Claflin, Adams, House
Claflin, Adams, House is a building in Newton, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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History
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. Claflin was the son of Massachusetts Governor and Newtonville resident William Claflin, and was a major landowner in Newtonville as well as president of the Boston and Suburban Electric Company. Claflin was a major developer of the streetcar system that served Newton. Architecturally, the house shows vestiges of the Queen Anne style, with its asymmetrical massing and wealth of projections and gables, as well as elements of the Colonial Revival, exemplified by a Palladian window, and by the pedimented front porch. The house is one of several designed by Brown for the Claflin family.
Adams Claflin was the president of Norumbega Park in Auburndale starting from when it opened in 1897.
On September 4, 1986, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Newton
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- Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District (Boundary Increase) District · listed 1986
- First Unitarian Church Building · listed 1986
- Gray Cliff Historic District (Boundary Increase) District · listed 1990
- Hammond House Building · listed 1990
- Hyde Avenue Historic District District · listed 1986
- Mount Pleasant Building · listed 1986
- Needham Street Bridge Structure · listed 1986
- Newton Highlands Historic District (Boundary Increase) District · listed 1990
- Newton Lower Falls Historic District District · listed 1986
- Newton Theological Institution Historic District District · listed 1986
- Old Chestnut Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) District · listed 1990
- Staples-Crafts-Wiswall Farm Building · listed 1986
- Union Street Historic District District · listed 1986
- Waban Branch Library Building · listed 1990
Nearby historic places
- Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District Boston, MA · about 1 mi
- Chestnut Hill Historic Distric Brookline, MA · about 2 mi
- Brighton Center Historic District Boston, MA · about 2 mi
- Strathmore Road Historic District Brookline, MA · about 2 mi
- Fisher Hill Historic District Brookline, MA · about 2 mi
- West Roxbury Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Brookline, MA · about 3 mi