Langmaid Terrace

Langmaid Terrace
Location Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′39″N 71°5′47″W / 42.39417°N 71.09639°W / 42.39417; -71.09639Coordinates: 42°23′39″N 71°5′47″W / 42.39417°N 71.09639°W / 42.39417; -71.09639
Built 1892
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP Reference #

89001237

[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1989

Langmaid Terrace is a historic apartment complex at 359—365 Broadway in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts. The architecturally eclectic brick building was built 1892-3 by members of the Langmaid family, who were local developers. The building is Queen Anne in inspiration with multiple roof lines, gables, and towers of varying heights and styles. Dormers project from the mansard roof, faced with stepped brick.[2] The building has also achieved recent notice as the home of President Barack Obama while he attended Harvard Law School.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

The identifying sign on the face of the Langmaid Terrace

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Langmaid Terrace". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  3. Obama lived here
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