{"nrhp_refnum":"86001788","name":"Curtis, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2330 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.32540646500007,"lon":-71.25693677499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2-story Greek Revival residence at 2330 Washington Street in Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts, completed in 1839 for paper mill owner William Curtis and attributed to Needham housewright William Lyon.","why_significant":"It is presented as an important example of transitional Federal/Greek Revival architecture in Newton. It was the home of William Curtis, a prominent Lower Falls resident, and it reflects the prosperity of the Curtis paper mills, which were among the largest in New England.","narrative":"Built in 1839 at 2330 Washington Street in Lower Falls, Newton, this 2-1/2-story clapboard house was the second home of paper manufacturer William Curtis. Needham housewright William Lyon is credited with building it. The house combines a traditional Federal form, with a five-bay center-entrance facade and four end chimneys, with Greek Revival details such as two-story corner pilasters, a wide paneled frieze, gable-end pediments and Doric porch columns. Side and transom lights frame the door, and a recessed two-story wing extends to the west. Curtis and his brother Allen inherited their father Solomon's paper business in 1818, installed Fourdrinier machines in 1828 and built larger stone mills on a Charles River island in 1834. The house reflects the success of those mills, which closed before the Civil War. It is recognized for its architecture, its association with Curtis, and its link to Lower Falls papermaking. It now serves as offices facing a busy commercial highway.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Lyon (Needham housewright)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (transitional Federal/Greek Revival)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Condition good; currently used as offices; originally a residence. No major alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.949769-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7921/63792150/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001788.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001788/cd1f6191b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001788/cd1f6191b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_WilliamCurtisHouse.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_WilliamCurtisHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792150","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Curtis_House_(Newton,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007404"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/curtis-william-house-86001788/"}