{"nrhp_refnum":"90000111","name":"Stewart, Frank H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 Montvale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.335465844000055,"lon":-71.18398439399994,"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 large two-story Classical Revival house at 41 Montvale Road in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, built about 1909 for lawyer Frank H. Stewart. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest and most intact of Newton's large early 20th century Classical Revival houses. It also represents the city's early 20th century suburban expansion, which filled in established areas and opened new subdivisions. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1909 for lawyer Frank H. Stewart, this large Classical Revival house at 41 Montvale Road in Newton Centre is a two-story stucco building under a green tile hip roof with exposed rafter ends and three hipped dormers. A long one-story porch with a matching roof spans the facade, ending in glazed polygonal bays, and an entry with sidelights sits at its center. Two-story wings with one-story porches extend from the sides. The architect is unknown because few building permits survive from before 1915. The house was built in a subdivision commissioned by the Newton Boulevard Syndicate, designed by Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot with local engineer Charles S. Rice, and carved from Robert Bishop's nineteenth century estate near Commonwealth Avenue. The Stewart family lived on Montvale Road until the early 1940s. The house is regarded as one of Newton's finest and most intact Classical Revival estates and an example of early twentieth century suburban growth. It remains a residence in good condition with no major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is good and no major alterations are recorded. The house is largely screened from the street by vegetation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.168897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7915/63791558/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000111.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000111/114a91b245-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000111/114a91b245-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_FrankHStewartHouse.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_FrankHStewartHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791558","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_H._Stewart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5487035"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/stewart-frank-h-house-90000111/"}