Jonas Salisbury House (85 Langley Road)

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Jonas Salisbury House
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Location Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′46.2″N71°11′27.5″W / 42.329500°N 71.190972°W / 42.329500; -71.190972
Built1847
ArchitectFuller, Henry
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001876 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1986

The Jonas Salisbury House is a historic house at 85 Langley Road in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Greek Revival house was built in 1847, and is particularly significant because its original construction contract has survived. The house was built by Henry Fuller for Jonas Salisbury, a local landowner, at a cost of $2,630. Salisbury sold the house in 1853 for $4,000; it is unclear whether he ever lived in the house. [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 Jonas Salisbury House (Langley Road)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-20.