House at 49 Vinal Avenue

The house at 49 Vinal Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts is a stylish combination of Colonial Revival and Shingle styling. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1894. It has a wide gambrel roof with cross gables that are also gambreled. The front cross gable is flanked by two hip roof dormers whose windows are flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature with wooden garlands and dentil molding. The house is clad in wavy cut shingles, and its windows are topped by tall entablatures. It has a porch running the width of the front facade that is uncovered except for a portico sheltering the front door.[2]

House at 49 Vinal Avenue
House at 49 Vinal Avenue is located in Massachusetts
House at 49 Vinal Avenue
House at 49 Vinal Avenue is located in the United States
House at 49 Vinal Avenue
Location49 Vinal Ave.,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′5.75″N 71°5′47.58″W / 42.3849306°N 71.0965500°W / 42.3849306; -71.0965500
Built1894
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Shingle Style
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001292[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 49 Vinal Avenue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-02.