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Potter Estate

Coordinates: 42°21′24″N 71°11′42″W / 42.35667°N 71.19500°W / 42.35667; -71.19500
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Potter Estate
Potter Estate is located in Massachusetts
Potter Estate
Potter Estate is located in the United States
Potter Estate
Location65-71 Walnut Pk., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′24″N 71°11′42″W / 42.35667°N 71.19500°W / 42.35667; -71.19500
Built1867
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Mansard
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001864 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 1986

The Potter Estate is a historic estate at 65-71 Walnut Park in Newton, Massachusetts. The centerpiece of the estate is a large Second Empire mansion house which was constructed in 1867 by John Potter, Jr., a shoe and leather businessman. It has a mansard roof characteristic of the style, bracketed eaves, and a single-story wraparound porch that is a later Colonial Revival addition. The estate includes several outbuildings dating to Potter's time, including a carriage house and gardener's cottage; the estate also has period cast iron fencing.[2]

The estate was added to 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 Potter Estate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-19.