House at 42 Vinal Avenue

The house at 42 Vinal Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts is a well-preserved Shingle style house. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, roughly square in shape, with a cross-gable roof. The roof line of the front-facing gable extends downward to the first floor on the right, sheltering a porch on the building's right front. It is stylistically a very pure execution of the Shingle style, with most of the building clad in shingles, except very simple trim elements. It was built about 1895, when the Prospect Hill area was a fashionable residential area with ready access to streetcars providing access to Boston for commuters.[2]

House at 42 Vinal Avenue
House at 42 Vinal Avenue is located in Massachusetts
House at 42 Vinal Avenue
House at 42 Vinal Avenue is located in the United States
House at 42 Vinal Avenue
Location42 Vinal Ave.,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′4.42″N 71°5′50.03″W / 42.3845611°N 71.0972306°W / 42.3845611; -71.0972306
Built1895
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001290[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 42 Vinal Avenue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-02.