The Charles Adams-Woodbury Locke House is an historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival house[2] was built about 1840 for a Boston leather merchant and was one of the first residences of a commuter, rather than a farmer, in the Winter Hill neighborhood of the city.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
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| Location | 178 Central Street, Somerville, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′38.7″N 71°5′59″W / 42.394083°N 71.09972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Somerville MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001240[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
Description and history
editThe Adams House is located on the west side of Central Street, a short way south of Broadway, the major roadway that passes over Winter Hill. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. The building has wide corner boards and a broad entablature, and the gable is fully pedimented. A single-story porch extends across the front, supported by Doric columns, with a balustrade above. The main entrance is in the right-most bay, flanked by sidelight windows. The interior has retained much of its original woodwork.[4]
Built about 1840, the house is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture. Its original parcel of land (now subdivided into residential plots), extended from Broadway to Medford Street. Charles Adams was a farmer, state legislator, and one of the first tenants of Boston's Quincy Market. Adams gave land for a schoolhouse on Broadway (now the site of the Winter Hill Congregational Church). Woodbury Locke, a later resident, was involved in the leather business in Boston.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Betsy Friedberg and Carole Zellie (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Somerville Multiple Resource Area" (pdf). Page 10. National Park Service.
- ^ Carole Zellie (1982). Beyond the Neck, The Architecture and Development of Somerville, Massachusetts. Landscape Research. p. 101.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Charles Adams-Woodbury Locke House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-16.