STREETS - O
- OAK STREET
- OAKLAND STREET
- O'BRIEN HIGHWAY
- OLD DEE ROAD
- OLIVE PLACE
- ORCHARD STREET
- ORRIN STREET
- OSBORN STREET
- OTIS STREET
- OTTER STREET
- OXFORD AVENUE
- OXFORD STREET
- Oak place\ circle see OAKLAND STREET 1889
OAK STREET through street 1847
- .....1847 deed laid out 1311 Cambridge St -- line (Somerville) & named Carroll Street
- .....1850 Camb directory changed to Oak Street; named for tree
- .....1883 (tax) numbers changed to even on west side
- 6-12 row houses 2-st 1883
- .....1882 buildings deed 1604,358 oak nwc cambridge 161x90 wWaite nBagley <Tilton (o) Lockhart Wm.L. from (o)
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
- .....1883 [row houses] 4 units tax new w2 oak 6-12 (o) Lockhart Wm.L.
- .....1886 Hopkins atlas
- 9 house 2-st 1891
- .....1891 house pitch roof 2-st permit 2728 oak st (o) Balmer Wm (b) England John
- ..........house tax 3 unf: [1] w2 oak st es c oak pl: 9 (o) Balmer Wm
- .....1894 Bromley atlas
- 14 house 2-st 1847
- .....1847 land deed 510,488 carroll ws 120'n cragie 40x90 pt 4 1849>BaglyCF 550,447 b $3, (o) Tuttle James S: ca from (o)
Dow David
- ..........house tax 48 w2 carroll (o) Tuttle James S.
- .....1848 house tax >BagleyCF w2 carroll (o) Barker Edmund
- .....1849 house tax 69 Holden w2 [51 dir]: oak : 1=14 (o) Bagley Currier F.
- .....1854 Walling map
- 15-17 (Oakland st 15) house 2-st 1849
- .....1849 dwelling contract: Colla to build deed 550,150 mid 5 48'es ct nr cragie n: dh; (a) Woolaver J (o) Waite Chas with
(b) Colla Silas M
- ..........house tax >Wait w2 carroll (o) McColla Silas
- ..........house tax 79+stb; thru 87 w2 : oak : 2 (o) Waite Chas.
- .....1854 Walling map
- .....1927 two-family house altered permit 28863 Oak st 15 (o & b) Greenwood Solomon
- 19 three-decker 1899
- .....1899 2 three-family houses flat roof 3-st permit 7631-2 Oak st 23, 25 [=19, 23] (o) McMenimen Mary E (a) McAuliffe
John
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- ..........house tax w2 oak 19 (& 25 unf [23]) [w/ oakland 19, 21-3] (o) McMenimen Mary E
- 20 house 2-st 1847
- .....1845 land deed 466,500 4 cragie ns 105x270 nSomerville e5 w3 pt 1848>Bagley 530,33 b $2,5 (o) Dow David from (o)
Brackett & Rowe
- .....1847 house tax >Bagley w2 carroll (o) Dow David
- .....1849 house tax 86+stb Balmer w2 : oak : 3=16 (o) Bagley Currier F.
- .....1854 Walling map
- 23-25 double house 2-st 1847; moved to Oakland st 21-23 1895
- .....1847 [double house] tax 55+$ 86+$ 87+stb w2 carroll=oak : 4-6 (o) Waite Chas.
- .....1848 buildings deed 520,566 pt 5 50' es carroll occ byTarbox (o) Hartshorn Joseph to (o) Edgeworth Mcl, painter
- .....1854 Walling map
- .....1895 double house altered permit 4989 [moved>oakland 21] 23-25 (o) McMenimen Wm H (b) Harkin John
- 23 three-decker 1899; sources with Oak st 19 (a) McAuliffe John H
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- 24-26 double house 1½-st 1847
- .....1846 land deed 493,250 ws carroll 202' n cragie 102x93 nRobbins pt Somerville (o) Gerry Timothy from (o) Dow
David
- .....1847 house deed 510,090 ws carroll s½ dh<493,250 520,222= qc MunroeWW 1848>Bagley 530,321 b (o) Gerry
Timothy, mechanic to (o) Hall Leander C
- ..........house tax 49>Bagley 56>Stimpson w2 carroll=oak : 7=20 (o) Gerry Timothy
- .....1848 buildings deed 530,105 ws new=carroll n:pw:h/hGerry <520,33 b<493,250 (o) Simmons James E to (o) Harris
Jeremiah, hw
- ..........house tax 49 HarrisJ 81 EllisLC w2 carroll=oak : 5=18 (o) Simmons James
- .....1854 Walling map
- .....1891 stable & storage flat roof 2-st permit 2661 Oak st 18 (o) Traynor Frank (b) Patterson W H
- .....1902 house adds permit 9451 Oak st 26 (o) Stimpson Caroline A (b) Hutchins E N
- .....1914 [multiple dwelling] 4 units adds & alts permit 15504 24-26 (o) DeWitt C H & Page L H (a) Duffy Joseph L.
- .....1928 stable permit 30521 (& 30067 stable razed) Oak st 24 (o) Oster Jake (b) Cronin Daniel
- 82-4 (ws) (Somerville) three-decker 192-
- .....1930 Bromley atlas
OAKLAND STREET dead-end street 1889
- .....1889 laid out 9 Oak St -- line (Somerville) & named Oak Place
- ..........lot numbers; house deed plan 59,15 oak place (o) Waite Mary G (surveyor) Mason W A
- .....1925 Camb directory changed to Oak Circle
- .....1926 extended south -- 1295 Cambridge St; changed to Oakland Street
- .....1938? part closed 9 Oak St -- 7 Oakland St
- 6-8 three-decker 1893
- .....1893 house flat roof 3-st permit 4051 oak pl (o) Hewes [Hughes?] J (b) Patterson & Fox
- .....1894 Bromley atlas
- ..........house tax new w2 oak pl es L8 (o) Hughes Joseph
- 7 house 2-st 1891
- .....1891 house pitch roof 2-st permit 2726 oak pl (o) Balmer Wm (b) England John
- ..........2 houses tax 3 unf: [1 & 1] w2 oak pl [7 & 9] (o) Balmer Wm
- .....1894 Bromley atlas
- 9 house 2-st 1891
- .....1891 house pitch roof 2-st permit 2727 oak pl (o) Balmer Wm (b) England John
- .....1894 Bromley atlas
- 10 three-decker 1894
- .....1894 house flat roof 3-st permit 4781 oak pl (o & b) Patterson & Fox
- .....1895 house tax new w2 oak pl 12-10 L9 (o) Patterson Geo M & Fox E F
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- .....1923 garage permit 23477 oak circle 10 (o) Noonan Cornelius F (b) Brown S A
- 14-16 three-decker 1894
- .....1894 [three-family house] flat roof 3-st permit 4366 oak pl; block 3 h (o & b) West Geo.G.
- ..........house tax new w2 oak pl es L10 (o) West Geo.G.
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- .....1928 garage permit 30269 14 (o) Osulian R J (b) Santin F const co
- 15 see 15-17 Oak st 1849
- 18-20 three-decker 1913
- .....1913 4 three-family houses 3-st permit 14890-1A oak circle [18--32] (o, a & b) Harrington Stephen H
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
- 19 house 2-st 1894
- .....1894 house pitch roof 2-st permit 4612 opp oak st ct? (o) McMenimen Mary A E (b) Waterman W.P.
- .....1895 house tax new 1900:$= w2 oak pl 25 L4: oak cir 19 (o) McMenimen Mary A E / Wm H
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- 21-23 double house 2½-st 1847; moved from Oak st 23-25 1895; razed 1909?
- .....1894 two-family house tax 95 dh $2,2 [moved on same lot] w2 oak 23-25: oak pl 27-29 (o) McMenimen Mary A E /
Wm H
- .....1900 Sanborn atlas
- 21-23 three-decker 1909
- .....1909 three-family house 3-st permit 12861 oak circle (o) McMenimen W H mrs (a) Vail Corey M.
- .....1934 Sanborn atlas v.1
- 22-24 three-decker 1913; sources with Oakland st 18-20 (o,a & b) Harrington Stephen H
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
- 26-28 three-decker 1913; sources with Oakland st 18-20 (o,a & b) Harrington Stephen H
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
- 29-31 (Somerville) three-decker 191-
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
- 30-32 three-decker 1913; sources with Oakland st 18-20 (o,a & b) Harrington Stephen H
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
O'BRIEN HIGHWAY 1809
- .....1809 laid out Charles River -- Gore St & named Bridge Street
- .....1811 extended Gore St -- w of Third St
- ..........see CAMBRIDGE STREET deed plan
- .....1834 - filled at eastern end
- .....1835 see 4-8 Cambridge st deed plan
- .....1839 extended w of Third St -- line (Somerville)
- .....1928 also named Northen Traffic Artery
- ..........highway CHC survey v1:51 (ca.1928) =bridge st widened; northern artery
- .....1951 changed to Monsignor O'Brien Highway
- 0 Canal bridge 1807-1809; razed 1905+
- .....1807 bridge CHC survey v1:19 canal bridge; opened 1809 (o) Craigie Andrew (a) Baldwin Loammi
- .....1808 bridge Paige p186; completed 1809 to Lechmere Point (o) Craigie Andrew &c
- .....1830 Hales map; 1854 Walling map Cragie's bridge
- 0 Charles river dam & bridge 1908
- .....1912 viaduct CHC survey v1:78 n of Chas river dam (a) Peabody & Stearns
- .....1916 Bromley atlas
- 1 freight terminal 1-st 1953; razed 1998-
- .....1953 freight terminal permit 53565 (& 53616: 3 loading docks) msgr o'brien highway 1 (o) B & M trans. co (b)
Tredennick-Billings
- .....1956 freight handling altered permit 55869 1 (o) B & M r r
- .....1961 Sanborn atlas v.1
- .....1979 Cambridge directory U S govt service admin motor pool
- 1r :3 warehouses 1-st 1955
- .....1955 storage permit 55407 1 (o) Bost & Maine r r (b) Tredennick-Billings
- .....1957 storage new foundation permit 57586 (1958 57628 warehouse: canceled) 1 (o) Harbor terminals
- .....1958 warehouse permit 57656 1 (o) Harbor terminals (b) Priggen steel bldgs
- ..........warehouse permit 57788 1 (o) Harbor terminals (b) Priggen steel bldgs
- ..........warehouse adds permit 58370 1 (o) Harbor terminals (b) Priggen steel bldgs
- .....1961 Sanborn atlas v.1
- ..........4 offices &c permit 60811-4 B & M rr bldgs 2, 3, 4, 1 (o & b) Boston sand & gravel
- .....1962 storage permit 62134 1A (o) Pistrone Leo (b) Priggen steel bldgs
- ..........office permit 62196A 1r (o & b) Boston & Maine r r
- .....1966 warehouse adds permit 64968 1b (o) Musolino-LoConte (b) L & R constr
- .....1967 warehouse permit 66498 charlestown av 29 (o) Boston & Maine corp (b) Logue Chas bldg co
- .....1972 boiler house permit 70802 3 (o & b) Boston sand & gravel
- 2-4 Science museum 6-st 1951
- .....1951 east wing (a) Ames Child Graves
- .....1954 museum : foundation permit 54659 msgr o'brien highway 2 (o) Museum of science
- .....1960 Countway building (a) Perry Shaw Hepburn Dean
- .....1961 Sanborn atlas v.1
- .....1966 clubhouse razed permit 65783 [?=2: theater 1961 atlas] bridge 66 (o) Museum of science
- .....1967 garage permit 65903 20 (o) Boston society for natural history (a) Maguire & Johnson
- .....1968 science [museum] permit 67418 o'brien highway 4 [west wing] (o) Museum of science (a) Johnson Ernst V
- .....1971 museum permit 69752 4 (o) Museum of science (b) Horn bldg co
- .....1972 garage adds permit 70643 20; 71073 42 & 52 razed (b) Vappi & co (o) Museum of science [a] Johnson &
Hotvedt
- .....1986 museum adds newspaper &c NEREJ Dec 16 (b) Vappi & co Omni theatre wing (a) Stubbins associates
- .....1994 altered permit 4-6
- 10 wharf 184-; razed 1929
- .....1834 land deed 341,136 mg<CBC=date 28 156' ss bridge extension e27 (o) Hastings Thos to (o) Canal Bridge Corp
- .....1837 land deed 359,342 28 156' ss bridge extension at w end canal bridge (o) Hastings Thomas to (o) Graves Wm &
Kidder F
- .....1846 buildings deed 493,219 nr w end canal bridge ss flats 18 acres indenture:division? (o) Warren Moses &&& from
(o) Pratt & Bates & Mon..
- ..........wharf tax : bgs thru 62 w3 : bridge (o) Warren Moses
- .....1863 sheds tax 75+office 86 x87? w3 bridge (o) Chaffee & Cummings
- .....1873 Hopkins atlas (o) Cummings Kenney & co.
- .....1881 office tax +sheds; thru 87 w3 bridge (o) Warren Moses est.
- .....1886 sheds tax +office+barn w3 bridge (o) Woods John M. & co.
- .....1887 stable pitch roof 2-st permit 601 bridge [Smith's wharf] (o, a & b) Proctor bros
- ..........house flat roof 3-st permit 671 bridge (o) Proctor bros (b) McDonald John
- .....1888 house tax & barn $,8 w3 bridge: no land (o) Proctor C & C & Geo O
- .....1902 3 buildings raised to grade of street permit 9506 O'Brien highway 2-10 (o) Proctor Geo O
- .....1903 factory permit 10308 bridge 2 (o) Proctor Geo O (a & b) Essensa Chas
- .....1909 house & hay & grain store razed permit 13003-4 O'Brien highway 12 & 2-10 (o) Lawler bros
- .....1929 razed permit 32270 bridge 10 (o) Standard oil co
- 15 railroad yard 183-; razed 1903-
- .....1832 deed 313,111 route of Boston & Lowell RR over wharf nr bridge (o) Jackson Patk.T. with (o) Binney Amos
- .....1835 deed 348,026 ss 40' st prison pt bridge>wharf s:B&LRR 150x193 (o) Lowell Chas.R. from (o) Jackson P T
- ..........wharf tax <43 bgs<<<64 & 2h<87 w3 bridge:+prison pt: es & ws (o) Bost & Lowell RR
- .....1845 roundhouse CHC survey v1:73 canal bridge c prison pt bridge (o) Boston & Lowell RR (a) Dexter Geo M
- .....1850 wharf tax bgs 64 machine shop w3 xx [prison pt?] (o) Bost & Maine RR
- .....1854 Walling map engine house (& 5 other buildings east of charlestown ave)
- .....1873 roundhouse CHC survey v1:73 adds; & 1886 n of 1st roundh (o) Boston & Lowell RR
- .....1881 shops tax +machinery; thru 87 w3 prison pt bridge (o) Boston & Maine RR
- .....1886 roundhouse & repair shop brick; flat roof 1-st permit 419 prison pt (o) Boston LL[Lowell] rr (b) Ellis J W &
Ordway S S
- .....1893 coal shed flat roof 1-st permit 4048 off prison pt (o & b) Boston & Maine rr co
- .....1902 buildings razed permit 9332 prison pt st +bridge (o) Boston & Maine rr
- .....1903 roundhouse razed permit 10129 prison pt st (o) B & M r.r.
- .....1905 repair shop 1-st permit 11107 prison pt st (o & b) Boston & Maine RR (a) Snow J P
- .....1910 2 freight terminals 1-st permit 13182-3 (o) Boston & Maine RR
- .....1926 2 warehouses permit 28282-3 yard 7 nr prison pt (o) Boston & Maine RR (a & b) Robinson Dwight P & co
- ..........shed permit 28382 & 28440 yard 7 (o) Boston & Maine RR (a & b) Robinson Dwight P & co
- .....1942 storage razed permit 42098 charlestown av (o & b) Boston & Maine RR
- .....1945 locker building permit 43641 bridge st yd #7 (o) Boston & Maine RR (b) Marson cons co
- 15 (7r) warehouse & office building 1-st 1961; razed 1996-
- .....1961 warehouse & office permit 60809 (b) Martini A J inc (o) Federal liquors ltd (a) Maini Hryniewicz & McKee
- .....1968 warehouse adds permit 66934 (a) Symmes Maini & McKee (o) Federal distillers (b) Porter E H constr co
- .....1969 Sanborn atlas
- ..........pump-house permit 67798 15 (o) Federal distillers (b) Conron & Madden cons
- .....1971 storage permit 69493 15 (o) Federal distillers (b) Collins Wm M
- .....1973 pump house permit 71204 15 (o) Federal distillers (b) Rich W T co
- 15 (r) (Education st 1) E F Center office building 10-st 1996
- .....1996 foundation permit 15
- ..........permit new; 1997 Jun altered 1998 Jun amend 13; 15
- .....1997 10-st newspaper &c NEREJ Apr 25 ill E F centre opp.Museum of Science (a) Elkus / Manfredi
- 15 (far rear) Prison point water treatment plant 1-st 1981
- 17 (5) U S customs inspection office building 2-st 194-; razed 1984?
- .....1950 Sanborn atlas v.1
- .....1961 shed razed permit 60413 (& 60648 warehouse razed) 13-23 (o) B & M railroad
- ..........office & freighthouses permit 60490 7 (o) Signal Lawrence M (b) Priggen steel bgs
- 17 Altid office building 4-st 1984
- .....1984 (a) Downer Thos A & Mostue Brooks A
- 19 & rear (Museum way 8, 10) 2 apartment buildings 24-st 1996
- .....1997 BSA directory Northpoint housing (a) Jung, Brannen assocs
- 19r restaurant 1-st 1948; razed 1962
- .....1948 restaurant permit 47536 bridge 5 (b) Flynn roofing & sheetmetal
- .....1950 Sanborn atlas v.1
- .....1962 restaurant razed permit 61759 bridge 6 (o) Federal liquors ltd
- 20+ house 183-; razed 1859?
- .....1835 land deed 345,162 27 ss bridge 156'w canal bridge 150x301 & ,166: 26 160x301 s:dock (o) Oakes Josiah &
Graham John from (o) Lawrence Ab & Am
- .....1836 land deed 350,337 ud½ 26,27 <345162,166 (o) Oakes Josiah & Graham John to (o) Burridge J & Bowman F
- ..........deed 354,472 wharf O & G ½ B & B ½ agree to build 2h &c (o) Oakes Josiah & Graham J with (o) Burridge &
Bowman
- .....1837 buildings deed 361,456 ud ¼ 26-27 <345,162 ,166 (o) Oakes Josiah from (o) Burridge J &
- ..........building tax |44 52>HoughtonA w3 pt wharf : nr canal bridge (o) Graham John
- ..........2 houses tax +b 46>1 53>WellingtonJC w0 wharf : bridge (o) Oakes Josiah
- .....1853 land deed 640,024 27 ss canal bridge 150x301 w26 eWarrenMoses =Oakes & G<Lawrence 1835 (o) Graham John
to (o) Houghton A & F &
- .....1854 Walling map
- ..........land deed 690,195 pt 27 bridge extension eStevensG 20x80' (o) Lockhart Wm.L & David from (o) Houghton Amory &
- ..........building tax 55 +$ WL 57 shop 59xx burnt w3: bridge (o) Lockhart David & Wm L
- 23 (r) (East st 13rear) office building 6-st 1926
- .....1930 Bromley atlas
- .....1946 Cambridge directory Hoosac co.
- .....1967 manufacturing altered permit 66179 charlestown av 14 (o) Rounsevell P W (b) Schmitt Edward T
- .....1985 altered
- .....1998 business altered permit; 1999 Sep east 23
- 23+ (r) shed 1-st 185-; razed 1903-
- .....1854 Walling map
- .....1865 shed tax <74 & ws: stb BostonIce w3 cambridge: prison pt / bridge (o) Boynton Jesse
- .....1873 sheds tax w3 prison pt bridge (o) Union ice co.
- .....1892 storage flat roof 1-st permit 3416 prison point st (o) Pinkham M (b) Quin John
- .....1893 shed wood & stone; pitch roof 1-st permit 3886 off prison pt st (o & b) Buckley & McCormick
- .....1906 shed 1-st permit 11598 B & M freight yard (o) Boston ice co (a) Prescott H B
- 25r railroad station 1832; moved to O'Brien highway 209r 1857
- .....1832 railroad station & bridge -1835; add 1854 CHC survey v1:46 prison pt between bridge & north (o) Boston &
Lowell RR
- .....1854 Walling map
- 26 gas station 1929; razed 1985
- .....1929 gas station permit 32317 commercial c bridge (o) Standard oil co NY (b) Olsson C O
- .....1930 Bromley atlas
- .....1936 [adds & alts] office & storehouse permit 37510 bridge 30 (o) Sun oil co (b) Priggen steel bldgs
- .....1947 gas station adds lubritorium permit 47000 bridge 26 (o) Lincoln oil co
- .....1954 gas station altered