{"nrhp_refnum":"86001875","name":"Salisbury, Jonas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"62 Walnut Pk.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.35700171500008,"lon":-71.19274432699996,"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 Greek Revival house at 62 Walnut Park in Newton Corner, Newton, Massachusetts, built about 1847 by an unknown architect. It is a clapboard dwelling with a surviving carriage barn, facing an oval residential park.","why_significant":"The house is described as the only temple-front Greek Revival mansion in Newton Corner that remains in its original form, which meets Criterion C. It was one of four mansions with monumental Greek porticos built there, and the other three have been demolished or greatly altered. Its form is unusual, with a four-bay facade and an Ionic portico on the long wall rather than the gable end.","narrative":"Built around 1847 at 62 Walnut Park in Newton Corner, this clapboard Greek Revival house faces an oval residential park. It was one of only four mansions in the neighborhood given monumental Greek porticos. The two Bacon houses on Washington Street have been demolished and the Bacon house on Bacon Street has been greatly altered, which leaves this one as the only survivor in its original form. Its design departs from the usual pattern: the facade has four bays instead of five, and the Ionic portico sits on the long wall rather than the gable end. Typical Greek Revival details include pedimented end gables, six-over-six sash, panelled corner pilasters, and sidelights and a transom at the entry. The carriage barn also survives. The house belongs to the suburban growth that followed commuter service in 1844, and Walnut Park was one of three subdivisions laid out around small parks. The Salisbury family owned it in the 1840s and 1850s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is very good, with no major alterations. The house and carriage barn are in an excellent state of preservation, and the house is still used as a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.911427-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7909/63790902/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001875.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001875/82ac893994-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001875/82ac893994-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonas_Salisbury_House,_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:Jonas_Salisbury_House,_Newton,_Massachusetts.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790902","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salisbury_House_(62_Walnut_Park)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6272253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/salisbury-jonas-house-86001875/"}