Magoun Square is a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts located at the intersection of two major streets, Broadway and Medford Street, with the smaller Dexter Street. It is close to Tufts University in neighboring Medford, Massachusetts. It is a mixed-use urban area. Medford Street crosses into Medford just north of this intersection and becomes Main Street.
Magoun Square was named after the family of John Calvin Magoun[1] of the Adams-Magoun House.
The Green Line (MBTA) Somerville-Medford extension has a proposed stop immediately west of the commercial district, in Ball Square and immediately south of the commercial district on Lowell Street.
The recorded voices on different MBTA buses pronounce this square's name two different ways when approaching the stop. The "male" voice pronounces it "Mc-GOON Square" whereas the "female" voice pronouncees it "Mc-GOWAN Square."
$3.1M to revitalize the square was requested under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The project is currently underway and is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2011.[2]