The Highland

The Highland is a historic multiunit residence at 66 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. The three story brick building was built in 1892 to a design by architect Samuel D. Kelley. It is one of the city's more elegant late 19th-century apartment houses, built during its rapid expansion in the late 19th century. The building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

This article is about the Massachusetts building. For other uses, see Highland (disambiguation).
The Highland
The Highland is located in Massachusetts
The Highland
The Highland is located in the United States
The Highland
Location
Coordinates42°23′8.99″N 71°5′46.82″W
Built1892
ArchitectSamuel D. Kelley
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001260[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

Description and history

The Highland is set on the south side of Highland Avenue on Central Hill, directly opposite the city's high school. It is a three-story brick building, Richardsonian Romanesque in style, with brownstone trim, and a conical roof on its corner turret.[2] Brownstone beltcourses, varying in thickness, separate the basement, first, and second floors, and also separate the top of the third floor from the cornice, which has a band of dentil brickwork below the modillioned roof line. The main facade is six bays wide, divided into two similar sections having a rounded bay at the right. The main entrance is set in the third bay from the right beneath a large round brownstone arch.

The building was designed by Samuel D. Kelley, a noted local designer of apartment buildings, and built in 1892, during the city's rapid expansion as a streetcar and railroad suburb. It was marketed as an exclusive and elegant accommodation within walking distance of a train station with frequent service into Boston. It is one of the city's finest residential Romanesque designs.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for The Highland". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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