Watertown Square | |
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Neighborhood and road intersection | |
 Looking southwest across the square from the corner of Mount Auburn Street and North Beacon Street (2019) | |
 Location in Watertown, Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 42°21′55″N 71°11′04″W / 42.3652°N 71.1844°W | |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Middlesex |
| City | Watertown |
Watertown Square is a neighborhood in Watertown, Massachusetts,[1] centered on the intersection of Main Street[2] and North Beacon Street (both part of U.S. Route 20) and Galen Street and Mount Auburn Street (both part of State Route 16).
The square stands immediately to the north of the Charles River,[3] which is crossed by the Watertown Bridge on Galen Street. The Armenian Library and Museum of America is located in the square; Watertown Dam is 1,000 feet (300 m) to the west.
MBTA bus routes 59 and 71 terminate in a busway on the west side of the square, while route 70 stops on the north side.
- ^ Marcus, Cara (2018). Watertown Square Through Time. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63500-063-4.
- ^ "Watertown Square from the Delta". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Marchione, William P. (2004-04-01). The Charles: A River Transformed. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3539-5.