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House at 47 Sargent Street

Coordinates: 42°20′50″N 71°11′1″W / 42.34722°N 71.18361°W / 42.34722; -71.18361
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House at 47 Sargent Street
House at 47 Sargent Street is located in Massachusetts
House at 47 Sargent Street
House at 47 Sargent Street is located in the United States
House at 47 Sargent Street
Location47 Sargent St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′50″N 71°11′1″W / 42.34722°N 71.18361°W / 42.34722; -71.18361
Built1879
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001831[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

The House at 47 Sargent Street in Newton, Massachusetts, is one of the city's finest Stick style houses. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built in 1879. It has irregular, asymmetrical massing, with a gables with a variety of shapes and decorations adding complexity to its roof line. Patterned shingles are used to vary the wall decoration, and Stick style decoration is liberally applied. The main entrance, flanked by leaded sidelight windows, is set under a porch with patterned red and gray slate roof, and a projecting gabled section.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 47 Sargent Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-15.