Langmaid Terrace | |
Location: | Somerville, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 42.394°N -71.0958°W |
Built: | 1891 |
Architect: | J. Pickering Putnam |
Architecture: | Queen Anne |
Added: | September 18, 1989 |
Mpsub: | Somerville MPS |
Refnum: | 89001237 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Since 2009, the end unit at 365 Broadway has received notice[3] as the residence of Barack Obama from 1988 to 1991 while he attended Harvard Law School.[4]
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.