Built 1850 NRHP Reference # 86001810 Opened 1850 Added to NRHP 4 September 1986 | MPS Newton MRA Designated CP June 4, 1992 Architectural style Italianate architecture | |
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Location 161-163 Grove St., Newton, Massachusetts Part of Walker Home for Missionary Children (#90000047) Similar United Parish of Auburndale, Beaver Brook Reservation, Jackson Homestead, Brae Burn Country Club, Crystal Lake | ||
The Harding House-Walker Missionary Home is a historic house at 161-163 Grove Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built c. 1850, and is a well-preserved example of Italianate styling. It was built for Rev. Sewell Harding, a significant early speculator in Auburndale real estate. Harding sold the house in the 1860s; after serving as a dormitory for Lasell Junior College for several decades, it was acquired in 1925 by the Walker Home for Missionary Children, an organization established by Harding's daughter, Eliza Walker.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and included in the listing of the Walker Home complex in 1992.
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