Robert Munroe House

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Robert Munroe House
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Location37 Walnut Street,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′57.86″N71°5′44.05″W / 42.3827389°N 71.0955694°W / 42.3827389; -71.0955694 Coordinates: 42°22′57.86″N71°5′44.05″W / 42.3827389°N 71.0955694°W / 42.3827389; -71.0955694
Built1849
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001294 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The Robert Munroe House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The modest side-hall Greek Revival house was built c. 1849 for Robert Munroe, a Boston grain dealer who was an early resident of Prospect Hill (Munroe Street is named for him). The house has a full-width front porch with Ionic columns that wraps around to the right side of the house. The front entry is surrounded by sidelight and transom windows, and flanked by pilasters. [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 Robert Munroe House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-05.