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]
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| Location | Somerville, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′38.5″N 71°5′44.7″W / 42.394028°N 71.095750°W |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | J. Pickering Putnam |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Somerville MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001237 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
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]
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.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "The Langmaid Block, Somerville, Mass.," American Architect and Building News 32, no. 809 (June 27, 1891): 199.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Langmaid Terrace". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ Bolton, Elizabeth (23 July 2009). "Barack Obama Lived Here - 365 Broadway Somerville | Centers And Squares". centersandsquares.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Newman, Alex (20 January 2017). "Barack Obama Once Called Somerville's Winter Hill Home". Somerville, MA Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved 24 August 2020.