The front porch of the hedge-surrounded Pliny B. Fiske House (1894) on Prescott Street. November 15, 2010.
Blue Oval homes are structures designated by the Arlington Historical Commission as historically or architecturally significant. There are approximately 1,200 such structures in the Town of Arlington.
The Ammi P. Cutter House (1850) on Summer Street. November 15, 2010.
Blue Oval homes are structures designated by the Arlington Historical Commission as historically or architecturally significant. There are approximately 1,200 such structures in the Town of Arlington.
The Robbins Library front entrance on Town Day, September 25, 2010.
This small stone on the front lawn of the Jason Russell House marks the Barber Memorial Grove. The inscription reads: "Barber Memorial Grove. In grateful remembrance of Rev. Laurence L. Barber, president 1937-1957, and Laura B. Barber, his wife. The Arlington Historical Society." September 25, 2010.
An apartment building on Pleasant Street, November 5, 2010.
The Minuteman Bikeway passes by Spy Pond over an old railway bridge. November 5, 2010.
St. John's Episcopal Church on Pleasant Street. November 5, 2010.
Plants climb around an informational sign for the Russell Historic District. November 15, 2010.
An up close view showing the façade of the Pleasant Street Congregational Church which held its final service on Sunday, January 30, 2011. November 5, 2010.
The foliage starting to change on the trees of Whittemore Park. October 13, 2010.
The spire of St. Agnes Catholic Church and an eastern star on October 13, 2010.
A reminder of the Minuteman Bikeway's locomotive past cutting across Whittemore Park. October 13, 2010.
Ben Rudnick and Friends jam in the Town Garden during Town Day festivities. September 25, 2010.
Farmers work Arlington's (West Cambridge's) fields in this detail from the mural in the Court Street Post Office. November 15, 2010.
The former headquarters of Brigham's Ice Cream on Mill Street. On June 28, 2008, Brigham's was sold to HP Hood LLC and its headquarters was moved to Lynnfield, Massachusetts. December 12, 2010.
Scattered blocks help direct Mill Brook in the right direction after it cascades from the tunnel at Cooke's Hollow. November 15, 2010.
The plaque describing the conception of Cooke's Hollow, a narrow park situated behind the Community Safety Building. November 15, 2010.
The site of the John Cutter House, which was occupied for years by various automobile related enterprises and now developed with townhouses. December 7, 2010.
Boxes of produce (and the truck they arrived in) at the Farmer's Market on October 13, 2010.
A scooter, which is certainly far past its last scoot, left to rust in Mill Brook. November 15, 2010.
The Court Street Post Office with its restored front door on December 7, 2010.
On November 20, 2010, Entryways 12 showcased the front door of the Court Street Post Office which, at the time of the photograph, was being refurbished.
The flag flying at half mast in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day at Town Hall. December 7, 2010.
A bedewed chrysanthemum outside the home of the photographer on October 27, 2010.
A Pleasant Street home decorated for Halloween on November 5, 2010.
The constellation Orion appears through the clouds above Peirce Elementary School on November 23, 2010. View 2 of 2.
Metal melting in a crucible during a musket-ball making demonstration on the front lawn of the Jason Russell House. Town Day, September 25, 2010.
A rotting jack-o'-lantern on a Summer Street doorstep. November 15, 2010.
A lamppost beside Summer Street driveway on November 15, 2010.
The open foyer door of a Russell Street home on November 15, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
The doorway to the Superintendent's Office inside the Court Street Post Office on November 15, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
The doorway to the Court Street Post Office on November 15, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
The Pleasant Street Congregational Church on November 5, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
A sign, showing the Stratton School's recent national recognition, over the playground doors on November 2, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
The Pleasant Street Congregational Church on November 5, 2010.
The carved pediment of the Wild Acre Inns on Pleasant Street. November 5, 2010.
Orange lights (and an orange cat) decorate the front of a Crescent Hill Avenue home on October 30, 2010.
The American flag atop Winslow Towers peeks over the Cyrus E. Dallin Museum on October 13, 2010.
Rainwater covers the freshly sealed and painted Summer Street Basketball Court on October 21, 2010.
Precinct signs direct voters to their polling place inside Stratton School on November 2, 2010.
Looking upward at the decoration of an Arlington Center building. October 13, 2010.
A murder of pumpkins in their natural habitat on Crescent Hill Avenue, October 30, 2010.
The Pleasant Street Congregational Church pokes out from the brilliant orange leaves of Autumn in this view of Arlington from the top of the Alewife Parking Garage. October 21, 2010.
The recently refurbished Mill Lane, under which passes Mill Brook, by which stands the Old Schwamb Mill. October 21, 2010.
Leaves struggle to hang on in the high winds of October 16, 2010.
The leaves just beginning to change on the trees in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. September 29, 2010.
Signs posted at the greenhouses on Decatur Street, September 29, 2010.
Light from the setting sun turns the vapor trails of two planes bright orange over the silhouette of the Pleasant Street Congregational Church on October 13, 2010.
Assorted tomatoes on display at Arlington's Farmers Market on October 13, 2010.
The only cemetery for Black Freemasons in the country lies quietly on Gardner Street on September 29, 2010.
A view of Mount Pleasant Cemetery on September 29, 2010.
Even when sitting still, Spider-Man still amazes and entertains young children. September 25, 2010.
A balloon escapes from the clutches of a child over Massachusetts Avenue, September 25, 2010.
One of the Menotomy Minutemen demonstrates the process of loading and firing a musket on the front lawn of the Jason Russell House, September 25, 2010.
A woman balances one more piece of trash on top of the garbage cans in front of the statue of Samuel Wilson during Arlington's Town Day festivities, September 25, 2010.
Fireworks explode behind Town Hall on Town Night, September 24, 2010.
To count down the days to the end of summer, I will be taking you on a virtual walking tour of Arlington–the same one outlined in 1937’s The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Each entry will include an excerpt from the book about each site visited. Hopefully this will give us a little insight as to how things have changed in the past 73 years. A little bit of backtracking brings us to our eleventh stop.
“The Whittemore-Robbins Mansion, behind the library, is a Federal
three-story building with a hip roof, a cupola or watch-tower, and four chimneys.”
The Whittemore-Robbins house on October 31, 2009.
To count down the days to the end of summer, I will be taking you on a virtual walking tour of Arlington–the same one outlined in 1937’s The WPA Guide to Massachusetts. Each entry will include an excerpt from the book about each site visited. Hopefully this will give us a little insight as to how things have changed in the past 73 years. The first stop is the “Ancient Burying Ground.”
“Toward the farther side of the cemetery, close to the main path,
is a Monument over the graves of 12 Americans killed
on the retreat from Concord and Lexington, and buried
‘without coffins, in the clothes they had worn when they fell.'”
The "Ancient Burying Ground" on October 31, 2009.
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