Só 3 técnicos alcançaram esse número e ele é o único a fazê-lo com 1 só time. É parte da John Hancock Student Village da Universidade de Boston, que inclui dormitórios e o Fitness and Recreation Center de cinco andares. Substituiu a Walter Brown Arena, no Case Athletic Center, no lado oposto do estádio vizinho Nickerson Field. Ela foi inaugurada em 2004 e realizou seu primeiro evento em 2005. É a casa do campeão doa EUA de 2009 de hóquei no gelo, os Boston University Terriers. Serve também como um auditório para grandes eventos regionais, incluindo as cerimônias de outras escolas, tal como a Berklee School of Music, musicais, eventos de sensibilização e apresentações de palestrantes, como Barack Obama e Dave Chappelle. Referências
Ahavath Torah (Stoughton, Massachusetts)

Ahavath Torah is a Conservative synagogue located at 1179 Central Street, Stoughton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Formed as a merger of two older congregations founded in the 1890s, it is the oldest synagogue in Stoughton. History Congregation Ahavath Achim was formed in Stoughton in 1893. Congregation Talmud Torah was formed in Stoughton soon after, in 1895. Both congregations worshiped in various houses. In 1918, the congregations merged with the Hebrew Benevolent Society to form Ahavath Torah Congregation, with 25 members, and Rev. M. L. Graham as its spiritual head. That year the congregation began construction of its first synagogue building on Porter Street, which was dedicated on October 14, 1919. The congregation was, however, only officially incorporated on September 5, 1930. In 1954, Ahavath Achim opened its religious school. In need of a larger synagogue building, it purchased and moved into the former Congregational Church at 30 Pearl Street in 1958. As Stoughton's Jewish population grew, membership increased to 72 families, and land was purchased in three stages for a new synagogue. The present building at 1179 Central Street was dedicated in 1970. Further growth led to a significant renovation and expansion of the synagogue building, which was completed in 1987. Overview The synagogue has hosted many notable guest speakers, including Geert Wilders, Wafa Sultan, and Dr. Mordechai Kedar, as well as entertainment from singer Sam Glaser, and a Bob Lazarus memorial show. Congregational rabbis have included Henry Gerson, David Oler, Harold Schechter, and Steven Conn. As of 2010, the rabbi is Jonathan Hausman. References External links Official website
Al's Diner

Al's Diner is a historic diner at 14 Yelle Street in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It was, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, one of only of two diners in Massachusetts built by Master Diner of Pequannock, New Jersey, which operated from 1940 to the 1970s. The diner was brought to Chicopee in 1958, and has been known variously as Al's Diner, Al's Restaurant, and The White Diner. Until 1983 Al's Diner was a 24-hour operation; the diner presently serves breakfast and lunch, with limited dinner hours on Thursdays and Fridays. Description and history Al's Diner stands on the west side of Yelle Street in the Willimansett area of northern Chicopee, just south of its junction with Pleasant Street. It is set close to the road, with the parking area to its north and west. The manufactured portion of the diner is oriented perpendicular to the road on a brick-faced concrete foundation, with a concrete block kitchen addition to the south. The diner is three bays deep and eight wide, and is clad in steel with bands of blue and red enamel. Entrances are located at the first and eighth bays of the long side, sheltered by metal hoods with quilted undersides. The interior of the diner houses six booths and fourteen counter stools, with a counter that extends the length of the structure. A staff access panel is located at the center of the counter. The original grill is still in place behind the counter, and the rear wall has steel panels with starburst motifs. The ceiling has a monitor section that includes traces of the interior's original color scheme. The diner was manufactured by Master Diner of Pequannock, New Jersey, one of about sixty produced by the company. It was brought to Chicopee in 1958, and opened its doors the following year as The White Diner. It was purchased in 1962 by Al Rubin, who changed its name to Al's Restaurant. Operation of the diner has been concentrated for many years in members of the Mathews family, who purchased it in 1975. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts References
Ames Building

The Ames Building is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is sometimes ranked as the tallest building in Boston from its completion in 1889 until 1915, when the Custom House Tower was built, but the steeple of the 1867 Church of the Covenant was much taller than the Ames Building. It is nevertheless considered Boston's first skyscraper. In 2007, the building was converted from office space to a luxury hotel. In 2020, the building was purchased by Suffolk University and converted into a student residence hall. History Located at 1 Court Street and Washington Mall in downtown Boston, the Ames Building was designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Richardsonian Romanesque and paid for by Frederick L. Ames. It is the second tallest masonry load bearing-wall structure in the world, exceeded only by the Monadnock Building in Chicago, completed that same year. It is fourteen stories faced in granite and sandstone and includes a four story base with large arches framing the second and third floor windows resting on Romanesque columns. Upper stories feature smaller arches. The sandstone is from the Berea formation in Ohio and was supplied by Cleveland Quarries Company. Construction completed in 1889, but interior work was not completed for occupancy until 1893. It became the corporate headquarters for the Ames families' agricultural tool company. The Ames Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1974 and later designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1993. Renovations After being unoccupied for eight years, Eamon O’Marah, Rich Kilstock and Seth Greenberg (Ames Hotel Partners, LLC) and Normandy Real Estate Partners for $17.7 million purchased the structure in April 2007. Tishman Construction Corporation of New York completed renovations to the building based on a design by Cambridge Seven Associates and with oversight provided by Walsh Co. LLC of Morristown, New Jersey. Hotel From 2009 to 2019, the Ames Building was a luxury boutique hotel under the name of The Ames Boston Hotel. In 2019, the hotel closed and nearby Suffolk University purchased it for use as a dormitory, known as "One Court Street", which opened in the fall of 2020. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts Notes External links Historic Ames Boston Hotel (Official Site) City of Boston, Landmarks Commission. The Ames Building Study Report, 1993
Ames Building

El Ames Building es un rascacielos histórico ubicado en la ciudad de Boston, la capital de Massachusetts (Estados Unidos). Se mantuvo como el edificio más alto de Boston desde su finalización en 1893 hasta 1915, cuando se construyó la Custom House Tower;​ sin embargo, no era la estructura general más alta de Boston, ya que el campanario de la Iglesia del Pacto de 1867 era mucho más alto que el Ames. Sin embargo, se considera el primer rascacielos de Boston. En 2007, el edificio se convirtió de espacio de oficinas en un hotel de lujo. Historia Ubicado en 1 Court Street y Washington Mall en el centro de Boston, el Ames Building fue diseñado por el estudio de arquitectura Shepley, Rutan y Coolidge en románico Richardsoniano y pagado por Frederick L. Ames. Es la segunda estructura de muro de carga de mampostería más alta del mundo, superada solo por el Monadnock Building edificio Monadnock en Chicago, terminado ese mismo año.​ Tiene catorce pisos revestidos en granito y arenisca e incluye una base de cuatro pisos con grandes arcos que enmarcan las ventanas del segundo y tercer piso que descansan sobre columnas románicas. Los pisos superiores cuentan con arcos más pequeños. La piedra arenisca es de la formación Berea en Ohio y fue suministrada por Cleveland Quarries Company. La construcción se completó en 1889, pero el trabajo interior no se completó para su ocupación hasta 1893. Se convirtió en la sede corporativa de la empresa de herramientas agrícolas de las familias Ames.​ El Ames Building fue agregado al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 26 de mayo de 1974 y luego designado como un Monumento Histórico de Boston por la Comisión de Lugares Históricos de Boston en 1993.​ Renovaciones Después de estar desocupado durante ocho años, Eamon O'Marah, Rich Kilstock y Seth Greenberg (Ames Hotel Partners, LLC) y Normandy Real Estate Partners por 17,7 millones de dólares compraron la estructura en abril de 2007.​ Tishman Construction Corporation de Nueva York completó las renovaciones del edificio basándose en un diseño de Cambridge Seven Associates y con la supervisión proporcionada por Walsh Co. LLC de Morristown, Nueva Jersey.​​​ Hotel Desde 2009, el Ames Building era un hotel boutique de lujo con el nombre de The Ames Boston Hotel.​ En 2019, el hotel cerró y la cercana Universidad de Suffolk lo compró para usarlo como dormitorio abierto en el otoño de 2020.​ Galería Véase también Anexo:Edificios más altos de Boston Primeros rascacielos Notas Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Ames Building. Histórico Ames Hotel de Boston (Sitio Oficial) Ciudad de Boston, Comisión de Hitos. El Ames Informe de Estudio del Edificio, 1993