Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the Somerville
Historic Preservation Commission, and Historic Somerville invite all interested
community members to attend a walking tour of West Somerville, entitled "From
Powder House Pickles to the Brick Yards of Ball Square – West Somerville's
Explosive Growth at the Turn of the Century," on Sunday, September 27th at
2:00pm. Ed Gordon, President of the New England Chapter of the Victorian
Society, will lead a tour exploring the architecturally rich and historic
neighborhood between the Tufts campus/Powder House Square and Ball Square.

The tour, beginning and ending at the Field House at the edge of Nathan
Tufts Park, will include an interior viewing of the Old Powder House, and is
offered at $10 per person ($8 for VSA/NE or Historic Somerville members, free
for children 12 and under). Light refreshments will be served inside the
historic Field House at the conclusion of the tour. In case of heavy rain or
winds, the walk will be cancelled. For more information, please contact
Executive Director of the Historic Preservation Commission, Brandon Wilson, at
617-625-6600 x2532.