Glen Road Historic District

Glen Road in southeast Weston, Massachusetts, is a winding country road lined with a neighborhood of modest, closely related houses. The 27-acre district holds 40 buildings, including 28 contributing residences and five garages. Most are early 20th-century middle-class homes, about half from the 1920s, built in a few repeated plans such as the Four Square, side-gable and Dutch Colonial, with Colonial Revival and Craftsman details. Older buildings include the 1732 Nathaniel Jennison House, moved across the street in 1924, and the Federal-style Pratt/Wyman House of about 1812. A remodeled former Mansard hotel and four small cottages recall a summer hotel complex. The Jennings family, local farmers, subdivided their land and built roughly 18 of the houses, many sold to businessmen and managers who valued the rural setting and the nearby train station. The district reflects Weston's change from farming town to suburb and a consistent collection of early 20th-century domestic architecture.