Montclair (Quincy, Massachusetts)
Montclairis a neighborhood ofQuincy, Massachusetts.
The neighborhood is separated from Boston by theNeponset River,and roughly follows West Squantum Street from Newport Avenue to theMiltontown line, extending approximately to Hobart Street.
History
[edit]Originally part ofDorchester,the neighborhood - then largely uninhabited farmland and marshland - was annexed to Quincy in 1792.
Most of the neighborhood was built and settled in the early 1900s, when real estate entrepreneurs began subdividing the farmland forBoston's nascent growth into the suburbs. The Micah Pope farm was one of the largest to be subdivided, in 1883, and the developer who did so was responsible for the name "Montclair."[1]
William R. Caddy,a Marine who was awarded theMedal of Honorfor his heroism inWorld War II,was a native of Montclair.
Major landmarks include the Montclair Elementary School, Montclair Park, Bishop Field and the Presidents' Golf Course.
Transportation
[edit]Montclair is next to theNorth Quincy MBTA Red Line station,and MBTA bus route 211 (Squantum-Quincy Center) services it.
External links
[edit]- Montclair on Google Maps[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Quincy Neighborhoods".City of Quincy.RetrievedFebruary 28,2012.
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