Monday, July 30, 2012
Ron and Linde Dynneson have restored a grand Morrison Avenue home and turned it into the Morrison House Bed & Breakfast.
The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission held its Historic Preservation Awards cermony in May, and this summer Somerville Patch will feature the homes and properties that won awards. Somerville writer Marian Berkowitz interviewed the winners to create profiles of the historic Somerville properties and the people who care for them. In this profile, Berkowitz tells the story of the Morrison House Bed & Breakfast outside Davis Square. Here it is: Heading west on Morrison Avenue toward College Avenue, you can't miss the Morrison House Bed & Breakfast on the right, as it has a sign on the front. It looks like a lovely, quiet place to stay, even though it’s just outside the lively Davis Square commercial district. Homes on this street …
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Morrison House Bed and Breakfast
221 Morrison Ave, Somerville, MA
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Friday, July 27, 2012
James and Dina Traniello inherited the family home, restoring the exterior and learning a gruesome story about one of its original inhabitants—a young woman who was murdered while away at college.
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Friday, July 27, 2012
The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission held its Historic Preservation Awards cermony in May, and this summer Somerville Patch will feature the homes and properties that won awards. Somerville writer Marian Berkowitz interviewed the winners to create profiles of the historic Somerville properties and the people who care for them. Today, Berkowitz writes about James and Dina Traniello, who live in a house with a turret at the top of Prospect Hill. The late 19th-century home has been in the Traniello family since 1946, and it was once home to a young woman who was murdered during her senior year at Smith College. Here's Berkowitz's story: Near the top of Prospect Hill is Boston Street where I meet James and Dina Traniello, who …
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83 Boston St, Somerville, MA
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The Colanninos saw the potential in a "dilapidated" Orchard Street home when they bought it 43 years ago. Today, it's a stunning historic home in Davis Square with a decorative gate.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission held its Historic Preservation Awards cermony in May, and this summer Somerville Patch will feature the homes and properties that won awards. Somerville writer Marian Berkowitz interviewed the winners to create profiles of the historic Somerville properties and the people who care for them. Today, Berkowitz takes a look at the Colanninos, who bought their Davis Square house in 1969 when it was in rough shape and have turned it into a beautiful home without—and this is key—a chain-link fence. Here it is: Just outside Davis Square at the corner of Chester and Orchard Streets is a house you cannot possibly miss as it’s a beautifully maintained and restored Queen Anne house. Its historic name is…
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
This year 13 houses won awards from the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission. Here are some photos.
On May 26, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission gave preservation awards to the owners of 13 historic homes in Somerville. Most of the homes were built in the mid- to late-19th century, although one, the Adams-Magoun House, was built in the late 18th century. Here, we show photos of some of these homes.
