Somerville Journal Building

Somerville Journal Building
Location Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′53.1834″N 71°5′48.6882″W / 42.381439833°N 71.096857833°WCoordinates: 42°22′53.1834″N 71°5′48.6882″W / 42.381439833°N 71.096857833°W
Built 1894
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Renaissance
Governing body Private
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP Reference #

89001300

[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1989

The Somerville Journal Building is a historic commercial building at 8-10 Walnut Street in Somerville, Massachusetts.

The Somerville Journal Building, circa 1897

It was built in 1894 as offices and the printing facility for the Somerville Journal.[2] Administrative and editorial offices were on the first floor. Production and typesetting were on the second floor, and printing presses and equipment were located in the basement. The Somerville Journal vacated the building in approximately the 1950s. For some time after, the building was used as a youth recreation center for the City of Somerville. It has been used as artist studios since the 1970s.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

The identifying sign on the face of the Somerville Journal Building

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Somerville Journal Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.