Built 1870 NRHP Reference # 86001819 Added to NRHP 4 September 1986 | MPS Newton MRA Opened 1870 Architect Hammatt Billings | |
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Location 170 Otis St., Newton, Massachusetts Architectural style Second Empire architecture in Europe Similar United Parish of Auburndale, Beaver Brook Reservation, Jackson Homestead, Brae Burn Country Club, Crystal Lake | ||
The House at 170 Otis Street in Newton, Massachusetts is a rare local work of the nationally known Boston architect Hammatt Billings. The two story Second Empire house was built in 1870-71 for Charles Ellis and Emma Claflin Ellis, the daughter of William Claflin, then Governor of Massachusetts, whose own home (no longer extant) was in Newtonville. The house's most prominent feature is its mansard-roofed 2 1/2 story tower, topped with iron cresting.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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