House at 511 Watertown Street

House at 511 Watertown Street
Location 511 Watertown St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′27″N 71°12′24″W / 42.35750°N 71.20667°W / 42.35750; -71.20667Coordinates: 42°21′27″N 71°12′24″W / 42.35750°N 71.20667°W / 42.35750; -71.20667
Built 1897
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP Reference #

86001832

[1]
Added to NRHP September 04, 1986

The House at 511 Watertown Street in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the city's finer Colonial Revival houses. Built in 1897, the 2 1/2 story wood frame house features symmetrical two story bow windows, modillioned cornices, and large dormers in its truncated hip roof with fully pedimented gables. The first owner was a Nonantum grocer. The buildings corners are pilastered, and front entrance is sheltered by a flat-roof porch supported by grouped columns.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for House at 511 Watertown Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-15.


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