Orvis Road Historic District

The Orvis Road Historic District is a residential historic district in eastern . Built as a planned development between 1918 and 1930, Orvis Road contains a well-preserved collection of single and double-family houses of the period, as well its distinctive landscaping, which includes a grassy median not found in Arlington's other planned subdivisions.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capitol Theater Building and Butterfield-Whittemore House.

Apartment building
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The is a historic mixed commercial, residential, and theatrical building at 202–208 Massachusetts Avenue in . is situated 700 feet east of Orvis Road Historic District.

Historic building
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The , is a historic colonial house at 54 Massachusetts Avenue in . With its oldest section dating to c. is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Orvis Road Historic District.

Building
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The is an historic house in . The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1846 after the introduction of train service into Arlington. is situated 1,200 feet east of Orvis Road Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and North Cambridge.

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is a town of 46,000 people in . It is a largely residential town; many of its residents are employed in Cambridge, Boston and surrounding towns.

Suburb
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, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of bounded by and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of on the northwest, and the town of on the west.

Neighborhood
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The of encompasses a turn of the 20th century planned residential subdivision in the hills above the town center, representing an early phase in the town's transition from a rural to suburban setting.

Orvis Road Historic District

Latitude
42.40634° or 42° 24′ 23″ north
Longitude
-71.14533° or 71° 8′ 43″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87JCCV43+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358279308
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­district
Wiki­data ID
Q7105267
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