Rawson Estate

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Rawson Estate
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Location41 Vernon St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′16″N71°10′55″W / 42.35444°N 71.18194°W / 42.35444; -71.18194 Coordinates: 42°21′16″N71°10′55″W / 42.35444°N 71.18194°W / 42.35444; -71.18194
Built1860
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001869 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

The Rawson Estate is a historic estate house at 41 Vernon Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1860, and is a well-preserved surviving specimen of an Italianate estate house, a form which was once more common in the Newton Corner area. It has a symmetrical appearance, with a projecting central section with a gable in which a round-arch window is set. The front porch has ornate decorative wood trim. The house was built by Daniel Rawson, a boot and shoe merchant, and was once part of a much larger landholding of the Rawsons. [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 Rawson Estate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-19.