Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning, spawning what became known as the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production. The city is now a center for research and higher education as home to Brandeis University and Bentley University. The population was 65,218 at the 2020 United States census. Waltham is part of the Greater Boston area and lies 9 miles (14 km) west of Downtown Boston.
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Waltham
Middlesex County, MA
Population
64,711
Walk Score
93 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$2,141
Median home value
$679,000
Settled
1634
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- American Waltham Watch Company Historic District · listed 1989
- Boston Manufacturing Company · listed 1977
- Central Square Historic District · listed 1989
- Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District · listed 1989
- East Main Street Historic District · listed 1989
- Fernald, Walter E., State School · listed 1994
- Lawton Place Historic District · listed 1989
- Lyman Street Historic District · listed 1989
- Metropolitan State Hospital · listed 1994
- Moody Street Historic District · listed 1990
- North Lexington Street Historic District · listed 1989
- Piety Corner Historic District · listed 1990
Notable landmarks
- American Watch Tool Company · listed 1989
- Andrews, Joseph, House · listed 1989
- Baker, Charles, House · listed 1989
- Baker, Charles, Property · listed 1989
- Banks, E. Sybbill, House · listed 1989
- Beard, Josiah, House · listed 1989
- Beth Eden Baptist Church · listed 1989
- Boston Manufacturing Company Housing · listed 1989
- Boston Manufacturing Company Housing · listed 1989
- Brigham House · listed 1989
- Building at 202-204 Charles Street · listed 1989
- Buttrick, Francis, House · listed 1989
- Buttrick, Francis, Library · listed 1989
- Byam, Charles, House · listed 1989
- Castle, The · listed 1979
- Christ Episcopal Church · listed 1989
- Clough, Benjamin F., House · listed 1989
- Colburn, Gilbert, House · listed 1989
- Company F State Armory · listed 1989
- Dow, Lenoir, House · listed 1989
- Dunbar-Stearns House · listed 1990
- Eastern Middlesex County Second District Court · listed 1989
- First Congregational Church · listed 1989
- First Parish Church · listed 1989
- Fisher, Henry N., House · listed 1989
- …and 72 more
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