{"nrhp_refnum":"85000028","name":"Warren, Dr. Samuel, House","other_names":["Zenith Products Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"432 Cherry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":41.63382196800006,"lon":-70.92096641899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Georgian-style residence at 432 Cherry Street in West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts, begun about 1716 by housewright William Williams and enlarged about 1750 and about 1785. It was moved to its present site in 1868.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its role in West Newton's community development and for its Georgian architecture. Its three-part construction over about seventy-five years is also cited. It is the oldest of three surviving colonial-period buildings in West Newton and is linked to people involved in the town's early development, including Revolutionary patriot John Pigeon.","narrative":"This nine-bay, 2 1/2-story Georgian house at 432 Cherry Street in West Newton grew in three stages during the 18th century. William Williams, a local housewright, built the first three-bay section around 1716. Dr. John Allen doubled it in 1750, and a five-bay addition around 1785 made it the largest residence in the village, known as the \"Mansion House\" and possibly a tavern. It was originally on Washington Street and was moved around the corner in 1868 to make room for a grammar school. It then became a three-family residence and remained an apartment house until 1960. Owners then restored its Georgian look, including quoins, narrow clapboards, a gambrel roof and a reproduction doorway, and converted it to business use. It is listed as the oldest of three surviving colonial-period buildings in West Newton and for its ties to early town figures such as John Pigeon and Dr. Samuel Warren.","period_of_significance":"1700-1899","architect_builder":"William Williams","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Restored to its 18th-century appearance around 1960 and in use at the time of nomination as an antiques business.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.373121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7957/63795728/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85000028.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000028/af7e66aa16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000028/af7e66aa16-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_DrSamuelWarrenHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_DrSamuelWarrenHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795728","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Samuel_Warren_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304372"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/warren-dr-samuel-house-85000028/"}