Italianate houses in Somerville
Italianate buildings have low roofs with wide bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows and heavy hoods over the openings. The style was common in American towns from the 1840s to the 1880s.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1848 to 1885. 10 stops, 2.2 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Elisha Hopkins House237 School St.Building · built 1867 · listed 1989start
- 2Amos Keyes House12 Adams St.Building · built 1860 · listed 19890.3 mi from stop 1
- 3F. G. Williams House37 Albion St.Building · built 1860 · listed 19890.3 mi from stop 2
- 4Samuel Gaut House137 Highland Ave.Building · built 1850 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 3
- 5Alexander Foster House45 Laurel St.Building · built 1860 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 4
- 6Parker--Burnett House48 Vinal Ave.Building · built 1873 · listed 19890.3 mi from stop 5
- 7Charles Williams House108 Cross St.Building · built 1848 · listed 19890.4 mi from stop 6
- 8House at 81 Pearl Street81 Pearl St.Building · built 1860 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 7
- 9House at 10 Arlington Street10 Arlington St.Building · built 1885 · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Charles Williams Jr. House1 Arlington St.Building · built 1858 · listed 1989117 ft from stop 9
2.2 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/somerville/style-italianate/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Somerville
- Queen Anne houses in Somerville10 stops · 1.6 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. The Somerville examples on this route went up between 1867 and 1895.
- Houses and mansions in Somerville15 stops · 1.1 milesThe route links houses built between 1849 and 1910. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Somerville in the 1890s15 stops · 2.0 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1890s. Queen Anne style is the style recorded on more of them than any other.