Chelsea (Massachusetts)

Suffolk County

Chelsea is an American city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, which is separated from the city of Boston by the Mystic River.

With 35,177 inhabitants, it is the smallest town in Massachusetts.

Geography

Chelsea is located on a peninsula in Boston Harbor and bordered to the north by Revere and the west and north -west of Everett. In the southwest of Chelsea is separated by the Mystic River from Boston's Charlestown and in the east it is from East Boston by the Chelsea River ( this is also sometimes referred to as Chelsea Creek ) separately. It is near the international airport Logan International Airport in East Boston.

History

The area of Chelsea was first named Winnisimmet ( meaning " good spring nearby " ), after an Indian tribe that once lived in this area.

It was founded by Samuel Maverick as a permanent trading post in 1624. In 1635 Maverick Winnisimmet sold to Richard Bellingham. The community remained a part of Boston until it spun off in 1793 and was named Chelsea, a neighborhood in London, England.

In 1775, at the Battle of Chelsea Creek was fought in the area, the second battle of the Revolution, where the American forces hijacked a British ship. A part of George Washington's army was stationed in Chelsea ( Siege of Boston).

Chelsea originally included North Chelsea, (today Revere ), Winthrop and parts of Saugus. In 1846, North Chelsea was determined as a separate city. Chelsea was refounded in 1857. It developed as an industrial center: Here were rubber boats, footwear and adhesives produced. It was the home of the Chelsea Naval Hospital, which was designed by Alexander Parris. On April 12, 1908, nearly half the city was destroyed in the first great Chelsea fire. In 1973, the Second Great Chelsea Fire burned eighteen houses blocks. In 1950, the Tobin Bridge was completed, linking Chelsea with Boston.

In the recent time, there was a greater emphasis on economic development and prosperity in Boston has led to an influx of new business and home buyers. In 1998, Chelsea winner of the All-America City Award. The city is home to a Carnegie library, which was built in 1910.

Attractions

The National Register of Historic Places lists eight historic locations: Bellingham Square Historic District, Bellingham - Cary House ( residence of the Governor Richard Bellingham ), C. Henry Kimball House, Chelsea Garden Cemetery, Congregation Agudath Shalom ( a synagogue ), Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District ( a district that was built in 1908 ), Naval Hospital Boston Historic Distric and the Revere Beach Parkway.

Demographics

Well-known residents

• Chick Corea, Jazz Musicians
• Horatio Alger, author
• Alfred Winsor Brown, 31 Naval Governor of Guam
• Norman Cota, United States Army General
• Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler (Boston Strangler )
• Jack Harvey, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Brian Kelly, football coach
• Lewis Howard Latimer, scientist and inventor
• Joseph C. O'Mahoney, United States Senator from Wyoming
• Annette Rogers, athlete
• John Ruiz, Boxer
• Carl Voss, ice hockey player in the National Hockey League