{"nrhp_refnum":"86001816","name":"House at 115-117 Jewett Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115--117 Jewett St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.357200282000065,"lon":-71.19177987599994,"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 wood-frame Mansard-style house with a mansard-roofed carriage house at 115-117 Jewett Street in Newton Corner, Newton, Massachusetts, built in the 1860s by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of Newton's finest examples of an academic version of the domestic Mansard style. It has a three-part facade with Mansard-roofed end pavilions and a recessed center bay, with well-preserved original detailing. It also represents the suburban villas built by Boston commuters and the newly-rich upper middle class.","narrative":"Built in the 1860s in Newton Corner, this wood-frame house at 115-117 Jewett Street shows the Mansard style in an academic form. Its three-part facade has shallow, Mansard-roofed end pavilions flanking a recessed center bay, an arrangement favored in more refined versions of the style. Original details survive, including a modillion cornice, a transom over the double entrance doors, and scrolled Victorian-era dormers. A mansard-roofed carriage house with a cupola stands behind the main house. Mansard-roofed houses appeared across Newton but were most common in areas such as Newton Corner, which developed intensively after the Civil War. The house is representative of the country villas and suburban homes built by Boston commuters and the newly wealthy upper middle class. The lot was owned in 1855 by Darius Emerson, a dry goods merchant who held extensive rental property in the northern part of Newton Corner. It was recognized for its architectural quality as one of Newton's finest examples of the style. It remains a dwelling in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mansard","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; in present use as a dwelling, as it was originally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.407413-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/7910/63791080/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001816.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001816/296b0b93aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001816/296b0b93aa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_115-117_Jewett_St.,_Newton,_Massachusetts.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_115-117_Jewett_St.,_Newton,_Massachusetts.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791080","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_115%E2%80%93117_Jewett_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5913884"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-115-117-jewett-street-86001816/"}