{"nrhp_refnum":"86001768","name":"Adams, Seth, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"72 Jewett St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.35866805200004,"lon":-71.19037385599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 72 Jewett Street in the Newton Corner neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, built around 1854 in the Italianate style by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant through its association with Seth Adams, one of Newton's wealthiest residents, who left the bulk of his fortune to the Adams Nervine Asylum in Jamaica Plain. It is also described as a well-preserved Italianate house with distinctive openwork porch supports.","narrative":"Built around 1854 at 72 Jewett Street in Newton Corner, this clapboard house reflects the Italianate villas that wealthy Boston-area families built on the hills of Newton in the mid-nineteenth century. It has bracketed eaves and window entablatures, and a three-bay front with a centered entrance framed by a transom and sidelights. A secondary entry faces Pearl Street. Its most distinctive feature is the elaborately patterned openwork porch supports on the entrance porch and the long side veranda. The house is tied to Seth Adams, who owned it in 1874 and was among Newton's wealthiest residents. In 1872 Adams gave most of his fortune to the Adams Nervine Asylum in Jamaica Plain, which was incorporated in 1877 to treat nervous diseases. The house was listed because of this link to Adams as a benefactor. It remains a dwelling in good condition, with no recorded major alterations, on a lot of about 14,900 square feet.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Recorded as in good condition, still used as a dwelling, with no major alterations and no outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.42659-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7923/63792307/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001768.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001768/2240453569-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001768/2240453569-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_SethAdamsHouse.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_SethAdamsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792307","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Adams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7456425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/adams-seth-house-86001768/"}