{"nrhp_refnum":"90000110","name":"Farlow Hill Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Smith--Peterson House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Shornecliffe Rd., Franklin St., Chamberlain Rd., Huntington Rd., and Farlow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34760610200007,"lon":-71.17804463016046,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-21","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 easternmost Newton Corner, Newton, Massachusetts, near the Boston/Brighton line, containing 37 houses and one vacant lot built mainly between the 1880s and 1930s on the former Farlow estate.","why_significant":"The district reflects the high end of Newton's early 20th century suburban growth. It contains finely crafted, architect-designed houses in Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles on large landscaped lots, along a curvilinear road system following the contours of Farlow Hill. It is considered one of Newton's finest residential areas.","narrative":"Farlow Hill is a residential district of 37 houses and one vacant lot in the easternmost part of Newton Corner, close to the Boston/Brighton line. It occupies the former forty-acre estate of businessman and philanthropist John Farlow, which was subdivided by a syndicate after his death in the mid-1890s. Plans were drawn by the engineering firm of Aspinwall and Lincoln, and the curving streets follow the contours of the hill, giving many houses wide views. Most homes were built between the 1880s and the 1930s, many designed by architects such as Kilham & Hopkins, Chapman & Frazer, Brainerd & Leeds and John Barnard. Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles predominate, built of fine materials on large landscaped lots. Restrictions on cost, use and location of houses were part of the original development. The district was listed for its reflection of Newton's upscale early twentieth century suburban growth and its architectural quality, and it remains in excellent condition as a residential neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1880s-1930s","architect_builder":"Architects include Kilham & Hopkins, Chapman & Frazer, Brainerd & Leeds, John Barnard, Halfdan M. Hanson, Clifford Allbright, Walter Blaney, Albert M. Kreider, Curtis W. Bixby and Ralph S. Vinal; subdivision plans by Aspinwall and Lincoln","architectural_style":"Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"General condition is stated as excellent, with present use residential; 35 buildings are contributing and 2 non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.686286-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7915/63791536/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000110/2ca00cc7e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000110/2ca00cc7e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_FarlowHillHD.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_FarlowHillHD.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farlow_Hill_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5435460"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/farlow-hill-historic-district-90000110/"}