Watson's Corner

Last updated

Watson's Corner is the historical name for an intersection in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the corner of Rindge Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. It was part of a wider area called Watson's Plain in colonial and Revolutionary War times and well into the 19th century. [1]

Watson's Corner gained notability on account of a skirmish that occurred there on April 19, 1775 in connection with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. A marker at 2154 Massachusetts Avenue commemorates the skirmish. [2] An account of this event from the Cambridge city website [3] describes the scene thus: [4]

At Watson’s Corner (the present intersection of Rindge and Massachusetts avenues) Cambridge patriots lay in wait behind a pile of barrels, but were surprised by flanking redcoats. John Hicks and Moses Richardson of Cambridge and Isaac Gardner of Brookline were killed, as was William Marcy, a "simple-minded youth" who thought he was watching a parade. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge: Northwest Cambridge, 1977, ISBN   0-262-53032-5, Cambridge Historical Commission, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 14-16, 39
  2. ↑ "Watson's Corner" (PDF). Cambridge Historical Commission et al. 2000. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "The American Revolution Comes to Cambridge, Part III: Retreat: Deadly Skirmishes in North Cambridge" "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 1 May 2016
  4. ↑ An obvious typo has been corrected.

42°23′33.6″N71°7′29.9″W / 42.392667°N 71.124972°W / 42.392667; -71.124972

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.