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The city of Waltham is protected by the 166 full-time, paid firefighters of the city of Waltham Fire Department (WFD). [106] Established in 1816, the Waltham Fire Department is currently organized into three divisions of operations: fire suppression, fire prevention, and training.
The Waltham Public Library is the public library of the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. Its main location is in the Francis Buttrick Library , an architecturally significant Georgian Revival building built in 1915, funded by a bequest from Francis Buttrick, a major landowner in the city. [ 2 ]
The building at the northeast corner of Moody and Pine Streets (240-254 Moody) is the only single-story building in the district. It was built in the 1930s, and features modern storefronts separated by ziggurat-style stone piers. Across Pine Street stands a two-story Georgian Revival building (266-274 Moody), built c. 1900.
Waltham was incorporated as a city in 1884. Its City Hall, a 1924–26 Georgian Revival building designed by William Rogers Greely, stands on the common at the corner of Main and Elm Streets. The oldest municipal building in the district is the 1887 fire station at 25 Lexington Street; it is a brick Queen Anne structure designed by local ...
City or town Description 1: American Waltham Watch Company Historic District: American Waltham Watch Company Historic District: September 28, 1989 : 185–241 Crescent St. 2: American Watch Tool Company
National Register of Historic Places in Waltham, Massachusetts (1 C, 46 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Waltham, Massachusetts" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
There was a period of discussion about building a new high school for Waltham on a section of the site, [25] [26] but eventually the proposal was discarded due to difficult topography, potential soil contamination, and a denial of approval from the Massachusetts Historical Commission related to the demolition of certain buildings on the site. [27]
The earliest incarnation of the Waltham Watch Company was founded on this site in 1854, and demonstrated the complete creation of a watch under a single roof. The company went through a number of management and ownership changes, and was known as the American Waltham Watch Company when the first buildings of this facility were constructed ...