1630History
Watertown was one of the first Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements organized by Puritan settlers in 1630.
1632Architecture
Here about 1632 was erected the first gristmill in the colony, and in 1662 one of the first woolen mills in America was built here.
1694History
1694–1701) is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street.
1712Architecture
Thrice portions have been added to Cambridge, and it has contributed territory to form the new towns of Weston (1712), Waltham (1738), Lincoln (1754) and Belmont (1859).
1742Military
The Coolidge Tavern, built in 1742, was frequented by minutemen during the war.
1773Civil Rights
In 1773, many of its citizens were engaged with the Sons of Liberty in another tax protest, this time against the British Tea Tax which resulted in the famous Boston Tea Party p...
1775Architecture
It contains a monument to Joseph Coolidge, the only Watertown resident killed during the British retreat from Concord in April 1775.
1789History
Here, Washington was entertained on his New England tour in 1789.
1816Military
The city is home to the Perkins School for the Blind, the Armenian Library and Museum of America, and the historic Watertown Arsenal, which produced military armaments from 1816...
1830History
An Historical Sketch of Watertown, in Massachusetts, by Convers Francis, published in 1830.
1831Government
Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded in 1831, creating the first garden cemetery in the United States.
1832Education
=== Industrial era ===
From 1832 to 1834, Theodore Parker conducted a private school and his name is still preserved in the Parker School, though the building no longer operates...
1860Economy
Henry, Genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts, Boston: Higginson Book Company (undated modern reprint of 1860 edition).
1871Infrastructure
== See also ==
Greater Boston
Town council
Robert Seeley
Watertown Branch Railroad
Armenian Americans in Massachusetts
== References ==
== Further reading ==
1871 Atlas of M...
1879Infrastructure
History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879–1880.
1897Architecture
The Stanley Brothers built the first of their steam-powered cars, which came to be known as Stanley Steamers, in Watertown in 1897.
1899Government
The Locomobile Company of America, founded in 1899, also produced steam-powered cars in Watertown until the company moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1911History
The Arsenal is notable for being the site of a 1911 strike prompted by the management methods of operations research pioneer Frederick Winslow Taylor (Taylor and 1911 Watertown ...
1918History
The tavern was demolished in 1918 to make way for a trolley terminal.
1941Culture
Tourtellot, Arthur B., The Charles (Rivers of America series), New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1941.
1969History
The former A-Watertown branch of the MBTA's Green Line ran to Watertown until 1969.
1988Government
It originated as a solely Eastern Armenian supplementary school established in 1988 by the Armenian Society of Boston (Iranahye Miutyun); it was Greater Boston's first Eastern A...
1989Education
Fischer, David Hackett, Albion's Seed, Four British Folkways in America, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
2000History
=== Adjacent cities and towns ===
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,986 people, 14,629 households, and 7,329 families residing in the city.
2005Architecture
The site includes the Arsenal Center for the Arts, a regional arts center that opened in 2005.
2007History
=== Armenian population ===
Watertown is a major center of the Armenian diaspora in the United States, with the third-largest Armenian community in the United States, estimated...
2013Military
=== 21st century ===
Shortly after midnight of April 18–19, 2013, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing engaged in a protracted battle with police, in Watertown involv...
2015Education
It became church-affiliated in 2015, and it merged with a Western Armenian school, St.
2019Government
The Arsenal was owned by the electronic health record system maker athenahealth, until it was sold to Alexandria Real Estate Equities in 2019, adding to the life science focused...