William Blodgett House
- Year
- 1875
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Boston, MA
The William Blodgett House is a historic house at the northwest corner of Centre Street and Fairmont Avenue in the Newton Corner neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, built about 1875 as a prominent local example of Stick style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, where it appears at its Centre Street address, 645 Centre Street.
the building
Turret, gables, and porte-cochere. The 2 1/2-story house has a side-gable roof with two large front-facing gables flanking a small hip-roof dormer, and a polygonal turret projecting from the left side. An elaborate front porch is matched by a porte-cochere on the side, reached by a semicircular drive off Fairmont Avenue.
Bracketed eaves. Gable eaves are adorned with brackets, both single and paired, along with applied woodwork on some sections -- decorative touches typical of the Stick style.
the style
The house is described as a prominent local example of Stick style architecture, visible in its bracketed eaves, applied woodwork, and the varied gables and turret that break up its rectangular footprint.
More on Queen Annesignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, under the address 645 Centre Street.