Samuel Ireland House | |
Location | 117 Washington St., Somerville, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°22′52″N 71°5′15″W / 42.38111°N 71.08750°W |
Built | 1792 |
MPS | Somerville MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 89001299 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
The Samuel Ireland House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. It is a 1+1⁄2-story vernacular cottage, five bays wide, with a side gable roof pierced by two dormers, and a projecting gable-roofed vestibule at the center of its front facade. The house was built c. 1792 by Samuel Ireland, a farmer. It is the oldest documented house in eastern Somerville, and one of the oldest in the city. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]