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(The Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway connected with the Boston Elevated Railway streetcars near the Newton-Boston boundary at Boston College). It differs from those roads, in that the terrain is much hillier, requiring the road to wind in a more picturesque manner, and in the city's aversion to multiunit apartment blocks.
The Washington Park Historic District is a historic district in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. It includes the following properties, dating to between 1870 and 1900: 4 to 97 Washington Park plus 5 and 15 Park Place. The focal point of the district is the city park which is located in the median of the street of the same name.
The Union Street Historic District is a historic district on Union Street between Langley Road and Herrick Road, and at 17–31 Herrick Road in Newton, Massachusetts. It encompasses the city's only significant cluster of 19th century commercial buildings. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
The Comprehensive Permit Act [1] is a Massachusetts law which allows developers of affordable housing to override certain aspects of municipal zoning bylaws and other requirements. It consists of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, along with associated regulations issued and administered by the ...
Historic Place listings for Nonantum are assigned to Newton Corner. c Oak Hill does not have its own Zip Code, It uses Newton 02459, which is for Newton Centre. d Thompsonville does not have its own Zip Code. It uses Newton 02459 from Newton Centre (or Center), but it also on the border of Chestnut Hill Newton.
It was established to cater to the growing Irish Catholic population in the Nonantum/Newton Corner area. The church was designed by Providence -based ecclesiastical architect James Murphy , and construction took two years (1873–75), hampered by funding difficulties and the death in a fall of its principal brickworker.
Central Congregational Church (Newton, Massachusetts) Chestnut Hill Historic District (Brookline, Massachusetts) The Chestnut Hill; Church of the Open Word (Newton, Massachusetts) City Stable and Garage; Claflin School; Colby Hall (Newton, Massachusetts) Commonwealth Avenue Historic District (Newton, Massachusetts) Crafts Street City Stable
The Old Chestnut Hill Historic District encompasses the historic residential heart of the Newton portion of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district extended along Hammond Street, between Beacon Street and the MBTA Green Line right-of-way, and along Chestnut Hill Road between Hammond and Essex, including properties along a ...