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42°20′30″N 71°15′3″W / 42.34167°N 71.25083°W / 42.34167; -71.25083
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Harding House-Walker Missionary Home
Harding House-Walker Missionary Home is located in Massachusetts
Harding House-Walker Missionary Home
Harding House-Walker Missionary Home is located in the United States
Harding House-Walker Missionary Home
Location161–163 Grove St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′30″N 71°15′3″W / 42.34167°N 71.25083°W / 42.34167; -71.25083
Built1850
Architectural style Italianate
Part of Walker Home for Missionary Children ( ID90000047)
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference  No. 86001810 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986
Designated CPJune 4, 1992

The Harding House-Walker Missionary Home is a historic house at 161–163 Grove Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850, and is a well-preserved example of Italianate styling. It was built for Rev. Sewell Harding, a significant early speculator in Auburndale real estate. Harding sold the house in the 1860s; after serving as a dormitory for Lasell Junior College for several decades, it was acquired in 1925 by the Walker Home for Missionary Children, an organization established by Harding's daughter, Eliza Walker. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, [1] and included in the listing of the Walker Home complex in 1992. [2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Harding House-Walker Missionary Home". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 13, 2014.