Orvis Road Historic District
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Orvis Road Historic District is a historic district
between Massachusetts Ave., Freeman, Randolph and Newcomb Streets on Orvis Road in Arlington, Massachusetts
. The district contains 25 residences built circa 1920-1930 as part of a unified development plan. Houses include bungalows and two-family homes. Orvis Road itself includes a grassy median area planted with oak and maple trees. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
between Massachusetts Ave., Freeman, Randolph and Newcomb Streets on Orvis Road in Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. The district contains 25 residences built circa 1920-1930 as part of a unified development plan. Houses include bungalows and two-family homes. Orvis Road itself includes a grassy median area planted with oak and maple trees. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.