The identifying sign on the face of the Langmaid Terrace

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 in 1891 by the heirs of Samuel P. Langmaid, a local landowner. The Langmaid family was also responsible for the Langmaid Building on Highland Avenue. The architect was J. Pickering Putnam of Boston.[2] 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.[3]

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

Since 2009, the end unit at 365 Broadway has received notice[4] as the residence of Barack Obama from 1988 to 1991 while he attended Harvard Law School.[5]

Barack Obama Lived Here

In 2021, a granite marker commemorating Obama's residency was placed in the front garden area, deemed the President Obama Rose Garden At Winter Hill, MA.

Langmaid Terrace Obama Rose Garden monument

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Langmaid Block, Somerville, Mass.," American Architect and Building News 32, no. 809 (June 27, 1891): 199.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Langmaid Terrace". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Bolton, Elizabeth (July 23, 2009). "Barack Obama Lived Here - 365 Broadway Somerville | Centers And Squares". centersandsquares.com. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Newman, Alex (January 20, 2017). "Barack Obama Once Called Somerville's Winter Hill Home". Somerville, MA Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved August 24, 2020.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langmaid_Terrace
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