Kistler House | |
Location | 945 Beacon St., Newton, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°19′50″N71°12′5″W / 42.33056°N 71.20139°W |
Built | 1893 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Newton MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86001849 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 04, 1986 |
The Kistler House is a historic house at 945 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1893, and is one of Newton Center's most elaborate Colonial Revival houses. It has a veranda that wraps around two sides of the house, although a porch shelters the front facade. The porch is supported by clusters of slender columns, with a projecting central section framing the main entrance, which has leaded glass sidelight windows. A Palladian window stands above the main entrance, and the cornice line is embellished with egg-and-dart moulding, dentil moulding, and a frieze decorated with swags. Andrew Kistler, the owner, was a leather dealer working in Boston. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
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