Historic places in Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville in Middlesex County has 81 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 74 buildings, 6 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1975 and the most recent in 1999. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, commerce.
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Every National Register listing in Somerville
Langmaid Terrace
Langmaid Terrace is a historic apartment complex at 359—365 Broadway in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
359--365 Broadway · NPS record #89001237
Mt. Vernon Street Historic District
The Mount Vernon Street Historic District is a historic district consisting of the even-numbered houses at 8–24 Mount Vernon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
8--24 Mt. Vernon St. · NPS record #89001223
Old Cemetery
The Old Cemetery, also known as the Milk Row Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on Somerville Avenue and School Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Somerville Ave. and School St. · NPS record #89001301
Spring Hill Historic District
Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Summer, Central, Atherton, and Spring · NPS record #89001222
US Post Office-Somerville Main (also Somerville Main Post Office)
The US Post Office—Somerville Main is a historic post office at 237 Washington Street in Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
237 Washington St. · NPS record #86001247
Adams, Charles-Woodbury Locke House
The Charles Adams-Woodbury Locke House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001240
Adams-Magoun House
Built about 1783, it is one of the city's few surviving 18th-century buildings and its best-preserved. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001239
Bacon, Clifton, House
The M. Clinton Bacon House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Clifton Bacon House, is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001244
Barnes, Walter S. and Melissa E., House
Built about 1890, it is one of the city's least-altered examples of Queen/Stick style Victorian architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001266
Bow Street Historic District
The Bow Street Historic District encompasses a mixed 19th-century commercial-residential in the Union Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Bow St. · NPS record #76000274
Brackett, S. E., House
The S. E. Brackett House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001252
Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church
The Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church is a historic church building at 404 Broadway in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
404 Broadway · NPS record #89001238
Brooks, James H., House
The James H. Brooks House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001251
Carr, Martin W., School (also Carr School)
The Martin W. Carr School is a historic school building located at 25 Atherton Street, in the Spring Hill area of Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
25 Atherton St. · NPS record #84002530
Central Library
The Central Library is the main branch of the Somerville, Massachusetts, public library system. [Wikipedia]
79 Highland Ave. · NPS record #89001274
Cliff, Z. E., House
Built about 1900 by a prominent local developer for his own use, it is one of the city's finest examples of residential Shingle style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001280
Cook, Thomas, House
The Thomas Cook House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001250
Cooper-Davenport Tavern Wing
The Cooper–Davenport Tavern Wing is a historic building in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
81 Eustis St. · NPS record #89001257
Crowell, C. C., House
The C. C. Crowell House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001236
Downer Rowhouses (Adams Street)
The Downer Rowhouses are two sets of Second Empire row houses that are back to back at 55 Adams Street and 192–200 Central Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
55 Adams St. · NPS record #89001225
Downer Rowhouses (Central Street)
192--200 Central St. · NPS record #89001241
First Unitarian Church
The former First Unitarian Church is a historic church building at 130 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
130 Highland Ave. · NPS record #89001264
First Universalist Church
The First Universalist Church is a historic Universalist Church building at 125 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
125 Highland St. · NPS record #89001262
Foster, Alexander, House
The Alexander Foster House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001270
Gaut, Samuel, House
The Samuel Gaut House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001265
Grandview, The
The Grandview is a historic apartment hotel at 82 Munroe Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
82 Munroe St. · NPS record #89001275
Highland, The
The Highland is a historic multiunit residence at 66 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
66 Highland St. · NPS record #89001260
Hollander Blocks
The Hollander Blocks are a pair of historic apartment houses in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Walnut St. and Pleasant Ave. · NPS record #89001296
Hopkins, Elisha, House
The Elisha Hopkins House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001284
House at 10 Arlington Street
The Walter J. Squire House in Somerville, Massachusetts is a well-preserved transitional Italianate/Queen Anne house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001230
House at 14 Chestnut Street
Built about 1860, it was a two-story wood-frame structure with Italianate style, with bracketed eaves and an elaborately decorated front door hood. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001245
House at 16-18 Preston Road
The three-story wood-frame house was built c. 1910. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001279
House at 197 Morrison Avenue
The two-story brick building was built c. 1860, and is now set well back from the street behind a later house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001273
House at 21 Dartmouth Street
The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1890, possibly for Rufus Stickney, one of the developers of the area during that time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001255
House at 25 Clyde Street
It is estimated to have been built about 1850, when the area was near one of the city's many brickyards. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001247
House at 29 Mt. Vernon Street
The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the late 1840s, when Mt. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001302
House at 343 Highland Avenue
The 2.5-story wood-frame Queen Anne style house was built c. 1880 as commuter housing. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001267
House at 35 Temple Street
The 2.5-story wood-frame house was probably built between 1750 and 1780, and had retained most of its Georgian features, including a steeply pitched gambrel roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001288
House at 42 Vinal Avenue
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, roughly square in shape, with a cross-gable roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001290
House at 49 Vinal Avenue
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1894. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001292
House at 5 Prospect Hill
Built c. 1880, it is a 2+1⁄2-story house with a side-gable roof and a projecting gable section on the left front. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001281
House at 6 Kent Court
The Georgian style house was built in 1750, and is one of the oldest buildings in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001269
House at 72R Dane Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001254
House at 81 Pearl Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1860, and features a deep front gable with paired decorative brackets, and a front porch supported by square columns, with an unusual scalloped-arch cornice trim. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001277
Houses at 28-36 Beacon Street
The houses at 28–36 Beacon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts are a series of Queen Anne style brick rowhouses. [Wikipedia]
28--36 Beacon St. · NPS record #89001232
Ireland, Samuel, House
The Samuel Ireland House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001299
James, Joseph K., House
This 3 story wood-frame house was built in 1893-4 for Joseph Knightley James, a partner in a local soap manufacturer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #98000095
Keyes, Amos, House
The Amos Keyes House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001224
Knight, R. A.-Eugene Lacount House
The R. A. Knight–Eugene Lacount House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001256
Langmaid Building
The Langmaid Building is a historic multiunit residence building in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. The brick rowhouse was one of several Second Empire multiunit buildings built in the late 1870s and early 1880s by Samuel Langmaid and other members of his family. [Wikipedia]
48--52 Highland Ave. · NPS record #89001259
Lockhardt, Charles H., House
The Charles H. Lockhardt House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001249
Loring, George, House
The 2+1⁄2-story Shingle style wood-frame house was built c. 1895 for George F. Loring, the architect who designed it. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001263
Lovejoy, A. L., House
The A. L. Lovejoy House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001297
Munroe, Robert, House
The Robert Munroe House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001294
Mystic Pumping Station
The Mystic Water Works, also called the Mystic Pumping Station, is a historic water works at Alewife Brook Parkway and Capen Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Alewife Brook Pkwy. · NPS record #89002255
Mystic Water Works
Alewife Brook Pkwy. and Capen St. · NPS record #89001227
Nichols, John F., House
The John F. Nichols House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001285
Niles, Louville V., House
The Louville V. Niles House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001276
Niles, Louville, House
The Louville Niles House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001295
Otis-Wyman House
This 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, built c. 1883, is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001289
Parker-Burnett House
The Parker–Burnett House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001291
Powder House Park (also Nathan Tufts Park)
Powder House Square is a neighborhood and landmark rotary in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75000287
Prescott, Gustavus G., House
The Gustavus G. Prescott House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001278
Rosebud, The
Rosebud is a historic diner building at 381 Summer Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, near Davis Square. [Wikipedia]
381 Summer St. · NPS record #99001125
Russell, Philemon, House
The Philemon Russell House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001282
Russell, Susan, House
The Susan Russell House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001286
Schuebeler, Charles, House
The Charles Schuebeler House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001298
Snow, Lemuel, Jr., House
The Lemuel Snow Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001234
Somerville High School (also Somerville Town Hall; Somerville City Hall)
The Somerville City Hall (which formerly served as Somerville High School) is a historic municipal building at 93 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
93 Highland St. · NPS record #89001261
Somerville Journal Building
The Somerville Journal Building is a historic commercial building in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
8--10 Walnut St. · NPS record #89001300
Somerville Theatre (also Hobbs Building)
The Somerville Theatre is an independent movie theater and concert venue in the Davis Square neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
55 Davis Sq. · NPS record #89002330
Tufts, Peter and Oliver, House
The Peter and Oliver Tufts House (also known as the Peter Tufts House) is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001287
Warren, H., House
The H. Warren House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001283
West Somerville Branch Library
The West Somerville Branch Library is an active library in a historic building at 40 College Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside Davis Square. [Wikipedia]
40 College Ave. · NPS record #89001248
Westwood Road Historic District
Roughly bounded by Summer St., Benton Rd., Westwood Rd., and Central St. · NPS record #89001221
Williams, Charles, House
The Charles Williams House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001253
Williams, Charles, Jr., House
The Charles Williams Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001228
Williams, F. G., House
The F. G. Williams House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001226
Worthen, Daniel, House
The Daniel Worthen House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001272
Wright House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1892 for Walter H. Wright, owner of a milk can manufacturer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001293
Wyatt, George, House
The George Wyatt House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts, near Inman Square. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001233
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