Historic places in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton in Middlesex County has 187 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 145 buildings, 36 districts, 4 sites, 2 structures. The first was listed in 1973 and the most recent in 2009. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, social history. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Fessenden, Reginald A., House.
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Every National Register listing in Newton
Fessenden, Reginald A., House
The Reginald A. Fessenden House is a historic house in the village of Chestnut Hill in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000950
Claflin, Adams, House
It is a large 2+1⁄2-story cross-gable wood-frame structure, built in the Shingle style to a design by Samuel Brown for Adams Davenport Claflin. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001783
Farlow Hill Historic District (also See Also:Smith--Peterson House)
The Farlow Hill Historic District is a residential historic district in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Shornecliffe Rd., Franklin St., Chamberlain Rd., Huntington Rd., and Farlow Rd. · NPS record #90000110
Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District)
The Farlow and Kenrick Parks Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
223, 226, 234, 237, 242, 243, 248, and 256 Park St. · NPS record #86001739
First Unitarian Church
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton occupies a prominent location at 1326 Washington Street in the heart of the village of West Newton in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1326 Washington St. · NPS record #86001802
Gray Cliff Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Gray Cliff Historic District)
The Gray Cliff Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing a cluster of exceptionally high quality houses built in Newton, Massachusetts, between about 1890 and 1940. [Wikipedia]
The Ledges and Bishopsgate Rds. · NPS record #90000011
Hammond House
Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000175
Hyde Avenue Historic District
The Hyde Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing the stylistic range of houses being built in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts in the 1880s. [Wikipedia]
36, 42, 52, 59, and 62 Hyde Ave. · NPS record #86001742
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a historic two-story wood frame estate house in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, built circa 1856. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001851
Needham Street Bridge
The Needham Street Bridge is a historic bridge at Needham Street over the Charles River connecting Needham and Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Needham St. at Charles River · NPS record #86001852
Newton Highlands Historic District (Boundary Increase)
The Newton Highlands Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the village of Newton Highlands in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Lincoln St., Hartford St., Erie Ave., and Woodward St. · NPS record #90000013
Newton Lower Falls Historic District (also See Also:St. Mary's Episcopal Church)
The Newton Lower Falls Historic District encompasses the historic colonial village center of Newton Lower Falls, on the west side of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Hagar, Grove, Washington, and Concord Sts. · NPS record #86001748
Newton Theological Institution Historic District (also See Also:Colby Hall)
The Newton Theological Institution Historic District is an historic district in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Braeland Ave., Ripley St. and Langley Rd., Bowdoin School Access Rd., and Cypress St. · NPS record #86001749
Old Chestnut Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Old Chestnut Hill Historic District)
The Old Chestnut Hill Historic District encompasses the historic residential heart of the Newton portion of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Chestnut Hill, Essex, and Gate House;Middlesex, Hammond, and Longwood;and Suffolk and Old Orchard · NPS record #90000007
Staples-Crafts-Wiswall Farm
The first house on the site was built in 1688 by Deacon John Staples, a weaver and Newton's first schoolmaster. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001884
Union Street Historic District (also See Also:Newton Center Station)
The Union Street Historic District is a historic district on Union Street between Langley Road and Herrick Road, and at 17–31 Herrick Road in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Union St. between Langley Rd. and Herrick St., and 17--31 Herrick St. · NPS record #86001763
Waban Branch Library
The Waban Library Center is a library located in a historic building at 1608 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1608 Beacon St. · NPS record #90000037
Webster Park Historic District
The Webster Park Historic District is a residential historic district in Newton, Massachusetts, encompassing a very early residential subdivision designed by nationally known landscape architect Alexander Wadsworth and laid out in 1844. [Wikipedia]
Along Webster Pk. and Webster St. between Westwood St. and Oak Ave. · NPS record #86001764
Weeks Junior High School
The former Weeks Junior High School, also known as John Wingate Weeks Junior High School, is a historic school located at 7 Hereward Road, corner of Rowena Road in the village of Newton Center in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
7 Hereward Rd. · NPS record #84000105
West Newton Hill Historic District
The West Newton Hill NR Historic District is a residential National Register historic district in the village of West Newton, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts in the United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., Lenox, Hampshire, and Chestnut Sts. · NPS record #86001766
West Newton Village Center Historic District (also See Also:Davis Hotel)
The West Newton Village Center Historic District encompasses the heart of the village of West Newton, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts in the United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Washington St. from Putnam to Davis Ct. · NPS record #90000017
Adams, Amos, House
The Amos Adams House is a historic house in the Newton Corner village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001767
Adams, Seth, House
Probably built in the mid-1850s, it is a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001768
Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard Synagogue
The Adams Street Shul, officially the Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 168 Adams Street in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts, in the United States. [Wikipedia]
168 Adams St. · NPS record #90000035
Allen, Nathaniel Topliff, Homestead (also Allen House)
The Greek Revival house is notable as the home of Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823–1903), an innovative educator in the mid-19th century. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78000457
Auburndale Congregational Church
United Parish of Auburndale, formerly the Auburndale Congregational Church, is a historic church at 64 Hancock Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
64 Hancock St. · NPS record #86001769
Bartlett-Hawkes Farm
With its oldest portion dating to about 1736, it is the oldest surviving building in Waban. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001770
Bayley House
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001771
Bemis Mill
The Bemis Mill is a historic former industrial building at 1-3 Bridge Street, in the village of Nonantum, in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1--3 Bridge St. · NPS record #86001773
Bigelow, Dr. Henry Jacob, House (also Peabody School Extension)
The Dr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000266
Bigelow, Henry, House
The Henry Bigelow House is a historic house in the Newton Corner village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001774
Blodgett, William, House
Built about 1875, it is a prominent local example of Stick style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001776
Boston Edison Power Station
The Boston Edison Power Station is a historic power station at 374 Homer Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
374 Homer St. · NPS record #90000023
Brackett House
Built about 1844, it is a prominent local example of Greek Revival architecture, with a four-column temple front. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001777
Brae-Burn Historic District
The Brae Burn Road Historic District is a residential historic district on Brae Burn and Windermere Roads in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Brae Burn and Windmere Rds. · NPS record #90000009
Brandeis University President's House (also Leland Powers House)
Built in 1913–14 for Leland Powers, it is a prominent large-scale example of American Craftsman architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #98000990
Bruner, Mayall, House
Built in 1923, it is a well-preserved example of Craftsman architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000040
Buckingham, John, House
Built about 1864, it is a good local example of Second Empire architecture, typical of built at that time for upper middle class commuters to Boston. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001778
Building at 1-6 Walnut Terrace
1–6 Walnut Terrace in the Newtonville village of Newton, Massachusetts is a distinctive Shingle style rowhouse. [Wikipedia]
1--6 Walnut Terr. · NPS record #86001779
Central Congregational Church
The Central Congregational Church is an historic church building located at 218 Walnut Street, in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
218 Walnut St. · NPS record #86001781
Chestnut Hill, The
The Chestnut Hill is a historic apartment building at 219 Commonwealth Avenue in the village of Chestnut Hill in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. [Wikipedia]
219 Commonwealth Ave. · NPS record #86001782
Childs, Mayor Edwin O., House
It is a stucco-clad two story wood-frame structure with a side gable roof and a three-bay shed-roof dormer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000039
Church, William L., House
The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1916, and is one of Newton's finest Bungalow-style homes. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000112
City Stable and Garage (also Division C Street Department Headquarters)
The City Stable and Garage is a historic public works building at 74 Elliot Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
74 Elliot St. · NPS record #90000022
Claflin School
The Claflin School is a historic former school building at 110–112 Washington Park, Newtonville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
110-112 Washington Park · NPS record #84002543
Clark House
The Clark House, also known as the Rev. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001785
Collins, Frederick, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1847, and is the only temple-front Greek Revival house in the village of Waban. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001786
Commonwealth Avenue Historic District
The Commonwealth Avenue Historic District of Newton, Massachusetts, encompasses roughly the eastern half of Commonwealth Avenue, extending from Waban Hill Road, near the city line with Boston, westward to Walnut Street. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Commonwealth Ave. from Walnut St. to Waban Hill Rd. · NPS record #90000012
Crafts Street City Stable (also Crafts Street Garage)
The Crafts Street City Stable is a historic redbrick public works building located at 90 Crafts Street near Ashmont Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
90 Crafts St. · NPS record #09001095
Crimmins, Thomas A., House
The 2+1⁄2-story brick house was built in 1910–11, and is one of the city's finest Georgian Revival houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000021
Crystal Lake and Pleasant Street Historic District
The Crystal Lake and Pleasant Street Historic District encompasses a streetcar suburban residential subdivision developed between 1860 and 1895 in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Sudbury Aqueduct, Pleasant Ave., Lake Ave., and Crystal St. and Webster Ct. · NPS record #86001735
Curtis, William, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001788
Davis, Seth, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001960
Day Estate Historic District
The block was subdivided during a building boom in the 1920s, and the new houses were built between 1928 and 1930. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000008
Dupee Estate
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001790
Durant, Capt. Edward, House (also Kenrick House; Kendrick House)
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000267
East Parish Burying Ground (also Centre Street Cemetery)
East Parish Burying Ground, also known as Centre Street Burying Ground or Centre Street Cemetery, is a historic cemetery at Centre and Cotton streets in the village of Newton Corner, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Centre and Cotton Sts. · NPS record #83004010
Echo Bridge
Echo Bridge is a historic masonry bridge spanning the Charles River between Needham to Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, and Ellis Street in Newton. [Wikipedia]
Spans Charles River · NPS record #80000638
Eddy, George W., House
The 2+1⁄2-story stucco-clad house was built in 1913 for George W. Eddy, a merchant, to a design by the noted area firm of Chapman & Frazer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000038
Elliott, Charles D., House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was probably built in the 1860s, and is one of Newton's finest Second Empire houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001792
Eminence, The
Built in 1853, it was designed by noted Boston architect Hammatt Billings in the Italian Villa style of architecture, and is one of two surviving high-style Italianate estate houses in the Auburndale area. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001793
Estabrook, Rufus, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001795
Evangelical Baptist Church
The Evangelical Baptist Church is an historic church located at 23 Chapel Street, in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
23 Chapel St. · NPS record #86001796
Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District (also See Also:Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District (Bounda)
Roughly bounded by Franklin, Park, Church, Center and Wesley Sts. and Maple Ave. · NPS record #82002745
Farquhar, Samuel, House
The Samuel Farquhar House is an historic Second Empire style building located in the village of Newton Corner in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001798
Fenno, John A., House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1854, and is a rare local example of Gothic Revival styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001800
First Baptist Church in Newton
The First Baptist Church in Newton was founded in 1788. [Wikipedia]
848 Beacon St. · NPS record #82002746
Fuller, Capt. Edward, Farm
The Capt. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001804
Gane, Henry, House
Built c. 1860s, the two-plus story wood-frame house is distinguished as one of Newton's finest Second Empire houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001806
Goodbar, Lafayette, House
Built in 1915 to a design by local architect Walter A. Rollins, it is Newton's finest example of Bungalow style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000044
Gray Cliff Historic District
35, 39, 43, 53, 54, 64, 65, and 70 Gray Cliff Rd. · NPS record #86001741
Gunderson, Jos., House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001808
Hammond, E. C., House
The 1 3/4 story wood-frame house was built in 1909 and designed by its owner, Edward C. Hammond, a lumberman. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000046
Harbach, John, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1800, and is one of a few surviving Federal style houses in Newton Centre. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001809
Harding House-Walker Missionary Home (also See Also:Walker Home for Missionary Children)
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850, and is a well-preserved example of Italianate styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001810
Harriman, Henry I., House (also Putnam House)
Built in 1916 for Henry I. Harriman, it is one of Newton's most elegant 20th-century suburban estate houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000028
Harrison, C. Lewis, House
The 1 3/4 story wood-frame house was built c. 1915 for Charles Lewis Harrison, a Boston lawyer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000045
Haskell, Charles, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001812
Hayward, Fred R., House
This large 2+1⁄2-story stucco-clad house was designed by Winchester architect Robert Coit, and built in 1912. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000025
Hopewell, Frank B., House
The large 3+1⁄2-story brick building was designed by Boston architect George H Sidebottom and built in 1919. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000034
House at 1008 Beacon Street
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001813
House at 102 Staniford Street
Built about 1869 and enlarged in 1915, it exhibits vernacular Italianate styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001814
House at 107 Waban Hill Road
The main entrance is sheltered by an arched portico, and the roof is topped by a square cupola with bands of narrow round-arch windows on each side. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001815
House at 115-117 Jewett Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the 1860s, and features a projecting entry portico, a distinctive feature of the academic variant, and decorated dormers with segmented-arch or round-arch tops. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001816
House at 15 Davis Avenue
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001817
House at 152 Suffolk Road
The house, built in 1904, is set apart from more typical Colonial Revival structures by its use of ceramic tile as roofing, stucco walls, and a Mediterranean-style loggia. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001818
House at 170 Otis Street
The two story Second Empire house was built in 1870–71 for Charles Ellis and Emma Claflin Ellis, the daughter of William Claflin, then Governor of Massachusetts, whose own home (no longer extant) was in Newtonville. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001819
House at 173-175 Ward Street
Built c. 1800, it is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with clapboard siding and twin rear wall chimneys. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001820
House at 203 Islington Road
It is an elaborately decorated Late Victorian house, built in buff-colored stone with dark brick trim elements. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001821
House at 215 Brookline Street
The oldest portion of the saltbox house was built ca. 1693 by Thomas Hastings, who was prominent in the civic affairs of the area. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001822
House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue
The two story wood-frame house was built c. 1845, and is distinguished by its board-and-batten siding, oriel window, crenellated porch decoration, and bracketing in the eaves. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001823
House at 230 Melrose Street
The two story wood-frame house was built c. 1870, and features predominantly Second Empire styling, including a distinctive tower above the entry that is capped by an extended bracketed cornice. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001961
House at 230 Winchester Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1873. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001825
House at 3 Davis Avenue
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001826
House at 307 Lexington Street
The 1+3⁄4-story wood-frame house was built c. 1860, and has a steeply pitched gable roof with paired gable dormers on the side, and a round-arch window at the top of the gable (an Italianate feature). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001827
House at 309 Waltham Street
The 2+1⁄2-story house was built c. 1835; it has a classic Greek temple front, with two-story Ionic columns supporting an entablature and pedimented gable, with a balcony at the second level. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001828
House at 31 Woodbine Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001829
House at 41 Middlesex Road
The 2+1⁄2-story stone-and-wood house was built in 1894 by William R. Dupee, who lived on a nearby estate. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001830
House at 47 Sargent Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1879. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001831
House at 511 Watertown Street
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and is on the border of two of Newton's older villages: Newtonville and Nonantum. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001832
House at 60 William Street
Built in 1850, it is a well-preserved example of a modest Italianate wood-frame house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001833
House at 68 Maple Street
Built in the late 1840s, the two-story wood-frame building is a rare local example of a vernacular square hip-roofed Italianate house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001963
House at 729 Dedham Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001835
House at 81-83 Gardner Street
The 1+1⁄2-story duplex is remarkably well-preserved example of a vernacular worker's cottage, a style not often found in Newton but somewhat common in Newton Corner. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001836
Howes, C. G., Dry Cleaning-Carley Real Estate
The single story buff brick building was constructed in 1928, to a design by Boston architect William Drummey, to house the dry cleaning and fur storage business of C. G. Howes. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000031
Hyde House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001838
Hyde, Eleazer, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001839
Hyde, Gershom, House
It was a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney, and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001840
Jackson Homestead
It was built in 1809 in the Federal style by Timothy Jackson (1756–1814) on his family's farm. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000306
Jackson House
The 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built either c. 1768 or c. 1782, and is one of Newton's few surviving 18th-century farmhouses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001841
Jackson, Samuel, Jr., House
The Samuel Jackson Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001843
Jennison, Joshua, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001844
Judkins, Amos, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1884, and is an excellent and well-preserved example of Queen Anne styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001846
Kessler, William F., House
Built in 1913, the 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is a fine example of rustic Craftsman styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000048
King House
This 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built around 1710, probably by Jonathan Dyke, a cooper, and is one of Newton's few First Period houses, dating to the early period of its settlement. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001847
Kingsbury House
The oldest part of this 2+1⁄2-story timber frame may have been built as early as 1686; its exterior styling suggests a construction date in the early 18th century, but the earlier structure may have been incorporated in new construction at that time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001848
Kistler House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1893, and is one of Newton Center's most elaborate Colonial Revival houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001849
Lasell Neighborhood Historic District (also See Also:Winslow--Haskell House)
The Lasell Neighborhood Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Woodland, Studio Roads, Aspen, Seminary Avenue, and Grove Street in Auburndale, Massachusetts – a village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Woodland and Studio Rds., Aspen and Seminary Aves., and Grove St. · NPS record #86001744
Luke, Arthur F., House
The house, which is 2+1⁄2 stories high, is built in a rustic Craftsman style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000042
Maynard, Charles, House
The house was built in 1897, and is an example of a Queen Anne Victorian with Colonial Revival styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000364
Merriam, Galen, House
This 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the 1840s, apparently for Galen Merriam, a Boston coal merchant. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001850
Monadnock Road Historic District
The Monadnock Road Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing a cohesive subdivision of a former estate in the 1920s in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Monadnock Rd., Wachusett Rd., Hudson St., Tudor Rd., Beacon St., and Hobart Rd. · NPS record #90000019
Morton Road Historic District
The Morton Road Historic District encompasses an example of a small residential subdivision in Newton, Massachusetts that was attractively designed in 1915. [Wikipedia]
Morton Rd. at Morton St. · NPS record #90000010
Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District (also Village, The; Curve Street)
The Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a historic center of the African-American community in West Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Curve St. and Prospect St. · NPS record #08001178
Newton Centre Branch Library
The Newton Centre Branch Library is a historic library building at 1294 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1294 Centre St. · NPS record #90000024
Newton City Hall and War Memorial
The Newton City Hall and War Memorial is a historic city hall and war memorial building located in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1000 Commonwealth Ave. · NPS record #90000020
Newton Cottage Hospital Historic District (also Newton-Wellesley District)
It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000108
Newton Highlands Historic District
Roughly bounded by Lincoln and Hartford Sts., Erie Ave., and Woodward St. · NPS record #86001747
Newton Street Railway Carbarn
The Newton Street Railway Carbarn is an historic building located at 1121 Washington Street in the village of West Newton in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1121 Washington St. · NPS record #86001855
Newton Upper Falls Historic District (also See Also:Echo Bridge)
Roughly bounded by Boylston, Elliot, and Oak Sts., and the Charles River · NPS record #86001750
Newtonville Historic District (also See Also:Claflin Grammar School)
The Newtonville Historic District is a historic district in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., Walnut Mill St., Otis St., and Lowell Ave. · NPS record #86001753
Newtonville Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Newtonville Historic District)
Roughly Highland and Lowell Aves., Otis St., and Birch Hill Rd., and Walnut St. from Newtonville to Washington · NPS record #90000014
Nichols House
The Nichols House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001857
Noves, Charles W., House
It was built in 1914 and was designed in the American Craftsman style of architecture by Boston-based architect Hubert G. Ripley of Ripley & Le Boutillier. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000030
Old Chestnut Hill Historic District (also See also:Old Chestnut Hill Historic District (Boundary Incre)
Along Hammond St. and Chestnut Hill Rd. roughly bounded by Beacon St. and Essex Rd., and Suffolk Rd. · NPS record #86001756
Old Chestnut Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Suffolk Rd. · NPS record #99000805
Old Shephard Farm
This is house was repeatedly enlarged and added, resulting in a large house consisting of a main block and three ells by the end of the 19th century. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001859
Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District
Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Catholic buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Adams and Washington Sts. · NPS record #86001758
Page, H. P., House
The H. P. Page House is a historic house located in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001860
Parsons, Edward, House
Built in 1877, this 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is an unusual local small-scale example of Stick style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001862
Peabody-Williams House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1891, and is one of the finest Shingle style houses in the Newton Highlands area, with the asymmetrical massing, gabled projections and dormers, and corner turret typical of the style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001863
Peirce School (also Old Peirce School)
The Peirce School (also known as Old Peirce School) is a historic school building at 88 Chestnut Street, corner of Austin Street, in West Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
88 Chestnut St. · NPS record #79000357
Pierce, F. Lincoln, Houses
The F. Lincoln Pierce Houses are a pair of historic houses at 231 and 237 Mill Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
231--237 Mill St. · NPS record #90000041
Pine Ridge Road-Plainfield Street Historic District
The Pine Ridge Road–Plainfield Street Historic District encompasses a residential subdivision in the Waban section of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Pine Ridge Rd., Upland Rd., Plainfield St., and Chestnut St. · NPS record #90000015
Plummer Memorial Library
The Plummer Memorial Library is a historic library at 375 Auburn Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
375 Auburn St. · NPS record #90000036
Potter Estate
The centerpiece of the estate is a large Second Empire mansion house which was constructed in 1867 by John Potter, Jr., a shoe and leather businessman. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001864
Prescott Estate
The main house, a c. 1874 Medieval Revival structure, is a rare local example of residential stone construction, and of the architectural style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001866
Putnam Street Historic District
The Putnam Street Historic District is a residential historic district roughly bounded by Winthrop, Putnam, Temple, and Shaw Streets in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Winthrop, Putnam, Temple, and Shaw Sts. · NPS record #86001760
Railroad Hotel (also Terminal Hotel)
The Railroad Hotel (Seth Davis Tavern) is a building that served as a historic hotel at the triangular lot where Washington Street joins Watertown Street (Route 16) in the West Newton section of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1273--1279 Washington St. · NPS record #86001868
Rawson Estate
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1860, and is a well-preserved surviving specimen of an Italianate estate house, a form which was once more common in the Newton Corner area. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001869
Richards, James Lorin, House
The James Lorin Richards House is an historic house and carriage barn in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001871
Riley, Charles, House
The Charles Riley House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001872
Riverside Concrete Company-Lamont's Market
The Riverside Concrete Company-Lamont's Market is a historic market building at 2 Charles Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
2 Charles St. · NPS record #90000029
Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District
The Saco–Lowell Shops Housing Historic District encompasses the only 20th-century factory working housing enclave in the city of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Oak, William, Butts, and Saco Sts. · NPS record #90000016
Saco-Pettee Machine Shops
The Saco–Pettee Machine Shops is a historic factory complex at 156 Oak Street in the Newton Upper Falls area of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
156 Oak St. · NPS record #86001964
Salisbury, Jonas, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built about 1847, and was one of four temple-front mansions built in the Newton Corner area. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001875
Salisbury, Jonas, House
The 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival house was built in 1847, and is particularly significant because its original construction contract has survived. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001876
Sawyer, C. A., House (Second)
The 2+1⁄2-story brick building was designed by Derby and Robinson and built in 1919. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000043
Second Church of Newton
The Second Church in Newton, United Church of Christ, is located at 60 Highland Street in West Newton, a village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
60 Highland St. · NPS record #90000049
Simpson House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the late 1890s, and is an excellent local example of a well-preserved Queen Anne Victorian with some Colonial Revival features. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001880
Smith, Curtis S., House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1883, and is one of Newton's finest Queen Anne Victorian houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001881
Smith-Peterson House
Built in 1902, the two-story house is one of the city's finest Georgian Revival structures. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001882
South Burying Ground (also Winchester Street Burying Ground)
The South Burying Ground, also known as Winchester Street Cemetery, or Evergreen Cemetery, is an historic cemetery located on Winchester Street in the village of Newton Highlands, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Winchester St. · NPS record #04001256
Souther, John, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1883 and is a well-preserved high style Queen Anne Victorian house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001883
St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
St. [Wikipedia]
258 Concord St. · NPS record #80000637
Stewart, Frank H., House
The 2+1⁄2-story stucco-clad house was built in 1909 for Frank H. Stewart, a lawyer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000111
Stone, Joseph L., House
On the left is a projecting section with a gabled roof, and on the right is a rounded two story tower section topped with an octagonal roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001889
Stratton, Edward B., House
It is a two-story stucco-clad structure, with a dormered hip roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000050
Strong's Block
Strong's Block is a historic commercial building at 1637–1651 Beacon Street in the center of Waban Village, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1637--1651 Beacon St. · NPS record #86001891
Sumner and Gibbs Streets Historic District
The Sumner and Gibbs Streets Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing a cohesive collection of houses representing styles common in the Newton Centre area of Newton, Massachusetts during its first period of growth. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Sumner St. between Willow St. and Cotswold Terr. and 184 Gibbs St. · NPS record #86001762
Thaxter, Celia, House
The Italianate house was built c. 1856 as the home of Levi Lincoln Thaxter and American poet and author Celia Thaxter. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001892
Thayer House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001893
Towle, Loren, Estate (also Newton Country Day School)
The estate's construction began in 1920 for real estate executive Loren D. Towle as a 35-room, Gothic-style English Revival mansion with formal gardens, terraces, tennis courts, and garage. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000026
Walker Home for Missionary Children (also See Also:Harding House--Walker Missionary Home)
Home Of Missionary Children is a historic boarding house complex for the care of the children of religious missionaries while they were away from home. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000047
Ward, Ephraim, House
The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1821, and is one of a few Federal style houses in eastern Newton. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001894
Ware Paper Mill
The Ware Paper Mill is a historic mill building at 2276 Washington Street in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
2276 Washington St. · NPS record #78000458
Warren, Dr. Samuel, House (also Zenith Products Company)
The Dr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85000028
Warren, Levi, Jr., High School
The Levi F. Warren Jr. [Wikipedia]
1600 Washington St. · NPS record #90000032
Washington Park Historic District
The Washington Park Historic District is a historic district in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
4-97 Washington Park & 5,15 Park Place · NPS record #08000166
West Parish Burying Ground (also River Street Burying Ground)
The West Parish Burying Ground, also known as the River Street Burying Ground or River Street Cemetery, is a cemetery located at River and Cherry streets in West Newton, Massachusetts, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
River and Cherry Sts. · NPS record #04001221
Wheat, Samuel, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001895
Whittemore's Tavern (also Bourne House)
Whittemore's Tavern is a historic building at 473 Auburn Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
473 Auburn St. · NPS record #86001896
Windsor Road Historic District
The Windsor Road Historic District is a residential historic district just north of the village of Waban in Newton, Massachusetts.It includes 48 houses on Windsor, Kent and Hereford Roads, a cul-de-sac subdivision adjacent to the village center and the Brae Burn Country Club, which was mostly developed between 1888 and 1920. [Wikipedia]
Windsor and Kent Rds. · NPS record #90000018
Winslow-Haskell Mansion (also The Castle)
The large Gothic Victorian house was built c. 1870, and enlarged and remodeled in 1882. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #79000362
Woodland, Newton Highlands, and Newton Centre Railroad Stations, and Baggage and Express Building (also Woodland Railroad Station; Newton Highlands Railroad Station)
The Newton Railroad Stations Historic District in Newton, Massachusetts is composed of three geographically separate historic railroad stations and one baggage/express building on the former Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch, which was converted to MBTA Green Line D branch in 1959. [Wikipedia]
1897 Washington St., 18 Station Ave., 80 and 50 Union St. · NPS record #76002137
Woodward, John, House
Built sometime before 1686, it is one of the city's oldest surviving buildings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001897
Working Boys Home
The four story Romanesque brick building was designed by church architects constructed William H. and John A. McGinty, and built in 1896. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001898
Other towns in Middlesex County
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