{"nrhp_refnum":"86001847","name":"King House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"328 Brookline St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.301334326000074,"lon":-71.17928531599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay Georgian farmhouse at 328 Brookline Street in the Oak Hill area of Newton, Massachusetts, dated to about 1710 and built by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criterion A as a link to the agricultural beginnings of Oak Hill, and Criterion C as one of relatively few early eighteenth-century structures remaining in Newton. It also cites Criterion B for its association with Noah King, a prominent physician and civic leader in Newton Centre.","narrative":"Built around 1710 on a high lot behind a low embankment, this Georgian farmhouse at 328 Brookline Street is among the few early eighteenth-century buildings left in Newton. It stands two stories high and five bays wide, with small second-story windows holding six-over-six sash, the main surviving 18th-century feature. During the Greek Revival period a wide frieze, cornerboards and a new wide door with paneled pilasters and sidelights were added. Jonathan Dyke, a cooper, is thought to be the first owner, recorded here by 1710. Simeon Pond, a Roxbury yeoman, bought the house in 1767. By 1796 Noah King, a prominent physician and civic leader in Newton Centre, purchased forty acres with a dwelling and barn from Pond. The property operated as a working farm until the 1920s and has stayed in the King family. It was listed for its link to Oak Hill's agricultural past, its early architecture and its King family associations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a dwelling, in very good condition; a 20th-century east porch was added and the door surround was replaced. The house remains in the King family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.247173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/7914/63791462/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001847.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001847/453d61bdd0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001847/453d61bdd0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_House,_Newton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_House,_Newton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791462","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_House_(Newton,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6411720"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/king-house-86001847/"}