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Location56–58 Walnut Street and 4–6 Pleasant Avenue,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′2.36″N71°5′42.61″W / 42.3839889°N 71.0951694°W / 42.3839889; -71.0951694
Built1890
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001296 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The Hollander Blocks are a pair of historic apartment houses in Somerville, Massachusetts. The two adjacent buildings were constructed in the early 1890s by Clarence T. Hollander on land that had been subdivided in the 1870s, and purchased by his father as an investment. The properties (one with 10 units, the other 12) stand out in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by single family residences. [2]

The buildings were listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Hollander Blocks". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 1, 2014.