House at 16–18 Preston Road

The House at 16–18 Preston Road in Somerville, Massachusetts is one of the city's finest Colonial Revival multiunit houses. The three story wood-frame house was built c. 1910. It has a flat roof with projecting eaves, and a modillioned cornice. The front facade has a two-story porch, with each level supported by clusters of colonettes. The house was built on the site of a former apple orchard owned by George Ireland; the street is named for Ireland's wife, Jane Preston Ireland.[2]

House at 16–18 Preston Road
Location16–18 Preston Rd.,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′1″N 71°6′8″W
Built1910
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001279[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

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

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