Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of Somerville, Massachusetts, US.

Prior to 19th century 1630 - Charlestown settled. 1631 - Colonial Governor John Winthrop granted 600 acres of land known as Ten Hills Farm.Francis J. Bremer, John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), p. 248.Robert C. Winthrop, Life And Letters Of John Winthrop: Governor Of The Massachusetts Bay Company At Their Emigration To New England 1630, (Kessinger Publishing, LLC), p. 64. 1703 - Windmill built (approximate date). 1714 - Peter Tufts House built. 1756 - Powder House in use. 1776 - Continental Union Flag raised at Continental Army fortifications atop Prospect Hill.The History of Prospect Hill, part 2 Retrieved 2014-10-11

19th century 1800s–1860s 1803 - Middlesex Canal begins in operation. 1804 - Old Cemetery established. 1821 - Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works established. 1834 - Ursuline Convent Riots. 1835 - Boston & Lowell Railroad begins operating. 1842 Town of Somerville separates from Charlestown. Population: 1,013. 1844 - First Congregational Society formed. 1851 - American Tube Works established. 1852 Somerville City Hall built. Somerville High School opens. 1853 First Orthodox Congregational Church organized. First Universalist Society organized.Harvard University. First Universalist Church (Somerville, Mass.). Records, 1861-1984: A Finding Aid 1854 Tufts College opens. Union Glass Company established. 1856 First Methodist Episcopal Church organized. Round House built. 1863 - Broadway Orthodox Congregational Church organized. 1864 - Circulating Library in business at Tufts' apothecary (approximate date). 1866 Emmanuel Episcopal Church built. Somerville Carriage Repository and Manufactory established. 1867 - Perkins Street Baptist Church dedicated. 1869 - Morse Grammar School built.

1870s–1890s 1870 Somerville Journal newspaper begins publication. St. Thomas Episcopal Church built. Boston and Lowell Railroad connected through West Somerville to the Lexington Branch. 1871 City incorporated. Somerville Samaritan Society organized. 1872 Somerville city government inaugurated. City seal design adopted. Population: 16,000 (approximate). 1873 Public Library established. Luther V. Bell School built. Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church organized. 1874 West Somerville Baptist Church organized. West Somerville Congregational Church organized. Sprague & Hathaway Portrait Copying House established. 1876 - Somerville Citizen newspaper begins publication. 1886 - Third Universalist Church established.Harvard University. West Somerville Universalist Church (Somerville, Mass.). Records, 1884-1950: A Finding Aid 1890 Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church built. North Packing Company established. Population: 40,152. 1891 - Somerville Hospital founded. 1892 - McLean Hospital relocates to Belmont. 1898 Somerville Historical Society incorporated. Historic Festival. 1899 Forthian Club for women organized.Harvard University. Forthian Club of Somerville (Mass.) Records, 1889-1979: A Finding AidBoston Evening Transcript - Nov 11, 1899 First Unitarian Church built. 1900 - Population: 61,643.

20th century 1901 - Lyndell's Bakery relocates to Somerville. 1903 - Prospect Hill Monument built. 1909 - West Somerville Branch Public Library opens. 1910 - Population: 77,236. 1914 Somerville Theatre built. Public Library central building constructed. Economy Grocery Store opens. 1915 - Pageant of World Peace. 1916 - First Universalist Church built. 1922 50th anniversary as city. Population: 95,000 (approximate). 1928 - Northern Artery constructed. 1935 - United States Post Office–Somerville Main built. 1936 - Mystic Valley Parkway constructed. 1941 - The Rosebud (diner) built. 1968 - Havurat Shalom founded. 1972 - City seal redesigned. 1973 - Steve's Ice Cream opens. 1980 - Assembly Square Mall opens. 1981 Sister city relationship established with Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Bertucci's pizzeria opens. 1983 - Somerville Community Access Television founded. 1984 - Davis (MBTA station) opens. 1985 - Alewife Linear Park established. 1987 Brickbottom Artists Association active. Mixit Print Studio established. Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. 1988 - Somerville Museum opens. 1990 - Mike Capuano becomes mayor. 1991 - Candlewick Press established. 1998 - City website online (approximate date). 1999 Dorothy Kelly Gay becomes mayor. Leverett Circle Connector Bridge opens. Somerville Open Studios begins. Mike Capuano becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.

21st century

2002 - P.A.'s Lounge opens. 2003 Won-Buddhist temple opens. GreenGoat in business. 2004 - Joseph Curtatone becomes mayor. 2005 Union Square Main Streets organized. Union Square farmers' market begins. Sikh Sangat Society Boston and Harry Potter Alliance headquartered in Somerville. 2006 - Honk! music festival begins. 2007 - Highland Kitchen restaurant in business. 2009 - Sister city relationship established with Tiznit, Morocco. 2010 Population: 75,754. Sister city relationship established with Nordeste, Portugal. 2014 Legoland in business. Assembly station opens. 2022 Katjana Ballantyne becomes mayor. Union Square station opens. The remaining Medford branch of the Green Line Extension opens later in the year. 2026 - Jake Wilson becomes mayor.

See also History of Somerville List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts Charlestown, Massachusetts (from which Somerville sprang in 1842) Timelines of other municipalities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Cambridge, Lowell, Waltham

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Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts

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