Hi Irene, The one I mentioned is just outside of Davis Square in Somerville, but it's just over the line into Cambridge (going towards Mass. Ave.). Betty For those who used to shop in "Davis Square," it would be Day Street and Chester Street which ran from the area of Mass. Ave. in Cambridge where St. John's Church (?) is ! ----- Original Message ----- From: Irene Landenberger To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com ; bbffrrpp@comcast.net Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Re: NEHGS members - marriage lookup There was a 'house turned hospital' in Somerville. I've forgotten the name but I'm sure that others on the list will know. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: bbffrrpp@comcast.net To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] Re: NEHGS members - marriage lookup This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1813.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi again. The only larger hospital in Arlington was the Symmes Hospital. While my father was in the Army Air Corps during WW II, he married my mother .. and I was born 9 mos. later ! My mother came home from where they were stationed in Missouri to deliver me, and I believe she stayed with her parents in Medford or Somerville. But, I was born in a "large house turned hospital" in Cambridge ! (It was very near the Somerville line.) I wonder whether there were "large houses turned hospitals" in all cities and towns in Greater Boston ! (Prompted by a posting on a Nova Scotia List, I borrowed some books from the Library on the history of hospitals in Boston. I haven't had a chance to look at them, yet, but I am curious when the "larger hospitals" came into being, and -- how good they were ! And, did the "large houses turned hospitals" start after 1900 ?) ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx