National Historic Landmark · Belmont, Massachusetts

Red Top

Built 1877 by William Rutherford Mead. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Red Top
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeBuilding
Address90 Somerset St., Belmont, MA
CountyMiddlesex County
ListedNov 11, 1971
Listed forLiterature
Level of significanceNational
Also known asWilliam Dean Howells House
Reference number71000911
Built1877 · more from the 1870s
ArchitectWilliam Rutherford Mead
StyleColonial Revival architecture, Shingle style architecture, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address90 Somerset St., Belmont, MA
Coordinates42.4003° N, 71.1794° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Map

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Red Top listed on the National Register?

Nov 11, 1971. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Red Top built?

1877, designed by William Rutherford Mead, in the Colonial Revival architecture, Shingle style architecture, and Queen Anne style architecture in the United States style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Red Top?

90 Somerset St., Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Red Top?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000911. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.