Somerville City Hall
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Somerville High School | |
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| Location | 93 Highland St., Somerville, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′13″N 71°5′55″W / 42.38694°N 71.09861°WCoordinates: 42°23′13″N 71°5′55″W / 42.38694°N 71.09861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Georgian Revival |
| Governing body | Local |
| MPS | Somerville MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 89001261[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
The Somerville City Hall (which formerly served as Somerville High School) is a historic building at 93 Highland Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of the building, its central core, was built in 1852, and is the portion that was used as the town's high school until 1867, when a fire in the old town office building forced a relocation. The building was permanently dedicated as city hall after the construction of a new high school building (no longer extant) in 1872, and the town was reincorporated as a city. In 1896 the building was expanded with a two story wing toward Highland Avenue, and again in 1924, when the north wing was added, restoring symmetry to the building. The two later additions transformed what had been a Greek Revival building into one with a more Colonial Revival flavor.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Somerville High School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
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