Magoun Square is a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...

 located at the intersection of two major streets, Broadway and Medford Street, with the smaller Dexter Street. It is close to Tufts University

Tufts University

Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...

 in neighboring Medford, Massachusetts

Medford, Massachusetts

Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, five miles northwest of downtown Boston. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 56,173...

. It is a mixed-use urban

Urban area

An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...

 area. Medford Street crosses into Medford just north of this intersection and becomes Main Street.

Magoun Square was named after the family of John Calvin Magoun of the Adams-Magoun House

Adams-Magoun House

The Adams-Magoun House, built ca. 1783, is a good example of Federal period architecture at 438 Broadway in Somerville, Massachusetts. Although built during the Federal period, and showing that influence, the floor plan is traditional four-room Georgian...

.

The Green Line (MBTA)

Green Line (MBTA)

The Green Line is a streetcar system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the Boston, Massachusetts area of the United States. It is the oldest line of Boston's subway, which is known locally as the 'T'. The Green Line runs underground downtown and on the surface in outlying...

 Somerville-Medford extension has a proposed stop immediately west of the commercial district, in Ball Square

Ball Square

Ball Square is a neighborhood primarily in Somerville, Massachusetts, but also extending into Medford, at the intersection of Boston Avenue and Broadway, located between Powder House Square and Magoun Square. It is primarily a residential area with a handful of shops and restaurants along Broadway...

 and immediately south of the commercial district on Lowell Street.

The recorded voices on different MBTA buses pronounce this square's name two different ways when approaching the stop. The "male" voice pronounces it "Mc-GOON Square" whereas the "female" voice pronouncees it "Mc-GOWAN Square."

$3.1M to revitalize the square was requested under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA and commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama.To...

. The project is currently underway and is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2011.

External links

• Map of the area