House at 81 Pearl Street

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House at 81 Pearl Street
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Location81 Pearl St.,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′5″N71°5′6″W / 42.38472°N 71.08500°W / 42.38472; -71.08500 Coordinates: 42°23′5″N71°5′6″W / 42.38472°N 71.08500°W / 42.38472; -71.08500
Built1860
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001277 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The house at 81 Pearl Street in Somerville, Massachusetts is a well-preserved Italianate house. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1860, and features a deep front gable with paired decorative brackets, and a front porch supported by square columns, with an unusual scalloped-arch cornice trim. It is among the best-preserved of the period worker housing built in East Somerville at that time. An early occupant was Benjamin Gage, a machinist. [2]

The house was listed 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 House at 81 Pearl Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-02.