House at 35 Temple Street

Year: 1780
Style: Federal
City: Boston, MA
Collection: federal boston

The House at 35 Temple Street in Somerville was one of the few surviving 18th-century houses in the city, a 2½-story wood-frame structure probably built between 1750 and 1780 and likely moved to the site from Broadway or Mystic Avenue in the 19th century. It retained most of its Georgian features and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

the building

Gambrel roof. The steeply pitched gambrel roof was one of the house's most intact Georgian features, a holdover from its likely 18th-century construction.

the style

Federal (c. 1780–1830): Refined American Georgian: oval fanlights over doors, slender proportions, and delicate garland ornament.

significance

The house was destroyed by fire in 2002 and was replaced on the site by a modern duplex.

nearby

Odd Fellows Building 510 ft · Richardsonian Romanesque · 1885
Langmaid Terrace 0.2 mi · Queen Anne · 1892
House at 21 Dartmouth Street 0.3 mi · Queen Anne · 1890
Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church 0.3 mi · Shingle Style · 1890
Stickney Building and Masonic Apartments 0.4 mi · Richardsonian Romanesque · 1888
George Loring House 0.6 mi · Shingle Style · 1895

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