House at 16–18 Preston Road explained

House at 16–18 Preston Road
Coordinates:42.3839°N -71.1016°W
Built:1910
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:September 18, 1989
Mpsub:Somerville MPS
Refnum:89001279

The House at 16–18 Preston Road in Somerville, Massachusetts is one of the city's finest Colonial Revival multiunit houses. The three-story wood-frame house was built c. 1910. It has a flat roof with projecting eaves, and a modillioned cornice. The front facade has a two-story porch, with each level supported by clusters of colonettes. The house was built on the site of a former apple orchard owned by George Ireland; the street is named for Ireland's wife, Jane Preston Ireland.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for House at 16-18 Preston Road. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-03-02.