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AUG 0 4 1989 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of - property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north See Attached Map UTM REFERENCE 19- 327/460 - 4694/470 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 1259 AREA Highland Ave. Area FORM NO. 138 Town Address _Somerville MRA 48-52 Highland Avenue Historic Name Langmaid Suilding Use: Present apartment house Original apartment house DESCRIPTION Date Source ca.
1875-1883 map research Style Second Empire Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric brick/stona trim outbuildings_ - none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition _ good Moved no Date n/a Acreage less than one acre Setting The property faces onto a major ehoroughtare in a densely built urban area. The property faces the institutional district of Somerville, Central Hill where the Library, High School and City Hall are located. Recorded by Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Pranner OrganizationMass. Historical Comnission Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Langmaid Building, 48-52 Highland Avenue, is a well-built example of apartment rowhouses, built in the late-19th century, at the height of Somerville's period of greatest growth and development.
The property retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and fulfills Criterla A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Langmaid Building, 48-52 Highland Avenue is typical of the Second Empire influenced apartment row houses built in Somerville in the 1870s and 1880s. The use of panel brick with decorative insets is characteristic, as is the slate covered mansard roof. The three towers with polygonal roofs are of varying height. Stone lintels and sills, and segmental-arched window openings on the end facade, further ornament the building.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE- Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Samuel Langmaid and members of the Langmaid family developed several handsome brick rows in Somerville, of which 48-52 Highland Avenue is a fine example (as is Langmaid Terrace 359-365 Broadway, # 117). This building constructed ca. 1875-1883, was the first on this block on Highland Avneue. Subsequent apartment construction on Highland Avenue included the equally stylish Romanesque Revival Highland Building # 140. As Highland Avenue was a well-travelled route to Boston, residents of the Langmaid Building could easily commute into the city. ROBKTAGRAREY ManA95 REPFRFeEfty of Somerville, 1884 Langmaid Building 48-52 Higland Ave. Somewille (MRA), Mass, PT. LOT ! 40T113 LOT 14 825 PT. LOT3' 22823. LOT 4123 50 REG. LOTA LOT I7& PT.
LOTS 16 & 18 9792 -40718 15.20 GRAND VIEW Al 82 5 PT.LOTS 17 8 18 3300 0 43. 5000 ° : LOT B 82.9 L--. 7400 PLEASANT E LOT $25 LOTMETTOTAS! 0r1o L0T9 12491 I 8 2Z.71 402 119.7 10700 39.25 SUMMIT AVE 102.2 PT. ELOTE 2343W PT. LOT 48 750 NPS Form10-800 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ Page - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 AUG 4 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State -Someryddle MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. Langmaid Building 52. Langmaid Terrace Intered in the National Begiater 53. Lockhardt, Charles H.ntor8& in the National Register 54.
Loring, George, House Entered in the National Register Date/Signature Entered in the National Begister feeper ulmeBya Attest tKeeper Keloßzen Attest Akeoper AelruByan Attest +Keeper_ HeluyByan 9/15/84 9/18/84 9/18/89 9/18/09 Attest Entared in the 55. Lovejoy, A.L., House National Register Teeper delrusByen 9/18/84 Attest 56. Munroe, Robert, House Entered in the txeeper Aelruaßzen 7/18/84 National Register Attest 57. Mystic Water Works Entered in tba National Beglater Keeper_ Ailruzen 9/18/89 Attest 58. Nichols, John F., House 6 Reeper delmusßzen: Entered in the 9/18/64 National Regiater Attest 59. Niles, Louville V., House Entered in the /KeeperAeloesByu 9/8/84 Hational Register Attest 60.
Niles, Louville, House fReeper AulresByud 9/18/89 intered in the National Reglater Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Langmaid Building MULTIPLE NAME: Somerville MPS STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: 8/04/89 8/31/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 8/15/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/18/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001259 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/18/89 _DATE Entered in the National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria _justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps _photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 48-52/tighland 1.
48-52 Haghland Ave 2. Somerville, MA 3. Carol Zellie 1. 1980 S. someruille City thall 6. booking south 7.#138 Langmaid Bulding Senervilla MAA Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _ 64500253