Charles Riley House

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Charles Riley House
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Location93 Bellevue Street,
Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′6″N71°11′27″W / 42.35167°N 71.19083°W / 42.35167; -71.19083 Coordinates: 42°21′6″N71°11′27″W / 42.35167°N 71.19083°W / 42.35167; -71.19083
Built1881
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001872 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1986

The Charles Riley House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. This large neo-Classical estate house started out as a more modest wood-frame structure built in the 1870s by Boston businessman Job Turner. In c. 1888 Charles Riley, a manufacturer of cotton processing machinery, greatly expanded the house, giving it the present neo-Classical styling, and finishing the exterior in brick and stone. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Charles Riley House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-20.