The Highland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	66 Highland Avenue Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′8.99″N 71°5′46.82″W / 42.3858306°N 71.0963389°W / 42.3858306; -71.0963389
Built	1892
Architect	Samuel D. Kelley
Architectural style	Romanesque
MPS	Somerville MPS
NRHP reference  No.	89001260 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1989

The Highland is a historic multiunit residence at 66 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. The three-story brick building was built in 1892 to a design by architect Samuel D. Kelley. It is one of the city's more elegant late 19th-century apartment houses, built during its rapid expansion in the late 19th century. The building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ^[1]

Description and history

The Highland is set on the south side of Highland Avenue on Central Hill, directly opposite the city's high school. It is a three-story brick building, Richardsonian Romanesque in style, with brownstone trim, and a conical roof on its corner turret. ^[2] Brownstone beltcourses, varying in thickness, separate the basement, first, and second floors, and also separate the top of the third floor from the cornice, which has a band of dentil brickwork below the modillioned roof line. The main facade is six bays wide, divided into two similar sections having a rounded bay at the right. The main entrance is set in the third bay from the right beneath a large round brownstone arch.

The building was designed by Samuel D. Kelley, a noted local designer of apartment buildings, and built in 1892, during the city's rapid expansion as a streetcar and railroad suburb. It was marketed as an exclusive and elegant accommodation within walking distance of a train station with frequent service into Boston. It is one of the city's finest residential Romanesque designs. ^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts

References