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Samuel Farquhar House

Coordinates: 41°52′18″N 71°10′20″W / 41.87167°N 71.17222°W / 41.87167; -71.17222
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Samuel Farquhar House
Samuel Farquhar House
Samuel Farquhar House is located in Massachusetts
Samuel Farquhar House
Samuel Farquhar House is located in the United States
Samuel Farquhar House
Location7 Channing Street,
Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°52′18″N 71°10′20″W / 41.87167°N 71.17222°W / 41.87167; -71.17222
Built1868
ArchitectSamuel Farquhar
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001798[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1986

The Samuel Farquhar House is an historic Second Empire style building located in the village of Newton Corner in Newton, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1868. Its mansard roof is shingled in slate tiles of varying colors and shapes, arranged in decorative patterns. It has well-preserved decorative porch woodwork, and an octagonal 2+12-story turret at one corner. The roof lines are lined with dentil moulding with paired brackets. It is one of the finest Second Empire houses in the city.[2]

On September 4, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Samuel Farquhar House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-12.