{"nrhp_refnum":"90000015","name":"Pine Ridge Road-Plainfield Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Pine Ridge Rd., Upland Rd., Plainfield St., and Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.32700126150007,"lon":-71.22399235834826,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the Waban village of Newton, Massachusetts, made up of 44 houses on Pine Ridge Road, Plainfield Street and nearby streets, built mainly from the 1890s to the 1930s in the Page and Henshaw subdivision.","why_significant":"The district is tied to the founding of Waban Village in the 1880s and to Newton's turn-of-the-century growth, when large farms and estates were subdivided for a growing population. It also holds a cohesive group of well-detailed Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival houses.","narrative":"This residential district in eastern Waban, Newton, contains 44 houses on Pine Ridge Road, Plainfield Street and neighboring streets, with boundaries roughly at Avalon Street, Upland Road, Plainfield Street and Chestnut Street. The land was part of the 42-acre Hyde Farm, which developers Charles J. Page and Frederick Henshaw bought and subdivided into 87 lots in 1886, the year the Circuit Railroad opened and established Waban village. Houses went up from the 1890s into the 1930s, with especially brisk building in the early twentieth century. The area shows a range of styles: Queen Anne and Shingle houses from the first phase, followed by Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival designs. Notable examples include brick Colonial Revival houses on Pine Ridge and Upland Roads and a half-timbered Tudor Revival house at 45 Plainfield Street. Residents were generally business and professional people, and several architects lived there, including Thomas M. James and Gifford LeClear. The district was recognized for this village history and its architectural cohesion.","period_of_significance":"1890s-1930s","architect_builder":"Architects named include Thomas M. James, F. A. Norcross, Edwin J. Lewis Jr. (possibly), Dimock & Patten, Gifford LeClear (possibly), Thomas Byrd Epps, C. C. Crowell, Harry Morton Ramsay, Alfred C. Turner, W. W. Dinsmore and Benjamin Proctor; many architects are unknown.","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; general condition is described as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.225494-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7918/63791858/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000015.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000015/6935fa8daf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000015/6935fa8daf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belle_M_Wardwell_House,_Waban_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:Belle_M_Wardwell_House,_Waban_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791858","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_Road%E2%80%93Plainfield_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195327"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/pine-ridge-road-plainfield-street-historic-district-90000015/"}