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Massachusetts ; officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous ___MASK60___ in the New ___MASK7___ region of the northeastern United States . It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east , the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south , New Hampshire and Vermont to the north , and New York to the west . The ___MASK60___ is named for the Massachusett tribe , which once inhabited the area . The ___MASK84___ of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New ___MASK7___ is Boston . Over 80 % of Massachusetts ' population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area , a region influential upon American ___MASK78___ , academia , and industry . Originally dependent on agriculture , fishing and trade , Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution . During the 20th century , Massachusetts ' economy shifted from manufacturing to services . Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology , engineering , higher education , finance , and maritime trade . A superstructure is an upward ___MASK3___ of an existing ___MASK73___ above a baseline . This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings , bridges , or ships having the degree of freedom zero ( in the terms of theory of machines ). The word " superstructure " is a combination of the Latin ___MASK45___ , " super " ( meaning " above , in addition ") with the Latin stem word , " ___MASK73___ " ( meaning " to build " or " to heap up "). An architrave ( from " chief beam ", also called an epistyle ; from Greek  " epistylon " " ___MASK47___ frame ") is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns . It is an ___MASK1___ in Classical ___MASK85___ . Classical ___MASK85___ usually denotes ___MASK85___ which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman ___MASK85___ of classical antiquity , or sometimes even more specifically , from the works of Vitruvius . Different styles of classical ___MASK85___ have arguably existed since the Carolingian Renaissance , and prominently since the Italian Renaissance . Although classical styles of ___MASK85___ can vary greatly , they can in general all be said to draw on a common " vocabulary " of decorative and constructive elements . In much of the Western world , different classical architectural styles have dominated the ___MASK78___ of ___MASK85___ from the Renaissance until the second world war , though it continues to inform many architects to this ___MASK79___ . Winchester is a small suburban ___MASK96___ located in Middlesex ___MASK53___ , Massachusetts , ___MASK17___ miles north of downtown Boston . It is the 7th wealthiest municipality in Massachusetts , and functions largely as a bedroom community for professionals who work in the greater Boston area . The population was 21 , 374 at the 2010 United States Census . The Edward Sullivan House is a historic house at 9 Kendall Street in Winchester , Massachusetts . This small , ___MASK26___ - ___MASK26___ / 2 story house was built c . 1875 , and is the best - preserved example of a 19th century worker ' s cottage in the town . It is three bays wide , with a side gable ___MASK65___ , and simple vernacular Italianate styling . It has almost no exterior architectural styling , except for a transom window and modest entablature over the front door . The house is one of five owned by Edward Sullivan , a stone mason , and is located near St . Mary ' s Catholic Church , an area where many Irish immigrants sought to settle . The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 . Middlesex ___MASK53___ is a ___MASK53___ in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , in the United States . As of 2014 , the estimated ___MASK33___ was ___MASK26___ , 570 , 315 , making it the twenty - third most populous ___MASK53___ in the United States , and the most populous ___MASK53___ in both Massachusetts and New England . For administrative purposes the ___MASK53___ held two regions , Middlesex - North with its ___MASK53___ seat in Lowell , and Middlesex - South with its ___MASK53___ seat in Cambridge . A ___MASK12___ is an ___MASK1___ found particularly in classical , neoclassical and ___MASK88___ architecture , and its derivatives , consisting of a gable , usually of a triangular shape , placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature , typically supported by columns . The tympanum , the triangular area within the ___MASK12___ , is often decorated with relief sculpture . In ___MASK85___ , post and lintel ( also called prop and lintel or a trabeated ___MASK74___ ) is a ___MASK92___ ___MASK74___ where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them . This is usually used to hold up a roof , creating a largely open space beneath , for whatever use the ___MASK92___ is designed for . The horizontal elements are called by a variety of names including lintel , header , architrave or beam , and the supporting vertical elements may be called columns , pillars , or posts . The use of wider elements at the top of the post , called capitals , to help spread the load , is common to many traditions . Boston ( pronounced ) is the ___MASK84___ and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States . Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County , although the county ___MASK70___ was disbanded on July 1 , 1999 . The city proper covers with an estimated population of 667 , 137 in 2015 , making it the largest city in New England and the 23rd most populous city in the United States . The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston , a Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) home to a census - estimated 4 . 7 million people in 2014 and ranking as the tenth - largest such area in the country . Alternately , as a Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ), this wider commuting region is home to some 8 . 1 million people , making it the sixth - largest as such in the United States . An entablature ( nativization of Italian " intavolatura ," from " in " " in " and " tavola " " ___MASK100___ ") refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns , resting on their capitals . Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture , and are commonly divided into the architrave ( the supporting member immediately above ; equivalent to the lintel in post and lintel construction ), the frieze ( an unmolded strip that may or may not be ornamented ), and the cornice ( the projecting member below the pediment ). The Greek and Roman temples are believed to be based on wooden structures , the design transition from wooden to stone structures being called petrification . A ___MASK30___ or pillar in ___MASK85___ and structural ___MASK13___ is a structural element that transmits , through compression , the weight of the ___MASK73___ above to other structural elements below . In other words , a ___MASK30___ is a compression member . The term ___MASK30___ applies especially to a large round support ( the " shaft " of the ___MASK30___ ) with a ___MASK84___ and a " ___MASK81___ " or pedestal and made of stone , or appearing to be so . A small wooden or metal support is typically called a post , and supports with a rectangular or other non - round section are usually called piers . For the purpose of wind or earthquake ___MASK13___ , columns may be designed to resist lateral forces . Other compression members are often termed " columns " because of the similar stress conditions . Columns are frequently used to support beams or arches on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings rest . In ___MASK85___ , " ___MASK30___ " refers to such a structural element that also has certain proportional and decorative features . A ___MASK30___ might also be a decorative element not needed for structural purposes ; many columns are " engaged ", that is to say form part of a wall .