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Capt. Edward Durant House

The Capt. Edward Durant House is a historic late First Period house at 286 Waverly Avenue in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, that is now a historic house museum. In 1732, Edward Durant II purchased 91 acres of land in Newton, Massachusetts and built a country house which was completed in 1734. In 1740, Edward Durant II died, leaving the property for his son, Edward Durant III, to inherit. Edward Durant III was a prominent member of the local community and played a key role in Newton during the events leading up to the American Revolution. In 1790, John Kenrick Esq. purchased the property, adding to his significant landholdings in Newton. Upon his fathers death, John A. Kenrick inherited the former Durant property in 1833. Along with his brother, William, John A. Kenrick started the Kenrick Nursery, one of the largest plant nurseries in New England at the time. The Kenrick Nursery encompassed much of the surrounding area, including Farlow Hill and the land that is now the Newton Commonwealth Golf Course. During the 1840s up until 1900, the Kenricks were involvedwith many land transactions, sometimes acquiring new property but increasingly selling off their large estate. Around 1900, Austin Holden purchased the remaining .6 acres of land and began to restore the house. In 1912, F. Clarke Durant, a descendent of the original builders, purchased the land. Eleven years later, Arthur Stone Dewing, also a Durant descendant, purchased the land and house in 1923. Dewing was a businessman and a Harvard professor with a passion for historic preservation. Arthur, his wife Frances, and their three daughters would spend their summers at the Durant-Kenrick property while maintaining a permanent residence in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts during the rest of the year. In 1985, Arthur Dewings children established the Durant Homestead Foundation and opened the house to the public. In 2011 Historic Newton/ The Newton Historical Society received the house and property and undertook an extensive restoration and reinterpretation of the property. Finally, in January 2014, Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds opened to the public, offering an interactive museum depicting the history of three families that lived and worked on this property for a period of three hundred years. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1976.

Jackson Homestead

The Jackson Homestead, located at 527 Washington Street, in the village of Newton Corner, in Newton, Massachusetts, is an historic house that served as a station on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. It was built in 1809 in the Federal style by Timothy Jackson on his familys farm. His son William Jackson lived in it from 1820 until his death. William Jackson was an abolitionist and was active in politics on the local, state and national levels and served in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1837. The home was occupied by his family until 1932 when it was rented out. In 1949 it was given to the city of Newton and in 1950 the Newton History Museum was established there.

Newton City Hall and War Memorial

The Newton City Hall and War Memorial is an historic city hall and war memorial building located at 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style, the building was designed by Allen and Collens, with landscaping by the renowned Olmsted Brothers. The building's purpose was to serve as a new city hall, and as a memorial to the city's soldiers of the First World War. On February 16, 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District

Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. It includes four fine examples of brick Gothic Revival architecture: the church, convent, and rectory, as well as Trinity Catholic High School. The first three buildings were designed by noted ecclesiastical architect James Murphy, and were built between 1873 and 1890. The high school building was built in 1924, also in the Gothic Revival style. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Henry I. Harriman House

The Henry I. Harriman House is a historic French château style house at 825 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1916 for Henry I. Harriman, it is one of Newton's most elegant 20th-century suburban estate houses. It is now part of the campus of the Boston College Law School. It was known as Putnam House, in honor of benefactor Roger Lowell Putnam, when the campus was that of Newton College of the Sacred Heart. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Gershom Hyde House

The Gershom Hyde House is a historic house at 29 Greenwood Street in Newton, Massachusetts, US. One of the city's oldest houses, this Georgian-style farmhouse was built c. 1744, probably built by Gershom Hyde, one of Newton's early settlers. It is a 2 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney, and clapboard siding. The rear ell and front porch are later additions. The house's location is along what was once a major road through the area. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

House at 215 Brookline Street

The House at 215 Brookline Street in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the oldest houses in the city. The oldest portion of the saltbox house was built c. 1693 by Thomas Hastings, who was prominent in the civic affairs of the area. The house uncharacteristically faces north (when typical period houses faced south), and exhibits simple but high quality Georgian styling. It is 2-1/2 stories in height, five bays wide, with narrow clapboard siding. The main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a shallow hood. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Jackson House

The Jackson House is a historic house at 125 Jackson Street in Newton, Massachusetts. 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. A house is known to have been on the property c. 1768, but the present house use construction methods and styling more common to a later period in the 18th century, suggesting a c. 1782 construction date. It was restyled in the 1850s to give it Greek Revival features. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

King House

The King House is a historic house at 328 Brookline Street in Newton, Massachusetts. This 2 1/2 story timber frame house was built c. 1700, probably by Jonathan Dyke, a cooper, and is one of Newton's few First Period houses, dating to the early period of its settlement. The house was given Greek Revival styling in the 19th century, and is also notable for its association with Noah King, a long-time prominent local doctor. It is five bays wide, with a side gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and clapboard siding. The main entrance has a Greek Revival surround with sidelight windows, wide pilasters, and an entablature. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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. When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, it included only the eight houses at 35, 39, 43, 53, 54, 64, 65, and 70 Gray Cliff Road, which were predominantly Shingle style house built before the turn of the 20th century. The district was expanded in 1990 to include an adjacent area known as The Ledges, where the houses were built between 1900 and 1940, and are mainly Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival in their styling. The Gray Cliff area was the estate of Massachusetts politician Robert Bishop before it was subdivided for development. The construction of Commonwealth Avenue increased development pressure, and his was one of many estates that was subdivided. The houses are large, and sited on well-proportioned lots that take advantage of the topography of the area, which features rocky outcrops and ledges. It is possible that the subdivision was laid out by a draftsman who once worked for Frederick Law Olmsted. The house at 53 Gray Cliff Road is one of Newton's finest Shingle style houses. The area of The Ledges was laid out between 1906 and 1912, and includes the original Bishop House at 40 The Ledges Road. This house was originally built in 1861, probably with Italianate styling, but was completely enlarged in the 1890s and restyled in the Colonial Revival style. Two of the houses in this area include two that were designed by architects for their own use: James Ritchie designed the Tudor style house at 10 The Ledges Road, and Henry J. Carlson designed the Colonial Revival house at 91 Bishopsgate Road for his own use; he also designed 131 Bishopsgate Road.

John Harbach House

The John Harbach House is a historic house at 303 Ward Street in Newton, Massachusetts. 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. It is one of three that are associated with the Ward family, who were early settlers of the area. The house has pilastered corners and mitered window moulding strips, and a porch sheltering the front entry that is Colonial Revival in styling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

House at 173-175 Ward Street

The House at 173-175 Ward Street in Newton, Massachusetts, is one of the city's few Federal style houses. Built c. 1800, it is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure with clapboard siding, and twin rear wall chimneys. The house has a five bay facade with windows framed by narrow moulding. The main entrance is flanked by paired pilasters surrounding sidelight windows, topped by an entablature. The house was built by Charles Hyde, and was involved in property disputes attending the construction of tunnels in the area in the mid-19th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Samuel Jackson

The Samuel Jackson Jr. House is a historic house at 137 Washington Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame house was built c. 1768 by Samuel Jackson, the great-grandson of Edward Jackson, one of Newton's early settlers. The five bay facade is typical of Federal style houses, as are the rear twin chimneys. The front porch, with its fluted columns, is a 19th-century addition, as are the sidelight windows flanking the front door. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Brackett House

The Brackett House is an historic house located at 621 Centre Street in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a monumental two-story Ionic Greek temple portico across its front. It was built c. 1850 on land that was probably part of the earliest colonial division of land in Newton. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1986. The house was damaged by a fire on March 20, 2010. Newton Fire Chief Joseph LaCroix estimated that the cost of damage was in the millions. Its restoration was completed in 2013.

Charles Haskell House

The Charles Haskell House is a historic house at 27 Sargent Street in Newton, Massachusetts. This 2 1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1879, and is one of Newton's finest high-style Gothic Revival houses; the style is one not frequently seen in the city. It is extensively decorated with gingerbread trim, including the repetition of steeply pitched points in the gables and between the porch balusters. Charles Haskell, for whom it was built, was a Boston-based leather merchant. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Evangelical Baptist Church

The Evangelical Baptist Church is an historic church located at 23 Chapel Street, in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1873 in Gothic Revival style, it was designed by noted Boston architect Charles Edward Parker, who had in 1853 designed what today is the Architects Building of the Boston Society of Architects at 52 Broad Street, Boston. Evangelical Baptist Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986. The Evangelical Baptist Church is still an active congregation.

John Buckingham House

The John Buckingham House is a historic house at 33-35 Waban Street in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a bell-cast mansard roof with fish-scale slate shingles and segmented-arch dormers. The cornice is denticulated, and it has elaborately-decorated porches and projecting bays. The house is estimated to have been built c. 1864, and was bought in 1866 by John Buckingham, pastor of the Chestnut Hill Unitarian Church, remaining in his family until the 1970s. The Second Empire style house is typical of commuter-oriented housing built in Newton Corner after the American Civil War. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

House at 115-117 Jewett Street

The House at 115-117 Jewett Street in the Newton Corner village of Newton, Massachusetts, is one of the city's finest examples of the academic style of Second Empire design. 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. In addition to other well-preserved period details, the property also includes a mansard-roofed carriage house with cupola. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Potter Estate

The Potter Estate is a historic estate at 65-71 Walnut Park in Newton, Massachusetts. 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. It has a mansard roof characteristic of the style, bracketed eaves, and a single-story wraparound porch that is a later Colonial Revival addition. The estate includes several outbuildings dating to Potter's time, including a carriage house and gardener's cottage; the estate also has period cast iron fencing. The estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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 the styles commonly built in the Newton Centre area of Newton, Massachusetts during its first period of growth. The houses are located along Summer Street, between Cotswold Terrace and Willow Street, as well as the adjacent house at 184 Gibbs Street. The houses were built between 1865 and 1899, and are predominantly Queen Anne and Colonial Revival in styling. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House

The Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House at 72-80 Ober Road in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the last private residences designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Designed in 1885, the building was built just a few years before Bigelow's death. The house was restored and divided into five condos in the 1980s by the PBS television series This Old House. Some of the original features, including a circular tower, have been preserved. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places at 742 Dedham Street. Henry Jacob Bigelow was a well-known Boston surgeon and a professor at Harvard Medical College. Bigelow's father, Jacob Bigelow, a co-founder of Harvard Medical College and MIT, was also a noted architect, designing Bigelow Chapel and the George Washington Memorial Tower in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Adams Claflin House

The Adams Claflin House is a historic house at 156 Grant Avenue in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. 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. On September 4, 1986, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Edward B. Stratton House

The Edward B. Stratton House is a historic house at 25 Kenmore Street in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a two story stucco-clad structure, with a dormered hip roof. It has a Colonial Revival entrance with fluted pilasters supporting a decorated entablature and broken-gabled pediment. To either side of the entrance, single-story wings project forward, creating an entrance court; the windows of the wings have arched windows. The house was designed by noted regional architect Edward B. Stratton and built in 1912 as his family residence. The building features an eclectic mix of Colonial Revival and Craftsman styling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District

The Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts. The district is roughly triangular in shape, and is bounded on the north by the Massachusetts Turnpike, Park Street to the east, and Franklin and Newtonville Avenues to the west. It is roughly bisected by Church Street, and is named for two parks that are significant focal elements of the district. Kendrick Park is a small lozenge-shaped park at the southern tip of the district designed by Alexander Wadsworth; it was laid out at the request of William Kendrick, a horticulturalist whose c. 1822 Federal style house was moved to the area after the park was completed. Farlow Park is a larger rectangular park in the district's northwest, which was established by a gift from John Farlow. It is landscaped in a manner similar to the Boston Public Garden, with specimen trees and an artificial pond with bridge. The distrct was one of the first major areas of suburban residential development in Newton, spurred by the railroad station at Newton Corner, and the development of streetcar lines. There was some early development in the 1840s, resulting in a number of Greek Revival and Italianate houses being built in the area, but major development occurred between 1870 and 1910, resulting in a significant number of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses. The district includes two significant churches: the 1885 Immanuel Baptist Church, designed by H. H. Richardson, and the 1897 Newton Methodist Episcopal Church by Cram, Wentworth and Goodhue. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and expanded in 1986, adding a section of Park Street near the southern tip of Kendrick Park.

Frank B. Hopewell House

The Frank B. Hopewell House is a historic house at 301 Waverley Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. The large 2 1/2 story brick building was designed by Boston architect George Sidbottom and built in 1919. It is the most intact and best preserved of several large early 20th century Colonial Revival estate houses in the city. Frank Hopewell, for whom it was built, worked for a manufacturing sales firm, and was treasurer and director of the Sanford Mills. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

House at 1008 Beacon Street

The House at 1008 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts is a well-preserved suburban Shingle/Colonial Revival house. The 2 1/2 story wood frame house was built c. 1897. It is predominantly Shingle in character with patterned wooden shingles in its oversized gambrel end gables. The main entry is accessed via an arch made of dressed stone. The frieze between the second and third floors is decorated with wooden swags, a Colonial Revival feature. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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. It includes the five houses at 36, 42, 52, 59, and 62 Hyde Avenue, The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Hyde Avenue is a residential side street on the south side of Newton Corner, connecting Centre Street and Sargent Street, with a ninety degree turn about one third of the way from Centre Street. At the point of this turn is a slightly enlarged loop around a small grassy area. Four of the five houses are on the east side of Hyde Avenue running south from this turn, while the fifth is at the southwest junction of Hyde Avenue and Garden Road, another minor residential street. The houses at 36 and 52 Hyde Avenue are Queen Anne in their styling, and were built in 1880 and c. 1893, respectively. The houses at 59 and 62 Hyde are Colonial Revival, and were built c. 1885 and c. 1897. The fifth house, 42 Hyde, is a Shingle style house built in 1885. The Hyde Avenue area was originally part of a 43-acre farm, which was subdivided and mostly sold off by George Hyde, a city assessor, selectman, and bank director. The house at 36 Hyde, while somewhat boxy, has a wealth of Queen Anne styling, including an asymmetrically sited entry, decorative wood shingling, and spindled friezes on its porch. 42 Hyde, the only Shingle style house, has an arcaded wraparound porch and conical dormers. The Colonial Revival house at 62 Hyde has a porch entry with clustered columns.

Kistler House

The Kistler House is a historic house at 945 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2 1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1893, and is one of Newton Center's most elaborate Colonial Revival houses. It has a veranda that wraps around two sides of the house, although a porch shelters the front facade. The porch is supported by clusters of slender columns, with a projecting central section framing the main entrance, which has leaded glass sidelight windows. A Palladian window stands above the main entrance, and the cornice line is embellished with egg-and-dart moulding, dentil moulding, and a frieze decorated with swags. Andrew Kistler, the owner, was a leather dealer working in Boston. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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. The architect-designed subdivision filled in an area otherwise surrounded by roads that had been developed earlier, and was built out between 1915 and 1928, with a fairly uniform use of Craftsman and Tudor Revival styling. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Newton Theological Institution Historic District

The Newton Theological Institution Historic District is an historic district in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. It encompasses not only the campus of the Newton Theological Institution, now known as the Andover Newton Theological School, but also a cluster of fashionable 19th century houses north of the campus, on Herrick Road and Chase and Cypress Streets. The school was the first outside educational institution in Newton. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The Andover Newton Theological School, the nation's oldest interdenominational religious seminary, was founded in 1931 by the merger of two other religious schools: the Newton Theological School, founded in 1825 as the nation's first Baptist seminary, and the Andover Theological Seminary, a Congregational seminary founded in 1807. The property in Newton Centre was purchased in the 1820s by the Baptists, who built the school's oldest surviving building, Farwell Hall, in 1828. Originally Federal in style, it was raised with a mansard roof in 1857. Colby Hall, separately listed on the National Register, was builtin 1866 to accommodate a growing student population. Sturtevant Hall was followed by Burgess Gymnasium and Hills Library before the school merger took place. Just north of the campus is a small residential area with high-quality mid-to-late 19th century houses, some that have association with the school. The house at 70 Chase Street is probably Newton's finest example of Second Empire styling; it was built for John Sanborn, a Boston merchant and politician. The 1906 Colonial Revival house at 120 Herrick Street may have been built by the school to house visiting teachers. 102 Herrick Street, a Queen Anne/Stick style house built c. 1883 was home to a clergyman.

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Top Attractions in Newton

Capt. Edward Durant House

Jackson Homestead

Newton City Hall and War Memorial

Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District

Henry I. Harriman House

Gershom Hyde House

House at 215 Brookline Street

Jackson House

King House

Gray Cliff Historic District

John Harbach House

House at 173-175 Ward Street

Samuel Jackson

Brackett House

Charles Haskell House

Evangelical Baptist Church

John Buckingham House

House at 115-117 Jewett Street

Potter Estate

Sumner and Gibbs Streets Historic District

Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House

Adams Claflin House

Edward B. Stratton House

Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District

Frank B. Hopewell House

House at 1008 Beacon Street

Hyde Avenue Historic District

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Morton Road Historic District

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