House at 230 Winchester Street

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House at 230 Winchester Street
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Location230 Winchester St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′44.0″N71°12′30.5″W / 42.312222°N 71.208472°W / 42.312222; -71.208472 Coordinates: 42°18′44.0″N71°12′30.5″W / 42.312222°N 71.208472°W / 42.312222; -71.208472
Built1873
Architectural styleItalian Villa
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001825 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

The House at 230 Winchester Street in the Newton Highlands section of Newton, Massachusetts, is an elaborate and well-preserved Italianate house. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built in 1873. Its most prominent feature is a 3+12-story mansard-roofed tower with paired narrow round-arch windows at the third level. The tower is located in the crook of the L-shaped house, whose side section is hip-roofed, while the front-facing section of the L has a hipped gable end with a round-arch window in the gable. The motif of a small gable section is repeated above some of the windows and in the roof line of the tower. [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 House at 230 Winchester Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.