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Langmaid Terrace

Coordinates: 42°23′38.5″N 71°5′44.7″W / 42.394028°N 71.095750°W / 42.394028; -71.095750
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Langmaid Terrace
Langmaid Terrace is located in Massachusetts
Langmaid Terrace
Langmaid Terrace is located in the United States
Langmaid Terrace
LocationSomerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′38.5″N 71°5′44.7″W / 42.394028°N 71.095750°W / 42.394028; -71.095750
Built1891
ArchitectJ. Pickering Putnam
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001237 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989
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

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References

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  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 2014-03-03.
  4. ^ Bolton, Elizabeth (23 July 2009). "Barack Obama Lived Here - 365 Broadway Somerville | Centers And Squares". centersandsquares.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Newman, Alex (20 January 2017). "Barack Obama Once Called Somerville's Winter Hill Home". Somerville, MA Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved 24 August 2020.