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Round House

" At 36 Atherton Street between Porter and Union squares, there is round house which dates from 1856. I am fascinated by its archirecture and history and saddened by its state of direpair.

According to the Somerville Public Library, the 40-foot diameter Round House was built as a curiosity by a prominent inventor and locksmith, Enoch Robinson. It contains a glass-domed central hall and two parlors: one circular and one oval. The Somerville Old House Organization (SOHO) has a nice write up on the place, including a rare picture of the interior, seen at right. In it you can see sections of the parlor walls, which Robinson covered with a French scenic paper depicting royalty in castles, gardens, and hunting scenes. The shape of the house itself has been traced to one built in the Desert de Retz in Chambourcy, France, in 1780 and 1781 by Francois Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville (1734–1797) in the shape of a huge, round, ruined, classical column."

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    Thanks for all of the replies and additional links!  Here are some more intersting links about the house as well as some other Somerville historic photos    Link one, house plans

Link two, Somerville Historic photos

Comments

Photos of the interior

[ron_newman]

Someone sent me this link to photos of the inside of the Round House. I don't know anything more about them:

http://web.mit.edu/petern/www/roundhouse/

Re: Photos of the interior

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

The photos pretty much confirmed my suspiscions. It would take a heck of a lot of money to fix.

Re: Photos of the interior

[guxx.livejournal.com]

Where's Bob Vila when you need him?

Re: Photos of the interior

[spatch]

Didja catch the graffiti in this one?