The Wagon was spotted on a walking tour of Somerville, Massachusetts the other day. We posted a 1964 Colony Park a while back. And a 1987 Mercury Colony Park in Blue Hill, Maine. A 1989 Mercury Colony Park was for sale at Motorland some years back.
Like Boston, Somerville is another town that borders Cambridge. Housing stock is an amazing mix of vernacular styles, much of it from the late 19th century, some earlier. Most housing built of wood, sometimes vinyl-clad these days. All kinds of triple-deckers, all over town..(we've posted a bunch on New England triple-deckers; you could start here.)
..and some quite astonishing juxtapositions of different buildings...and sometimes different styles in the same building, as on the right, below. (The yellow and pink buildings are one.) Somerville is fascinating place to walk around if you're interested in vernacular house-building 1850-1920. Like most towns spun around Boston it has a very distinct look and feel. 10 minutes walk from Harvard Yard, and a whole 'nother world.
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