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Saint Paul's Rectory
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National Register of Historic Places

Saint Paul's Rectory

On the National Register since 198541 years
JacobethanListed 1985Brookline
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Saint Paul's Rectory

Saint Paul's Rectory, at 130 Aspinwall Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 17, 1985. The Register lists it for its architecture, religion and social history, at the national level. It describes its style as Jacobethan, as it does for 12 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Brookline MRA. Five more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric house in Massachusetts, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 6 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

130 Aspinwall Ave., Brookline · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Saint Paul's RectoryStart here
  2. 2Saint Paul's Church, Chapel, and Parish HouseGothic · next door
  3. 3Saint Aidan's Church and RectoryMedieval Revival · Built 1850 · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Emmett CottageGothic Revival · next door
  5. 5Graffam Development Historic DistrictColonial Revival · 0.2 mi on
Around it

13 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DRichmond CourtJacobethan0.2 miStLinden ParkStructure0.2 miBWilliam Murphy HouseQueen Anne0.3 miBSecond Unitarian ChurchGeorgian Revival0.3 mi★John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)Building0.3 miDCottage Farm Historic DistrictGothic Revival0.3 miDCypress-Emerson Historic DistrictVictorian0.4 miDLongwood Historic DistrictRomanesque Revival0.4 miBArcade Building20th Century Commercial Gothic · Built 19260.4 miBTown StableGothic Revival0.4 miBEdward Devotion HouseColonial0.4 miBJames H. Standish HouseItalianate0.5 miOMilestoneObject0.5 mi
More like it

Jacobethan style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Jacobethan.

Richmond Court0.2 mi away
Fisher Hill Historic District1.6 mi away
Green Hill Historic District1.8 mi away
Lewis Cabot Estate2.1 mi away

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Questions about Saint Paul's Rectory

Is Saint Paul's Rectory on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 17, 1985 (Register number 85003313).

Is Saint Paul's Rectory a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation), 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Saint Paul's Rectory?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Saint Paul's Rectory?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 6 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63792387 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.