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Mayor Edwin O. Childs House

Coordinates: 42°21′53.5″N 71°12′10.0″W / 42.364861°N 71.202778°W / 42.364861; -71.202778
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Mayor Edwin O. Childs House
Mayor Edwin O. Childs House is located in Massachusetts
Mayor Edwin O. Childs House
Mayor Edwin O. Childs House is located in the United States
Mayor Edwin O. Childs House
Location340 California St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′53.5″N 71°12′10.0″W / 42.364861°N 71.202778°W / 42.364861; -71.202778
Built1915
ArchitectBrainerd & Leeds
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.90000039 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The Mayor Edwin O. Childs House is a historic house located at 340 California Street in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a stucco-clad two story wood-frame structure with a side gable roof and a three-bay shed-roof dormer. The centered entrance is sheltered by a square portico supported by paired square columns and topped by a balustrade.

Edwin O. Childs (1876–1950)

The house was built in 1915 to a design by Brainerd and Leeds for Edwin O. Childs, who was then serving as Newton's mayor. The house is a well-preserved example of the Craftsman style.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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 Mayor Edwin O. Childs House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 9, 2014.