8-536: The Newton Highlands Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the village of Newton Highlands in Newton, Massachusetts . When it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district extended along Lincoln Street from Woodward to Hartford Streets, and included blocks of Bowdoin, Erie and Hartford Streets south of Lincoln Street. The district was enlarged in 1990 to include
16-812: The Newton Highlands Historic District . Boston architects designed brick buildings to replace old wooden schoolhouses in the 1890s. Hartwell and Richardson designed the Hyde School, which was dedicated in 1895. The first Brigham's Ice Cream shop was located in Newton Highlands. Newton Highlands has two stations on the Green Line D branch : the Newton Highlands and Eliot stations. This Middlesex County, Massachusetts geography–related article
24-702: The area. Other civic buildings in the district include the Newton Highlands branch of the Newton Free Library , an 1886 Queen Anne construction, and two churches: the Methodist Episcopal Church , built in 1893 in the Shingle style , and the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, a Gothic Revival structure built in 1906. Newton Highlands, Massachusetts Newton Highlands is one of
32-430: The city's first mayor) James F. C. Hyde. The district also includes the 1895 Romanesque Hyde School, named in his honor. The cluster of commercial buildings along Lincoln and Walnut Street which were added to the district in 1990 were also built in this time frame. Distinctive among these commercial buildings is the automotive garage at 1151 Walnut Street, built in 1928, which is the only surviving building of that type in
40-428: The cluster of commercial buildings on Lincoln Street between Hartford and Walnut Streets. The original district was predominantly residential in character, with most of the housing stock built between c. 1874 and 1911. The most common architectural styles found are Queen Anne and Colonial Revival . Development of the area was spurred by improvements in railroad service to the area spurred by town selectman (and later
48-553: The thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States. The Newton Highlands Historic District includes residential and commercial businesses back to the late 19th century. John Haynes owned much of the land that is now Newton Highlands in 1635. He was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . The area was primarily farm land until train service
56-546: Was brought to the area. The Charles River Railroad extended its service in the Newton, Massachusetts area, from Brookline to Newton Highlands. It was called the Highlands Branch. Initially, train service was just for commercial traffic. In the 1870s, commuter service was extended from Boston to the village. The historic commuter suburb was platted after 1852 when the Charles River Railroad
64-496: Was first built. The streets included Floral, Lincoln, Walnut, and Hyde Streets. Land north of Lincoln Street was subdivided for more streets in 1871. As the village was settled in 1870s, houses were built of Mansard, Colonial Revival, Italianate, and other forms of Victorian architecture . Late 19-century historic houses, some businesses, the Newton Congregational Church, and the Hyde School are located in
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