Wright House

Somerville, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Wright House at 54 Vinal Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, is a 2½-story wood-frame residence built in 1892 for Walter H. Wright, a milk can manufacturer. Designed by architect Shepard S. Woodcock, the house blends Queen Anne and Shingle style aesthetics, characteristic of the era's domestic architecture. Its Queen Anne massing is defined by numerous projecting bays and a turret-like section crowning the single-story front porch, while Shingle style influences dominate through extensive wood shingle cladding and bands of decorative cut shingles distributed across the façade. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.