Lafayette Goodbar House

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Lafayette Goodbar House
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Location614 Walnut St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′24″N71°12′21″W / 42.34000°N 71.20583°W / 42.34000; -71.20583 Coordinates: 42°20′24″N71°12′21″W / 42.34000°N 71.20583°W / 42.34000; -71.20583
Built1914
ArchitectRollins, Walter A.
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP reference No. 90000044 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The Lafayette Goodbar House is a historic house at 614 Walnut Street in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1915 to a design by local architect Walter A. Rollins, it is Newton's finest example of Bungalow style architecture. It is a single story stucco-clad structure, with an overhanging gable roof that has exposed rafters. Its windows are arrayed in banks, and have small panes. There are knee braces that give visual support to the building's many gables. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [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 Lafayette Goodbar House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-12.