In 1900, the Metropolitan Park Commission acquired land along the Mystic River in Ten Hills and built Melrose Street, now called Shore Drive. In 1908, the City of Somerville built a public bath house on Melrose Street which became a very popular spot for bathers in the Mystic River.Minutes of the Board of Alderment of Somerville, 1908 A planned amusement park was never built, but a new bathhouse along the shore of the river was built sometime between 1925 and 1947.Mystic View Task Force Online Walking Tour
