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Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°22′35″N 71°03′38″W / 42.3763°N 71.0605°W / 42.3763; -71.0605
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Monument Square Historic District
Monument Square, 2013
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts) is located in Boston
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts)
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts)
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts)
LocationMonument Sq., Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′35″N 71°03′38″W / 42.3763°N 71.0605°W / 42.3763; -71.0605
Area8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1839 (1839)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.87001128[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1987

The Monument Square Historic District encompasses a city park and its surrounding buildings at the top of Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The location is notable as the site of the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, early in the American Revolutionary War. Monument Square was laid out in the 19th century, when the Bunker Hill Monument (a National Historic Landmark) was erected there. The park is framed by predominantly residential buildings built in the mid-19th century.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 14, 2014.