This building was designed by architect R. M. Blackall and constructed in 1929 as Continental Hotel Apartments, a resident hotel. Vladimir Nabokov resided in apartment #10 in 1956, shortly after completing Pnin and the publication of Lolita. Nabokov completed research at Harvard on his translation of Eugene Onegin while residing at 16 Chauncy Street.
16 Chauncy Street, Watertown, MA
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