Watertown, MA, United States
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 o
f Eugene Onegin while residing at 16 Chauncy Street.
Listen to the audio guide for Vladimir Nabokov gold plaque Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off