A plaque marks the spot of the Russell Store, "plundered during the British retreat of April 19, 1775," where, according to story, the redcoats left the molasses running. The storefront at left is the vacated Quizno's sandwich shop. July 9, 2011.
The Bunker Hill monument, perfectly framed by the trees, taken looking east-southeast on Gray Street near its intersection with Bartlett Avenue. This view, easily seen while driving at night, is reminiscent of the seal of Arlington. July 10, 2011.
A detail of the seal of Arlington can be seen here.
The entrance to Flora restaurant in the old Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank building on the night of July 2, 2011.
The monument to the men of Menotomy--who fought for this country before it even existed--reaches towards the starry abyss from the middle of the Old Burying Ground on July 2, 2011.
The inscription on the plinth of the Samuel Wilson statue in Arlington Center. July 3, 2010.
The plaque on the base of the flagpole commemorating Lt. Richard H. Buzzell, U.S.N. (killed in action, South Vietnam) after whom the Summer Street playing field is named. March 12, 2011.
A sign on Paul Revere Road marks the route along which the British marched to and from Lexington and Concord, encountering armed militia and engaging in skirmishes along the way. August 31, 201.
The oculus, divided by longitude and latitude to represent a globe, above the motto "dedicated to good citizenship" on the former Parmenter School, currently occupied by the International School of Boston and the Arlington Children's Center. May 29, 2011.
The Mrs. Edward Hall House (1890) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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See a detail of the pediment in 2010, before it was painted, and in 2011, after it was painted.
The Mabelle W. Hudson House (1900) on Pleasant Street. The latin text on the pediment reads "Cor Unum Via Una" or "One Heart, One Way." May 29, 2011.
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The First Parish Parsonage (1855) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The George Swan House (1813) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Ephriam Frost House (1821) on the Spy Pond side of Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Wyman-Pichette House (built C. 1840, moved 1998) at its new home on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Judge John H. Hardy House (1867) on Ravine Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Henry Call House (1854) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Adonifa Barnes House (c. 1850) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The Harry McManus House (1910) on Pleasant Street. May 29, 2011.
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The painted pediment of a Pleasant Street House. May 29, 2011.
See the pediment as it looked on January 9, 2010, before it was painted, by clicking here.
The decoratively carved pediment of a Pleasant Street home on January 9, 2010. It has since been repainted.
Three stones at Massachusetts Avenue and Lowell Street mark the area once known as "The Foot of the Rocks," where Minutemen from Menotomy and surrounding towns engaged British troops on April 19, 1775. April 11, 2011.
The rotary at Mystic Valley Parkway and Medford Street was featured in the 1991 movie "Once Around" starring Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss. Overhead shots of cars circling the rotary are used in the opening and closing shots of the movie as well as other important times throughout the story.
A sign on the front lawn of the Jason Russell House points towards the entrance. At left, the plaque on the flagpole honors Judge James R. Parmenter, former president of the Arlington Historical Society. August 9, 2010.
A hanging light fixture in the Hearing Room on the second floor of Arlington's Town Hall. February 14, 2011.
A Bennington Flag flies in front of a decorative truss on a Lowell Street home. April 11, 2011
A U.S. Army tent set up as the base of operations for the "Moving Wall" Vietnam Memorial. Inside, displays were set up memorializing the Arlingtonians who gave their lives in service during the Vietnam War. April 15, 2011.
The inscription at the confluence of the two wings that make up the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Memorial on display for Patriots' Day weekend. April 15, 2011.
The National League of Families prisoner of war/missing in action flag flies below the American flag at the field upon which was displayed the "Moving Wall" Vietnam Memorial on April 15, 2011.
As school lets out, high-schoolers come to see the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Memorial that has been temporarily set up on their baseball field. April 15, 2011.
A man reflects on the "Moving Wall" Vietnam Memorial temporarily set up on the Arlington High baseball field for Patriots' Day weekend. April 15, 2011.
A Blackhawk helicopter takes off above the "Moving Wall" Vietnam Memorial at Arlington High School on April 15, 2011.
A British soldier hits a minuteman with the butt of his rifle on the front lawn of the Jason Russell house during the Patriots' Day reenactment in 2009.
The Edward L. Sterling House (1845) on Summer Street. September 25, 2010.
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The Henry Hornblower House (1891) on Pleasant Street. November 5, 2010.
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The Edward Storer House (1845) on Water Street. November 15, 2010.
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As the most expensive building in Arlington at the time of its construction on Appleton Street in 1894, Idahurst Mansion is now split into apartments. August 31, 2010.
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The Cox-Knowles House (1860) which formerly sat on Hemlock Street at the last family farm in Arlington, now sits at the end of Knowles Farm Road, a development on the former farm. August 9, 2010.
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The Alvin Robbins House (built 1868, moved from Mass. Ave 1912) at the corner of Prescott Street and Russell Street. November 15, 2010.
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The Charles P. Wyman House (1880) on Pleasant Street. November 5, 2010.
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The Butterfield-Whittemore House (1695/1790,) also known as the "Crooked House" as it not parallel to Massachusetts Avenue. September 29, 2010.
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The Albert Winn Farmhouse (1820) on Summer Street. November 15, 2010.
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As the 77 bus rumbles down Massachusetts Avenue, it passes in front of the Wayside Inn (1750) on the night of September 5, 2010.
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The front porch of the hedge-surrounded Pliny B. Fiske House (1894) on Prescott Street. November 15, 2010.
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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.
A grotesque on the side of St. Anne's Chapel, August 31, 2010.
The ghost of a farmhouse beyond the fence at Hurd Field during a thunderstorm. July 19, 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.
A wider view of the mural on the MBTA bus terminal in Arlington Heights which depicts Paul Revere, Uncle Sam, Town Hall, an old MTA trolley car, Saint Patrick (not really,) Old Schwamb Mill, and Spy Pond among other smaller details. March 12, 2011.
A detail of the mural on the MBTA bus terminal in Arlington Heights. Part one. March 12, 2011.
The blue and white steeple of the Highrock Church (formerly a Greek Orthodox church,) against the blue and white sky of a sunny August 9, 2010.
The Central Fire Station on the night of September 5, 2010.
A relic of the Boston and Maine Railroad alongside the Minuteman Bikeway near Arlington Center. July 22, 2011.
Two chairs--that offer much more leg room than the fixed seats--in the corner of the balcony. February 14, 2011.
Looking up into the lantern that crowns Town Hall. August 9, 2010.
One of the four medallions next to the front arches of Town Hall. August 9, 2010
All the medallions can be seen on the Pictures of Arlington Facebook page.
The view from the back balcony. February 14, 2011.
In the Hearing Room, one can find old ballot boxes repurposed for use as end tables. February 14, 2011.
Two clocks (only one showing the correct time) adorn the back balcony of the main hall. February 14, 2011.
A portrait of Nathan Robbins "in his Quincy Market poultry, pork and game stall, Painted by Theodore Auguste Rousseau, Boston, 1853." February 14, 2011.
A clock adorns the wall at one end of the Hearing Room. February 14, 2011.
A collection of fixtures and other trinkets hanging on the wall behind the stage.
Dennis Ahern writes with more information about this little display:
“The curious framework is a California Job Case of the kind used to contain
foundry type for letterpress printing. The back (bottom) of the drawer has
been removed. In a California case, the left two-thirds contain the lower
case letters and punctuation, and the right third has the capital letters
arranged alphabetically except for J and U, which are tacked on after X, Y, Z.”
The intricately decorated Seal of the Town of Arlington centered above the stage. February 14, 2011.
Seats on the second floor balcony of Arlington Town Hall. February 14, 2011.
Ornate metalwork frames the door to the Selectman's Office in Arlington Town Hall. February 11, 2011.
Headstones in the Old Burying Ground settled cozily into the snow. December 28, 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.
A detail of what looks to be a Buddhist temple bell from China hanging in a small display outside St. Anne's Chapel. August 31, 2010.
A shot of the Prince Hall Cemetery, undisturbed since the first snow of winter. January 25, 2011.
Here is the first picture of the cemetery as it appeared on this blog back on October 12, 2010.
General Nelson Monroe was a veteran of the Civil and Mexican-American Wars. In 1893, he published a book of “reminiscences of the days of dark secession 1861 and 1865” entitled The Grand Army Button: A Souvenir. It can be viewed in full at archives.org.
The finale of the book is a poem called “The Dead Line” at Libby Prison about the horrors of internment at the Confederate Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. It can be read here.
The inscription on the back of the monument can be viewed at Pictures of Arlington’s facebook page.
The grave of author, poet, and most notably, soldier, General Nelson Monroe in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. January 6, 2011.
The façade of the Decatur Market on Decatur Street at its intersection with North Union. January 25, 2011.
The American flag flies in the setting sun over the stones of Bicentennial Park, located on the Arlington/Cambridge border. January 5, 2011.
A memorial outside the Community Safety Building those police who have died while performing their duty. July 22, 2010.
A look into the closed Brigham's restaurant on Mill street. At the time of this photo, the restaurant had been shut down for almost nine months. August 9, 2010.
The headstone of Nina Winn at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Her diaries from over 100 years ago are transcribed on the Arlington List each day, giving 21st Century Arlingtonians a glimpse of the past. The title of this post comes from Ms. Winn's diary of October 21, 1907: "Such a dear room in birds eye maple to sleep in & slept like a log." January 6, 2010.
A reminder of the Minuteman Bikeway's locomotive past cutting across Whittemore Park. October 13, 2010.
Lt. John Connors, a Navy SEAL, died on December 20, 1989 during Operation Nifty Package, a mission to disable movement of, then apprehend, Manuel Noriega. Lt. Connor’s platoon succeeded in destroying Noriega’s plane, which facilitated Noriega’s capture on January 3, 1990.
In the October 1990 issue of Reader’s Digest, Malcolm McConnell wrote about Lt. Connor’s heroism in an article titled “Measure of Man.” I hope that you may take the time to read it.
The monument to Lt. John P. Connors at the confluence of Broadway and Warren Street. January 6, 2011.
The seal of Arlington on the stone marker in Arlington Bicentennial Park, January 5, 2011.
Farmers work Arlington's (West Cambridge's) fields in this detail from the mural in the Court Street Post Office. November 15, 2010.
The Whittemore-Robbins House lit up for winter on the night of December 28, 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.
Cyrus E. Dallin's "Menotomy Indian Hunter" out braving the below-freezing temperatures on December 28, 2010.
The Old Burying Ground after the Christmas weekend snowstorm. December 28, 1010.
A view of Arlington in the winter from the Alewife Parking Garage on February 2, 2010.
To the top right, one can see the rubble of the Symmes site. At the top middle, the building just barely peeking above the tree line, with the three white dots on top is the Stratton School. In the center, the gabled roof of Arlington Senior Center and the white steeple of the Park Avenue Congregational Church can be seen. At the middle right, three of the four white chimneys and cupola of the Whittemore-Robbins House is visible. And to the left of that, there is the blue-domed steeple of the Highrock Church.
The monument to the "Revolutionary Soldiers known to be Buried In This Cemetery" in the Old Burying Ground on August 19, 2006.
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.
The Millennium Time Capsule, which was dedicated on Patriots' Day 2001 and is set to be opened on Patriots' Day 2101, nestled in the garden between the Robbins Library and Town Hall. August 9, 2010.
The childhood home of composer Alan Hovhaness on August 31, 2010.
The flag flying at half mast in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day at Town Hall. December 7, 2010.
The lights of the Whittemore-Robbins House reaching out to the Old Burying Ground on January 13, 2006.
The Central Fire Station watches over the Arlington Veterans Memorial on August 19, 2006.
A Pilgrim Mother, one of the four figures by Cyrus E. Dallin at the base of the Robbins Memorial Flagstaff. August 9, 2010.
The top of the flagstaff can be seen in an earlier post.
Squaw Sachem, on of the four figures by Cyrus E. Dallin at the base of the Robbins Memorial Flagstaff. August 9, 2010.
The top of the flagstaff can be seen in an earlier post.
Pictured are a Minuteman and a Puritan Devine, two of the four figures sitting at the base of the Robbins Memorial Flagstaff sculpted by Cyrus E. Dallin. August 9, 2010.
The top of the flagstaff can be seen in an earlier post.
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.
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 former Arlington High School entrance on Academy Street. August 8, 2010.
“Entryways” is a series documenting some of the doors, gates, openings, portals, entrances and exits of Arlington.
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