{"nrhp_refnum":"89001292","name":"House at 49 Vinal Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 Vinal Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.384828936000076,"lon":-71.09653443999997,"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":"A 2 1/2-story house at 49 Vinal Avenue on the northeast corner of Vinal and Pleasant Avenues in Somerville, Massachusetts, built around 1894 near the summit of Prospect Hill.","why_significant":"The house is described as an important example of a transitional Shingle Style-Colonial Revival dwelling. It combines a wide gambrel roof and shingle and fieldstone finish with Colonial Revival details. It is judged significant at the local level for its architecture and retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","narrative":"Standing on a prominent corner lot near the summit of Prospect Hill, above Union Square in Somerville, this house dates to about 1894 and blends two late 19th-century styles. It rises two and a half stories beneath a wide gambrel roof. The central entrance sits within a porch under a steep gambrel gable, flanked by smaller hipped-roof dormers. Shingle and fieldstone trim cover the exterior, while Colonial Revival touches include an elliptical attic window on the facade, applied wooden garlands on the dormers and a curved front porch. Local realtor Fred Haley, who lived nearby on Grandview Avenue, appears to have built it as a speculative venture. It was listed for its architecture, as a stylish and well-detailed example of the transition between Shingle Style and Colonial Revival design, and it keeps its original character with no major alterations and excellent condition. Late 19th-century dwellings surround it in a well-established neighborhood.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; apparently built by Somerville realtor Fred Haley for speculative purposes","architectural_style":"Shingle/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent, with no major alterations and no outbuildings; the building has not been moved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.678032-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7919/63791915/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001292/c90a087dfd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001292/c90a087dfd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_HouseAt49VinalAve.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_HouseAt49VinalAve.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791915","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_49_Vinal_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715585"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-49-vinal-avenue-89001292/"}