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Roughly Commonwealth Ave. from Walnut St. to Waban Hill Rd., Newton, Massachusetts: Coordinates: Area: 55.85 acres (22.60 ha) Architect: Multiple: Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian: MPS: Newton MRA: NRHP reference No. 90000012 [1] Added to NRHP
[1] The district includes 12 acres (4.9 ha) of a 56-acre (23 ha) subdivision laid out in 1844 after the Boston and Worcester Railroad was built near the area in 1834. This surviving element was the earliest portion of the area to be developed, and has 26 houses, all but three of which contribute to the district's significance.
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.
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 ...
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages.. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury), Brookline to the east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston, Wellesley, and Needham to the we
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 Prescott Estate is a historic residential estate at 770 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts.The main house, a c. 1874 Medieval Revival structure, is a rare local example of residential stone construction, and of the architectural style.
Putnam Street is located just south of the village of West Newton, across the Massachusetts Turnpike and the main east-west railroad tracks between Boston and Worcester.It extends southward from the rotary that carries Massachusetts Route 16 across the highway, and runs for two blocks to Temple Street, another residential street.