TARTARIA MAPS Medford · a catalogue study 3 places, arranged by recorded date Edition 2026-10-09.1 Explore a selection of the city's released records in chronological order. Compare buildings, surviving details, and the source material behind each date. This automatically assembled study is a starting point for your own exploration. A remote or manually navigated catalogue study. The order follows recorded dates, not a pedestrian route; nearby regional places may be far apart. No walking duration is estimated. Check each place's actual location and visitor rules. A catalogue pin does not grant entry or confirm present access. Use the atlas record and linked sources to plan a visit. Automatically assembled catalogue study. Where text is drawn from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies to that text (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Wikipedia article and contributor links are included with each applicable stop. Passages may be excerpted or abridged and include additional editorial date context. Other sources and original observation prompts retain their own terms. Catalogue study: no walking route or distance is estimated. This text guide works without a network connection after you download it. Map links, external sources, and browser narration may require connectivity. No map tiles or audio recording are included. 1. BALLOU HALL Ballou Hall Recorded year (source inventory): 1854 · Building Catalogue point: 42.4075964, -71.1203308 CHAPTER Ballou Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Its cornerstone was laid in 1853 and the building was completed the following year. Designed by Gridley J.F. Bryant, it was Tufts' first academic building following the College's establishment by a group of Universalists. The building was later restored by McKim, Mead, and White and remains the center of administration for the university. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=medford-ma&candidate=Q30682801&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballou_Hall Wikidata · Wikidata Q30682801 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30682801 2. RICHARD PINKHAM HOUSE Richard Pinkham House Recorded year (source inventory): 1855 · Building Catalogue point: 42.41194444, -71.10972222 CHAPTER The Richard Pinkham House is a historic house at 24 Brooks Park in Medford, Massachusetts. The unusually shaped Italianate wood-frame house was built c. 1850 by Richard Pinkham, a housewright who then lived in the property. The house is unique in Medford in the presence of a 2+1⁄2-story octagon section, which rises above the rest of the roughly cruciform house. It was built on a portion of the route of the Middlesex Canal, portions of which were at that time being sold off by its owners. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and included as part of the Middlesex Canal Historic and Archeological District in 2009. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=medford-ma&candidate=Q7328442&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pinkham_House Wikidata · Wikidata Q7328442 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7328442 3. PACKARD HALL Packard Hall Recorded year (source inventory): 1856 · Building Catalogue point: 42.407937, -71.119354 CHAPTER Packard Hall, originally known as Middle Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Built in 1856, it was Tufts' second building constructed on Walnut Hill following Ballou Hall in 1852. The building currently houses the Department of Political Science. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=medford-ma&candidate=Q30682898&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Hall Wikidata · Wikidata Q30682898 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30682898 Your observations __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________