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Brighton Center Historic District

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in colonial times, Brighton was incorporated as a separate town in 1807 and annexed to Boston in 1874. The center area became a focus of the regional cattle business during the 19th century, but little of that time has survived, with only a small handful of buildings pre-dating 1875. The local
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The district is centered at the junction of Washington Street with Market Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue, radiating along those roads and including a number of immediately adjacent properties on adjacent streets. The oldest resource in the district is the Market Street Burial Ground, which was
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cattle yards were removed in 1881, and the center developed as a place to provide community services, resulting in a series of commercial buildings on Washington Street and a collection of municipal and civic structures along Market Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Brighton Center Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Brighton Center Historic District is located in the United States
Boston, Massachusetts
42°20′54″N 71°9′15″W / 42.34833°N 71.15417°W / 42.34833; -71.15417
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Brighton
Boston, Massachusetts
Watertown
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National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts


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