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Built about 1845, the house featured a Greek Revival portico. The house was home to a restaurant for many years, and was prominently visible from Interstate 95 in Newton. The property was taken by the state by eminent domain in 2003. The state sold the house for $1, provided the purchasers paid to move it.
Roughly Commonwealth Ave. from Walnut St. to Waban Hill Rd., Newton, Massachusetts Coordinates 42°20′17″N 71°11′24″W / 42.33806°N 71.19000°W / 42.33806; -71
Newtonville was once served by the now defunct Newton Nexus bus, a free service provided by the city of Newton. Walnut Street is the main street of the village. The urban section of the road is home to restaurants, bakeries, and cafes, several banks, multiple fitness centers, and dry cleaners.
The village of Newtonville is located in central Newton, with a business district that straddles the Massachusetts Turnpike at Walnut Street. South of the highway and east of Walnut is a residential area that was laid out in 1865 and developed between 1870 and 1900.
The village of Newtonville is located in central Newton, bounded on the north by Massachusetts Route 16 and on the south by Commonwealth Avenue (Massachusetts Route 30).Its central business district is centered on the junction of Walnut and Washington Streets, with the Massachusetts Turnpike and the MBTA commuter railroad tracks running east-west and roughly bisecting it.
The Newton Highlands Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the village of Newton Highlands in Newton, Massachusetts.When it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district extended along Lincoln Street from Woodward to Hartford Streets, and included blocks of Bowdoin, Erie and Hartford Streets south of Lincoln Street. [2]
The oldest building in the district is the Italianate Newton House on Elm Street, built c. 1877. The district is dominated by several multistory brick apartment blocks dating to the early 20th century. Also of interest are brick rowhouses lining part of Walnut Street, which date to the 1880s and have Queen Anne styling. [2]
The Jonas Salisbury House is a historic house at 62 Walnut Park in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame house was built about 1847, and was one of four temple-front mansions built in the Newton Corner area. Of these, it is the only one still standing.