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Somerville High School (Somerville City Hall)
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Shorelander
N 42° 23.237 W 071° 05.906
19T E 327267 N 4694910
Formerly Somerville High School, now Somerville City Hall.
Waymark Code: WM3WPX
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2008
Views: 44
The building that currently houses Somerville City Hall once held the area high school. When it was built in 1852, the structure was Greek Revival-style, was shorter (2½ stories), and lacked wings. Subsequent additions would enlarge the building: 1896 saw the construction of a southern wing, while 1923-4 brought the addition of a northern wing, the completion of a third story, addition of a clock tower, spire, and weathervane, and general restyling of the building to its current design, closer to Georgian Revivalist architecture. The City Hall moved to the building in 1871.
Street address: 93 Highland St Somerville, MA USA 02143
![](/images/spacer.gif) County / Borough / Parish: Middlesex
![](/images/spacer.gif) Year listed: 1989
![](/images/spacer.gif) Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
![](/images/spacer.gif) Periods of significance: 1875-1899
![](/images/spacer.gif) Historic function: Education
![](/images/spacer.gif) Current function: Government
![](/images/spacer.gif) Hours of operation: From: 8:30 AM To: 4:30 PM
![](/images/spacer.gif) Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
![](/images/spacer.gif) Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
![](/images/spacer.gif) Privately owned?: Not Listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Season start / Season finish: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Secondary Website 2: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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