The Round House
I pretty much just stumbled across this building when I was lost on Saturday. Well, I wasn't exactly lost --as usual, I had gone to Google maps and gotten precise directions to the place I was looking for, Beech Street. It just turned out that the Beech Street I was supposed to be at is in Cambridge, while I was at Beech Street in Somerville. The two streets are about ten blocks apart, less than a mile, so it's an easy mistake to make. I eventually found my way to the right Beech Street, getting the map through my cell phone, but I'm glad I got a bit lost. If I hadn't, I wouldn't ever have spotted this:
Yes, it is a house, and yes, it's completely round. It turns out that it's something of a landmark in Somerville, although the private owners have let it lapse into disrepair. It was built by Enoch Robinson in 1856, supposedly modeled on a building in France. Blogger Stephanie Rogers has more information on it.
It's a very cool old house, and one of the few I've seen and immediately thought that I wanted. It's not like there's any real possibility of that, though. Despite its disrepair, it's still way out of my price range, even if the owner were selling.
Yes, it is a house, and yes, it's completely round. It turns out that it's something of a landmark in Somerville, although the private owners have let it lapse into disrepair. It was built by Enoch Robinson in 1856, supposedly modeled on a building in France. Blogger Stephanie Rogers has more information on it.
It's a very cool old house, and one of the few I've seen and immediately thought that I wanted. It's not like there's any real possibility of that, though. Despite its disrepair, it's still way out of my price range, even if the owner were selling.
