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this is Somerville in 1850 development in Old Town Somerville occurred primarily between Main Street and the railroad note the Old South and Union streets which no longer exist some early street names are different from what we know today there's no Davenport Street instead the block between high and Main streets was Washington Street Cedar Street is today's Mountain Avenue West End Avenue is Easton Avenue the name of the old Turnpike Raritan Somerset Street goes into the neighboring village as does the now extended railroad Academy Street the original name for North Bridge Street was taken from the Somerville Academy a private prep school located just off Main Street founded in 1800 it may have been the first facility to use the name Somerville the characteristic street layout a.y with its tail parallel to the river was still the town's central feature but we see more development and the streets with an impressive number of affluent high style victorian homes as shown in this 1857 sli