Langmaid Terrace

	Langmaid Terrace
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Somerville, Massachusetts
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
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1989

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]

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.

References

^ ^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.

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[nris-1] "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.

[NRHP-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.

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