Watson's Corner

Watson's Corner is the historical name for an intersection in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the corner of Rindge Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. It was part of a wider area called Watson's Plain in colonial and Revolutionary War times and well into the 19th century.Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge: Northwest Cambridge, 1977, {{ISBN|0-262-53032-5}}, Cambridge Historical Commission, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 14-16, 39

Watson's Corner gained notability on account of a skirmish that occurred there on April 19, 1775 in connection with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. A marker at 2154 Massachusetts Avenue commemorates the skirmish.{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/historicalcommission/pdf/markers_NC_watsonscorner.pdf|title=Watson's Corner|year=2000|publisher=Cambridge Historical Commission et al.|accessdate=11 September 2015}} An account of this event from the Cambridge city website describes the scene thus:An obvious typo has been corrected.

:At Watson’s Corner (the present intersection of Rindge and Massachusetts avenues) Cambridge patriots lay in wait behind a pile of barrels, but were surprised by flanking redcoats. John Hicks and Moses Richardson of Cambridge and Isaac Gardner of Brookline were killed, as was William Marcy, a "simple-minded youth" who thought he was watching a parade."The American Revolution Comes to Cambridge, Part III: Retreat: Deadly Skirmishes in North Cambridge" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507044401/http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/april1.html |date=May 7, 2011 }} Retrieved 1 May 2016