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House at 1008 Beacon Street

1008 Beacon Street is a historic house in the Newton Centre neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts. Built about 1897, it is a well-preserved suburban Shingle/Colonial Revival house, typical of the style built as the Beacon Street area was developed in the late 19th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history 1008 Beacon Street is located west of the village center of Newton Centre, on the south side Beacon Street at its junction with Newbury Street. Beacon Street is a major east–west route in the city, connecting Newton Centre to Waban. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a cross-gabled roof and shingled exterior. The main roof is a side-facing gable, but is crossed by large gambrel sections on both front and rear faces. The front gambrel projects over a recessed porch which is made of dressed stone, with a round Syrian arch providing access. The gambrel is finished in decorative cut shingling, and has two round-arch windows in its lower level and a small sash window near its peak. To the left of the gambrel is a two-pane fixed-pane window with a stained-glass transom above on the first floor, and a projecting oriel window on the second. A chimney rises through the roof, made of brick with fieldstone quoining. The gable frieze on the side-facing gable is decorated with applied garland swags. The Beacon Street area west of Newton Centre was developed in the late 19th century as a fashionable suburb with high-quality, often architect-designed, houses for the upper middle class. The land this house was built on belonged to a prominent local developed, Charles Davis, as late as 1895. The quality of its design and construction suggest that it was designed by an architect, and not built on speculation. Its first owner Joseph Barrows, only lived there a short time; its second owner, Christopher Goddard, as an insurance broker working in Boston. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References
House at 102 Staniford Street

102 Staniford Street in the Auburndale section of Newton, Massachusetts, is a rare surviving element of Auburndale's agricultural past, including both a 19th-century house and barn. Built about 1869 and enlarged in 1915, it exhibits vernacular Italianate styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. As of 2026, it was still within the family of its original owner. Description and history 102 Staniford Street stands in a residential area north of the village center of Auburndale, on the east side of Staniford Street north of West Pine Street. It stands on over 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land, along with a 19th-century barn that has been repurposed into housing. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, that is basically T-shaped with a cross-gabled roof. The original main block is oriented facing south, but subsequent modifications have relocated the main entrance to the west side of the north-facing T leg. A single-story porch extends across the western facade, decorated with latticework balustrade and posts. A nod is made to Italianate styling with a round-arch window in the west-facing gable. The house was built about 1869 for Patrick Carey, an Irish immigrant who came to the United States in 1859, settling in Newton by 1865. Originally working as a laborer, Carey developed the property as a dairy farm. One of his descendants converted the property to poultry farming in the 1930s, a role continued until the 1950s. The barn is of 19th-century construction, but has undergone numerous modifications, first for conversion to support the raising of poultry, and then as a residence. It is one of the few surviving agricultural buildings in the city. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References
House at 107 Waban Hill Road

The House at 107 Waban Hill Road in eastern Newton, Massachusetts is one of the city's finest examples of formal Italianate styling, set high on Waban Hill with The two story wood-frame house was built c. 1875, and exhibits the full range of Italianate elements, including an extended bracketed eave, quoined corners, elaborate, heavily pedimented windows, and the shallow-pitch central gable on the flushboarded main facade. 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. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References
House at 12 Vernon Street

The House at 12 Vernon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts is one of the town's most elaborate Queen Anne Victorians. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was designed by Tristram Griffin and built in 1890 for William Boynton, a Boston flour merchant. It has classic Queen Anne elements, including a turret, multiple projecting and recessed sections. Its front porch wraps around the turret to the side, supported by paired columns above a spindled balustrade, and features a gable above the entry stairs decorated with latticework and arched spindlework framing the opening. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts References
House at 155 Reservoir Road

155 Reservoir Road is a historic house located in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is significant as a well-preserved Greek Revival house. Description The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure was built sometime between 1830 and 1844, probably by Daniel Pierce. It has a traditional side-hall plan, three bays across, with paneled pilasters, and a fully pedimented gable end. A single-story porch with fluted Doric columns wraps across the front and around both sides. The house was built at the corner of Boylston Street and Reservoir Road, and moved to its present location in 1920. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts References
House at 15 Lawrence Street

The House at 15 Lawrence Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a well-preserved Queen Anne house with a locally rare surviving carriage house. It was built in the early 1870s, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history Lawrence Street is located north of downtown Wakefield, extending east from Main Street toward Vernon Street at the southern end of Lake Quannapowitt. This house stands on the north side of the westernmost block, its lot fringed by low retaining walls, with granite posts flanking the driveway entrance. The house is 2+1⁄2 stories in height, with a front-facing clipped gable roof, and an exterior finished in a combination of wooden clapboards and decorative cut shingles. It is basically rectangular in plan, with a single-story hip-roofed porch extending across the front and around part of the left side. The porch features turned posts, a decorative valance, and turned balustrades. Second floor windows are topped by shallow gables, and there is a round-arch window in the gable above. The original carriage barn stands behind the house, also exhibiting original Queen Anne styling. Lawrence Street was laid out in 1857, but was not platted for development until 1874, a boom period of development in Wakefield. James Emerson, owner of one of the city's largest shoe factories, partnered with another businessman to build out the street's lots. Emerson's family homestead (now demolished) stood at the corner of Lawrence and Main Streets, as did its first shoe factory. The house was written up in a local newspaper for its architecture in 1894. See also House at 20 Lawrence Street House at 23 Lawrence Street National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 199 Summer Avenue

The House at 199 Summer Avenue in Reading, Massachusetts is designated as historic. The original two-and-a-half-story house was designed by architect Horace G. Wadlin and built in 1878 for Robert Kemp, leader of the popular Old Folks Concerts. The house was the second in Reading that Kemp had built; the first also is still standing. Originally built in the Second Empire style with a mansard roof, the house was extensively altered in the 1890s, when its mansard roof was removed and Tudor Revival styling was added. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 20 Hancock Road

The House at 20 Hancock Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts is an unusual Italianate house. Built in the 1860s or early 1870s, the two-story wood-frame house is only four bays wide, with the entry door in the leftmost bay. The house has some Italianate details, including dentil molding in the cornice, but is predominantly Greek Revival in character. It is possible this house was built as an outbuilding of the Beebe estate on Main Street, and moved to its present location when Hancock Street was laid out. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 21 Dartmouth Street

The house at 21 Dartmouth Street in Somerville, Massachusetts is a well preserved Queen Anne style house. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1890, possibly for Rufus Stickney, one of the developers of the area during that time. Its most distinctive feature is the front gable end, which contains a projecting box with a pair of windows, supported by brackets and topped by an entablature. The upper floors also include bands of decoratively cut shingles. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts References
House at 23 Avon Street

The House at 23 Avon Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is one of the town's finest examples of Italianate. It was built about 1855, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history Avon Street is a residential street running east–west between Main Street and North Avenue, both major north–south through streets, which serve the downtown and railroad corridor respectively. Number 23 is a 2+1⁄2-story clapboarded wood-frame structure with a T-shaped plan, set on a lot fronted by a low granite retaining wall. It has a cross-gabled roof with wide eaves with paired corner brackets, an Italianate hallmark, and windows with corniced lintels and footed sills. The main facade is three bays wide, with the entrance in the left bay, sheltered by an enclosed gable-roof vestibule. A segmented-arch window is set in the gable. A two-story section extends to the left at a recess, and is fronted by a single-story porch with paneled square posts and brackets at the eave. A 20th-century garage stands at the rear of the property. Avon Street was laid out in 1848 on the former estate of Lemuel Sweetser, a local shoe manufacturer. This house was built about 1855, as part of a trend in which high-quality upper-class housing was built to the west of downtown Wakefield. It is one of the finer examples of high-style Italianate architecture in the town. 23 Avon Street directly neighbors 25 Avon Street, which is also on the National Register of Historic Places. See also House at 25 Avon Street National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 23 Lawrence Street

The House at 23 Lawrence Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts is a good example of a late 19th-century high-style Colonial Revival house. Built in the late 1890s, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history Lawrence Street is located north of downtown Wakefield, extending east from Main Street toward Vernon Street at the southern end of Lake Quannapowitt. This house stands on the north side, at the northwest corner with Pleasant Street. It is a 2½-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade, facing Lawrence Street, has a round corner bay and a wraparound porch supported by paired columns atop paneled piers. The main gable is filled with a Palladian window. The facade facing Pleasant Street has a single-story rounded bay with a small central window above a panel with a swag at the center. The roof on this side is pierced by two large cross gables, each with half-round windows at their centers. Lawrence Street was laid out in 1857, but was not platted for development until 1874, a boom period of development in Wakefield. James Emerson, owner of one of the city's largest shoe factories, partnered with another businessman to build out the street's lots. Emerson's family homestead (now demolished) stood at the corner of Lawrence and Main Streets, as did its first shoe factory. This house was built in the late 1890s, based on style and period maps, and probably replaced an older house that was recorded as standing here in 1857. See also House at 15 Lawrence Street House at 20 Lawrence Street National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 242 Summer Avenue

242 Summer Avenue is a historic house located in Reading, Massachusetts. It is locally significant as a well-preserved example of a Shingle style house. Description and history The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1912; it has irregular massing with a hip roof. There are two gable-topped pavilions framing a central section of the front facade, which have roof sections extending to the sides of the house that shelter porches (the front entry to the right, a sitting porch to the left). First-floor windows on the pavilions are grouped in a way reminiscent of Prairie style design. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 309 Waltham Street

The House at 309 Waltham Street in Newton, Massachusetts, is a well-preserved high style Greek Revival house. 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. Single-story Ionic columns support a porch running along the left side of the house. It is one six documented temple-front houses in the city. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References
House at 391 William Street

The House at 391 Williams Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is one of the town's more elaborate early Greek Revival cottage. Built c. 1820, it is a 1+1⁄2-story five-bay wood-frame structure, with a single story rear ell. Its most prominent features are the front gable dormers, which appear to be original to the period, and its full-width front porch, which is probably an early 20th-century addition. Its windows have molded surrounds, and the main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 41 Middlesex Road

The House at 41 Middlesex Road in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts, USA, is a well-preserved local example of Shingle style architecture. The 2+1⁄2-story stone-and-wood house was built in 1894 by William R. Dupee, who lived on a nearby estate. The house was designed by Boston architect Horace Frazer, of Chapman & Frazer, and initially occupied by Dr. Frederick William Payne. The ground floor has significant fieldstone elements, and the upper levels are clad in dark brown shingles. Some of the windows have diamond-paned muntins, a late Victorian touch. The house was expanded in the 1930s, with a 1+1⁄2-story addition and garage. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References
House at 44 Linden Street

The House at 44 Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a little-altered local example of Second Empire styling. The 1+1⁄2-story house was built in 1874 by Solomon Eaton on land that was owned for many years by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. It has classic Second Empire features, including a mansard roof, polygonal bay windows, and brownstone window arches. The only significant alteration is a sunporch on the left side. It was converted into a two-family in 1923. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts References
House at 49 Vinal Avenue

The house at 49 Vinal Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts is a stylish combination of Colonial Revival and Shingle styling. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1894. It has a wide gambrel roof with cross gables that are also gambreled. The front cross gable is flanked by two hip roof dormers whose windows are flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature with wooden garlands and dentil molding. The house is clad in wavy cut shingles, and its windows are topped by tall entablatures. It has a porch running the width of the front facade that is uncovered except for a portico sheltering the front door. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also House at 42 Vinal Avenue, Somerville, MA National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts References
House at 5–7 Winter Street

The House at 5–7 Winter Street in Arlington, Massachusetts is a rare late-19th century two family house in East Arlington. The wood-frame house was built in 1895 by John Squires, who owned a garden farm. It was built as a speculative venture at a time before Arlington's market gardeners began selling their land off for development. The building exhibits well-preserved Queen Anne styling, with asymmetric massing characteristic of that style, and a judicious use of decorative cut wood shingles. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts References
House at 511 Watertown Street

The House at 511 Watertown Street in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the city's finer Colonial Revival houses completed in 1897. 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. History Completed in 1897, the 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house confines to a rectilinear shape and features a symmetrical arrangement of large two-story front bow windows, modillion cornices, and large bell cast dormers in its truncated hip roof with fully pedimented gables, boxy massing. This home has more elaborate classical detailing than other nearby examples including enriched moldings, ionic corner pilasters, and a Palladian motif in the front dormer. The front entrance occupied a center position and is sheltered by a flat-roof porch supported by grouped columns. The first owner, Morgan Mahoney, was a Nonantum grocer who immigrated to the US from Ireland in the mid-1800s and originally worked in the textile industries of Nonantum. Morgan lived there with his family until November 1920. A building permit from 1922 recorded the building of the multi-car garage on the property by Margaret Mahoney. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Kathlyn Hatch and the Newton Historical Commission recorded this submission in 1976. Kathlyn Hatch was an architectural educator and author who taught historic preservation and architectural history at multiple universities including Boston University, University of North Carolina, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and State University of New York. Kathlyn was a consultant to the book titled "Newton's 19th Century Architecture: Newton Corner and Nonantum" which details the history of Newton's architectural heritage by identifying and studying structures in the two of Newton's older villages. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts Newtonville Historic District Colonial Revival architecture References
House at 53 Linden Street

The House at 53 Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a well-preserved local example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate styling. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1843–44 by John Faxon. It has a pedimented gable front with pilasters, but is L-shaped and has round-arch windows in its gables, both Italianate features. It is one of four surviving Greek Revival houses in the neighborhood, which was developed beginning in 1840. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts References
House at 57 Woburn Street

The House at 57 Woburn Street in Reading, Massachusetts is a Queen Anne style house designed by architect Horace G. Wadlin and built c. 1889 for Alfred Danforth, railroad employee who served for a time as Reading's town clerk. It is one of the town's more elaborate Queen Anne houses, with patterned shingles and an ornately decorated porch. The front-facing gable is particularly elaborate, with wave-form shingling and a pair of sash windows set in a curved recess. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also Woburn Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 5 Bennett Street

The House at 5 Bennett Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is also known as the Wakefield House for Aged Women, and is one of the largest houses in Wakefield's Junction District. The original part of the house was built sometime between 1875 and 1881, with Italianate styling. It was probably built for an executive of the Wakefield Rattan Company. In 1894 the house was purchased by the Wakefield House for Aged Women, a charity established by local Protestant churches, and significantly expanded. During this major alteration some of the house's Italianate details were copied, and a Queen Anne style porch was added. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
House at 729 Dedham Street

The House at 729 Dedham Street is a historic house located at 729 Dedham Street in Newton, Massachusetts. Description and history The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1855, and is a rare local example of a Greek Revival cottage. It is five bays wide, with its roof line oriented side to side. Below the roof is a wide entablature, supported by corner pilasters. The front entry is flanked by half-length sidelight windows, with sash windows in the other four bays. It was built for Calvin Rand, about whom nothing is known, and was later occupied by a local schoolteacher. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References