{"nrhp_refnum":"90000112","name":"Church, William L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"145 Warren St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.32978425500005,"lon":-71.18912782099994,"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 one-story Craftsman style bungalow at 145 Warren Street in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, built in 1916 by an unknown architect and builder for William L. Church and his wife.","why_significant":"The house represents Newton's early 20th century growth, which filled in established areas and created new subdivisions. It is also an exceptionally detailed Craftsman bungalow, surpassed locally only by the Goodbar House. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1916 at 145 Warren Street in Newton Centre, this one-story Craftsman style bungalow was the home of William Lee Church and his wife Sarah. It has a rectangular plan, squared projecting window bays, banded shingle siding and a low hip roof covered in tiles. The entry porch has rusticated brick piers and heavy carved struts, and an original built-in bench survives beside it. Original sash, some with stained glass transoms, remains on the side elevations. The main alteration is the replacement of the sash in the right-hand window bay, which could easily be reversed. Church was an engineer who worked for firms in New York and Boston, and the architect and builder are unknown, though he may have contributed to the design. The house is considered significant as an example of Newton's early 20th century infill and subdivision growth and as an unusually detailed bungalow that keeps to a single story, unlike many local examples.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and builder unknown","architectural_style":"Bungalow (Craftsman style)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; 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 02:13:04.09438-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7915/63791554/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000112/c1a9e8114b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000112/c1a9e8114b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_WilliamLChurchHouse.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_WilliamLChurchHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791554","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Church_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8014150"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/church-william-l-house-90000112/"}