{"nrhp_refnum":"89001260","name":"Highland, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"66 Highland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38714225700005,"lon":-71.09806922899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Highland is a brick apartment building at 66 Highland Avenue on Central Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, built in 1892 to designs by Boston architect Samuel D. Kelley.","why_significant":"The building is cited as one of Somerville's most elegant late-19th-century apartment blocks and a fine Richardsonian Romanesque design. It also reflects Somerville's growth as a popular Boston bedroom community around the turn of the century. It is judged significant at the local level under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 66 Highland Avenue, this brick apartment house occupies a prominent corner on Central Hill in Somerville, facing the city's institutional district of library, high school and city hall. Boston architect Samuel Dudley Kelley, known for designing apartment buildings, gave it a Richardsonian Romanesque character, with brownstone trim, a corner tower under a slate-covered conical roof and a low Romanesque entrance arch. Inside, the original finishes included marble entrances, tile floors and oak trim. The building held twelve suites with views toward Central Hill Park, City Hall and Boston beyond. It was widely advertised around Boston as Somerville's leading apartment house, and its location near Winter Hill Station offered 88 trains a day to the city. These features reflect Somerville's rapid growth as a Boston bedroom community at the turn of the century. It remains an apartment house in good condition with no major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Samuel D. Kelley (Samuel Dudley Kelley)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition good; present use is an apartment house, with no major alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.617458-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/7918/63791872/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001260.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001260/ddb1d87692-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001260/ddb1d87692-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_TheHighland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_TheHighland.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791872","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7739646"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/highland-the-89001260/"}