Belmont Center Historic District
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Belmont Center Historic District is a historically significant commercial and civic core of Belmont, Massachusetts, noted for its early 20th-century architecture and role as the town’s primary downtown area.
Aliases (6)
- Belmont Center ×4
- Belmont Center business blocks ×1
- Belmont Center business district ×1
- Belmont Center commercial area ×1
- Belmont Center commercial district ×1
- Belmont town center ×1
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civic center
→
commercial district → historic district → |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical Revival
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Colonial Revival → Late Victorian → early 20th-century commercial architecture → |
| buildingMaterial |
brick
→
stone → |
| buildingType |
one- to three-story masonry commercial blocks
→
|
| characteristic |
civic open spaces
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mixed-use buildings → pedestrian-oriented commercial blocks → |
| contains |
Belmont Center business blocks
→
Belmont Public Library vicinity → Belmont Town Hall vicinity → civic buildings → commercial buildings → municipal buildings → |
| country |
United States
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|
| developmentEra |
early 20th century
→
late 19th century → |
| hasFunction |
civic core
→
commercial core → |
| hasStreet |
Concord Avenue
→
Leonard Street → Trapelo Road → |
| locatedIn |
Belmont, Massachusetts
→
Massachusetts → Middlesex County, Massachusetts → |
| near |
Belmont commuter rail station
→
|
| partOf |
downtown Belmont
→
|
| periodOfSignificance |
early 20th century
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| primaryUse |
office
→
retail → service businesses → |
| role |
focus of community activity in Belmont
→
primary downtown area of Belmont → |
| significance |
local center of government and commerce
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represents development of Belmont’s primary downtown area → significant for early 20th-century commercial and civic architecture → |
| typicalFeature |
decorative cornices
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large display windows → symmetrical facades → |
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Belmont, Massachusetts
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Belmont, Massachusetts → Belmont, Massachusetts → Town of Belmont → |
hasHistoricDistrict |
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Belmont, Massachusetts
("Belmont Center")
→
Town of Belmont ("Belmont Center") → |
hasNeighborhood |
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Concord Avenue
("Belmont Center")
→
Concord Avenue → |
passesThrough |
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Leonard Street
("Belmont Center business district")
→
|
associatedWith |
|
Belmont Center Historic District
("Belmont Center business blocks")
→
|
contains |
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MBTA Fitchburg Line
("Belmont Center")
→
|
hasStation |
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Leonard Street
→
|
locatedIn |
|
Belmont Center station
("Belmont Center commercial district")
→
|
locatedInNeighborhood |
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Clay Pit Pond
("Belmont town center")
→
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near |
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Leonard Street
("Belmont Center commercial area")
→
|
partOf |