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Town Stable
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National Register of Historic Places

Town Stable

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

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About Town Stable

Town Stable, at 235 Cypress St. (formerly 237), was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 17, 1985. The Register lists it for its town planning and architecture, at the national level. It describes its style as Gothic Revival, as it does for 240 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Brookline MRA. The listing covers 1.5 acres. Four more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isStable in Massachusetts, United States of America. 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 · 12 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

235 Cypress St. (formerly 237), Brookline · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Town StableStart here
  2. 2Edward Devotion HouseColonial · next door
  3. 3Arcade Building20th Century Commercial Gothic · Built 1926 · next door
  4. 4Cypress-Emerson Historic DistrictVictorian · next door
  5. 5St. Mark's Methodist ChurchRomanesque Revival · 0.2 mi on
Around it

18 more Register listings within half a mile

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

★John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)Building0.2 miOMilestoneObject0.3 miDBeacon Street Historic DistrictNeo-Classical0.3 miBSecond Unitarian ChurchGeorgian Revival0.3 miBRev. John Orrock HouseMansard0.3 miBHouse at 156 Mason TerraceQueen Anne · Built 18890.3 miStLinden ParkStructure0.3 miBSaint Paul's Church, Chapel, and Parish HouseGothic0.3 miBEmmett CottageGothic Revival0.3 miDGraffam Development Historic DistrictColonial Revival0.3 miBHouse at 12 Vernon StreetQueen Anne · Built 18900.4 miBLynch-O'Gorman HouseQueen Anne0.4 miBWilliam Murphy HouseQueen Anne0.4 miDRichmond CourtJacobethan0.4 miBSaint Paul's RectoryJacobethan0.4 miBSaint Aidan's Church and RectoryMedieval Revival · Built 18500.4 miBWilliam F. Tuckerman HouseItalianate0.5 miBHouses at 76-96 Harvard AvenueGeorgian Revival0.5 mi
More like it

Gothic Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Gothic Revival.

Emmett Cottage0.3 mi away
Candler CottageBuilt 1850 · 0.6 mi away
William Ingersoll Bowditch House0.7 mi away
Longwood Historic District0.7 mi away

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Questions about Town Stable

Is Town Stable on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 17, 1985 (Register number 85003320).

Is Town Stable 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), 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Town Stable?

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 Town Stable?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 12 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 63792572 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.