Medford is a city 6.7 miles (10.8 km) northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census,Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University,which has its campus along the Medford and Somerville border.
Wellington station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Orange Line rapid transit station in Medford,Massachusetts,near the border of Everett. It is located on the Revere Beach Parkway,slightly east of its intersection with Route 28. Wellington functions as a park and ride with more than 1,300 spaces,and a bus hub with 10 routes terminating at the station. The Station Landing development,connected to the station by an overhead walkway,includes residential and retail buildings and additional parking. Wellington Carhouse,the primary repair and maintenance facility for the Orange Line,is located adjacent to the station.
George Luther Stearns was an American industrialist and merchant in Medford,Massachusetts,as well as an abolitionist and a noted recruiter of black soldiers for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
This is a list of properties and districts in Massachusetts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 4,300 listings in the state,representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state,behind only New York. Listings appear in all 14 Massachusetts counties.
The Malden Evening News was an independent five-day daily newspaper covering the city of Malden,Massachusetts.
The Medford Daily Mercury was an independent five-day daily newspaper covering the city of Medford,Massachusetts.
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arlington,Massachusetts.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 12,2023.
This is a list of places and properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Medford,Massachusetts.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 12,2023.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford and The Osgood House are a historic Unitarian Universalist church building and parsonage house at 141 and 147 High Street in Medford,Massachusetts.
The Fells Connector Parkways are a group of historic parkways in the cities of Malden and Medford,Massachusetts,suburbs north of the city of Boston. The three parkways,The Fellsway,Fellsway West,and Fellsway East serve to provide access from the lower portion of the Mystic River Reservation to the Middlesex Fells Reservation. The latter two parkways continue northward,providing access to the interior of the Fells and providing a further connection to Lynn Fells Parkway. Significant portions of these parkways south of the Fells,which were among the first connecting parkways designed to be part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston by Charles Eliot,were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The Green Line Extension (GLX) was a construction project to extend the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail system northwest into Somerville and Medford,two inner suburbs of Boston,Massachusetts. The project opened in two phases in 2022 at a total cost of $2.28 billion. Total ridership on the 4.3-mile (6.9 km) extension is estimated to reach 45,000 one-way trips per day in 2030.
Medford Public Schools is a school district located in Medford,Massachusetts. The district has 9 schools in the city serving grades K-12. It is led by Superintendent Dr. Marice Edouard-Vincent. The main office is located at 489 Winthrop Street,within the High School/Vocational-Technical High School building.
The Mystic River Reservation is a publicly owned nature preserve with recreational features located along the Mystic River in the towns of Winchester,Arlington,Medford,Somerville,Everett,and Chelsea in eastern Massachusetts. The reserve is part of the nearly 76-square-mile (200 km2) Mystic River watershed. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The Thatcher Magoun,an extreme clipper launched in 1855,was named after Medford's great shipbuilder,Thatcher Magoun,who died the year that she was launched.
A medium clipper is a type of clipper designed for both cargo carrying capacity and speed. An evolutionary adaptation of the extreme clipper,the medium clipper had been invented by 1851,when the hull type appeared in U.S. shipyards. Medium clippers continued to be built until 1873,when Pilgrim,one of the last known medium clipper ships to be built,was launched by Joshua T. Foster from the shipyards of Medford,Massachusetts.
Medford High School is a public high school located in the western edge of the Lawrence Estates section of Medford,Massachusetts on the southwest border of the Middlesex Fells Reservation. Students in the City of Medford may also attend the Medford Vocational-Technical High School on the same site,or the Curtis/Tufts alternative high school in South Medford.
Medford/Tufts station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located off Boston Avenue near College Avenue in Medford,Massachusetts,adjacent to Tufts University. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12,2022,as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX),which added two northern branches to the Green Line,and is the northern terminus of the E branch.
Ball Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Ball Square in Somerville and Medford,Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12,2022,as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX),which added two northern branches to the Green Line,and is served by the E branch.
Gilman Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Gilman Square in Somerville,Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12,2022,as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX),which added two northern branches to the Green Line,and is served by the E branch.
The Massachusetts Automatic Gas Tax Increase Repeal Initiative,Question 1 was on the November 4,2014 statewide ballot. Approved by voters,the measure repeals a 2013 law that would automatically adjust gas taxes according to inflation,allowing for automatic annual increases in the state's gas tax.
