Kistler House Explained

Kistler House
Location:945 Beacon St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3306°N -71.2014°W
Built:1893
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:September 04, 1986
Mpsub:Newton MRA
Refnum:86001849

The Kistler House is a historic house at 945 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built in 1893, and is one of Newton Center's most elaborate Colonial Revival houses. It has a veranda that wraps around two sides of the house, although a porch shelters the front facade. The porch is supported by clusters of slender columns, with a projecting central section framing the main entrance, which has leaded glass sidelight windows. A Palladian window stands above the main entrance, and the cornice line is embellished with egg-and-dart moulding, dentil moulding, and a frieze decorated with swags. Andrew Kistler, the owner, was a leather dealer working in Boston.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Kistler House. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-04-16.