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📜 History & landmarks · Landmark and historical building

Jackson House

A landmark on Jackson St, with 27 places within a five-minute walk. One of 80 history & landmarks in Newton.

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On the National Register since 1986

Jackson House

Jackson House

Jackson House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 4, 1986. It is significant for its exploration/settlement and architecture at the state level. Its architecture is described as Vernacular Georgian. It was listed as part of Newton MRA.

The Jackson House is a historic house at 125 Jackson Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built either c. 1768 or c. 1782, and is one of Newton's few surviving 18th-century farmhouses. A house is known to have been on the property c. 1768, but the present house use construction methods and styling more common to a later period in the 18th century, suggesting a c. 1782 constructio…

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125 Jackson St

The nearest neighbor is Bowen school, 1 min walk away.

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Address125 Jackson St · 02459-2519
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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