Walter S. and Melissa E. Barnes House

Walter S. and Melissa E. Barnes House
Location 140 Highland Ave., Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′17″N 71°6′12″W / 42.38806°N 71.10333°W / 42.38806; -71.10333Coordinates: 42°23′17″N 71°6′12″W / 42.38806°N 71.10333°W / 42.38806; -71.10333
Area less than one acre
Built 1885 (1885)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Queen Anne, Shingle Style
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP reference #

89001266

[1]
Added to NRHP March 8, 1990

The Walter S. and Melissa E. Barnes House is a historic house at 140 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. Built about 1890, it is one of the city's least-altered examples of Queen/Stick style Victorian architecture. It was for many years home to Robert Luce, a one-term Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

Description and history

The Barnes House stands in central Somerville, on the south side of Highland Avenue (a major east-west route through the city) between Central Street and Trull Lane. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboarded exterior. The roof faces each have dormers, the one in front extended in width to a triangular shaped, and nearly filled by a half-round window. The main roof eaves are bracketed, and there are Stick-style braces on the square posts supporting the front porch. The porch has a shed roof, and wraps around to the right side to a projecting section.[2]

The house was built sometime between about 1885 and 1895, and is one of a few virtually unchanged Queen Anne/Stick style Victorians in the city. It was built for Walter S. Barnes, who worked in the box-making business in Boston. It was home for many years to the family of Robert Luce (1862-1945), a prominent local politician. Luce, a Republican, served many years in the United States Congress representing Somerville, and served a single term (1912-13) as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Walter S. and Melissa E. Barnes House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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