Built 1856 NRHP Reference # 86001892 Architectural style Italianate architecture | MPS Newton MRA Opened 1856 Added to NRHP 4 September 1986 | |
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Location 524 California St., Newton, Massachusetts Similar Appledore Island, United Parish of Auburndale, Beaver Brook Reservation, Jackson Homestead, Brae Burn Country Club | ||
The Celia Thaxter House is an historic house at 524 California Street in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. The Italianate house was built c. 1856 as the home of Levi Lincoln Thaxter and American poet and author Celia Thaxter. The Thaxters lived here 1880 when she moved to Kittery Point, Maine. It was here that Celia Thaxter wrote her early poetry, and where the Thaxters played host to high-profile members of Boston's literary community.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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