{"nrhp_refnum":"86001815","name":"House at 107 Waban Hill Road","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 Waban Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34046856300006,"lon":-71.17189748599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Italianate-style dwelling at 107 Waban Hill Road in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts, built circa 1875 by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Newton's finest examples of the formal, academic mode of the Italianate style, meeting Criterion C. It has a towered silhouette with a pyramidal hip-roofed cupola and a full range of Italianate details. It is also picturesquely sited atop Waban Hill.","narrative":"Built around 1875 on top of Waban Hill in Chestnut Hill, Newton, this large house is a formal example of the Italianate style. Its architect is unknown, and the date is based on stylistic analysis. The roofline is topped by a pyramidal hip-roofed cupola with an elaborate wooden finial, giving the house a towered profile. Other features include an overhanging bracketed cornice, quoins, and heavy pedimented window and door frames. The flush-boarded facade centers on a shallow gabled pavilion, with the entrance set in a flat-roofed arched portico. Italianate design was most popular in Newton from the late 1840s to about 1870, so this house is somewhat late. Waban Hill rises 313 feet and offers views toward Arlington, Waltham and Cambridge; in the nineteenth century it was often called Prospect Hill. Late in that century the house belonged to Louis Jones, a Boston undertaker. It remains a dwelling in very good condition, with frame additions on the northwest side and a barn on the lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as very good; present use is a dwelling, with frame additions on the northwest elevation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.842474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7910/63791000/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001815.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001815/63f724ee8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001815/63f724ee8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_107WabanHillRoad.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_107WabanHillRoad.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791000","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_107_Waban_Hill_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715563"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-107-waban-hill-road-86001815/"}