United States of America, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Somerville
The Adams-Magoun House, built ca. 1783, is a good example of Federal period architecture at 438 Broadway in Somerville, Massachusetts. Although built during the Federal period, and showing that influence, the floor plan is traditional four-room Georgian. It is a five-bay, gable roof house and has what is reportedly one of the earliest five-part leaded fanlights in the Boston area. It was built by Joseph Adams in 1783. Adams was married to Sarah Tufts, whose extended family owned large tracts of land in the town, including the tracts which eventually became Tufts University. She was the daughter of Peter and Anne Tufts. Their daughter, Sarah Ann Adams, married John C. Magoun, for whom Magoun Square is named. At the time, the 71-acre...
