{"nrhp_refnum":"86001818","name":"House at 152 Suffolk Road","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"152 Suffolk Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.32866984300006,"lon":-71.17197664599996,"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 single-family dwelling at 152 Suffolk Road in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Massachusetts, built about 1900 in the Spanish Colonial Revival (Mediterranean) manner, with a carriage house on a 1.6-acre lot.","why_significant":"The form argues the house is one of few local examples of the Mediterranean manner of the Colonial Revival style, meeting Criterion C. Houses of this type were built in limited numbers in Newton, apparently because they were considered too exotic. The house also reflects the growth of Chestnut Hill as a commuter suburb for wealthy Bostonians.","narrative":"Built around 1900 on Suffolk Road in Chestnut Hill, this stucco house with a tile roof and a loggia is an example of the Mediterranean manner of the Colonial Revival style. A carriage house stands on the 1.6-acre suburban lot, and the house has had no major alterations and remains in very good condition. Early twentieth-century Newton saw Georgian and Medieval Revival designs joined by other styles, but Mediterranean houses appeared only in limited numbers, apparently because they were thought too exotic. That scarcity underlies its listing for architectural significance. The land once belonged to the Lee family, descendants of a sea captain who bought 163 acres in the 1820s. By the late nineteenth century, the nearby commuter railroad station made the area attractive to wealthy Boston commuters. Clement S. Houghton, who worked on State Street in Boston, owned the house in 1907. The architect is unknown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival (Mediterranean manner of the Colonial Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is described as very good, with no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.999562-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7912/63791276/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001818.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001818/b88ca6332a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001818/b88ca6332a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_152SuffolkRoad.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_152SuffolkRoad.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001756","name":"Old Chestnut Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/old-chestnut-hill-historic-district-86001756/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791276","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_152_Suffolk_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5913955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-152-suffolk-road-86001818/"}