Simpson House
- Year
- 1890
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- City
- Boston, MA
The Simpson House at 57 Hunnewell Avenue in Newton was built in the late 1890s for Joseph Simpson, a principal in the Simpson Brothers paving company, blending Queen Anne massing with Colonial Revival details.
the building
Porte cochere and Palladian window. A single-story porch wraps the front and extends over the driveway as a porte cochere, resting on fieldstone piers with Tuscan columns; the entry stairs are marked by a triangular pediment above a Palladian window flanked by columns.
the style
A well-preserved Queen Anne Victorian enriched with Colonial Revival features, visually diverse with numerous gables and projections despite its roughly rectangular plan.
More on Colonial Revivalsignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
nearby
- Samuel Jackson, Jr. House
- Rawson Estate
- House at 60 William Street
- Grace Episcopal Church
- Oak Square School
- Smith-Peterson House