Newton Railroad Stations Historic District | |
 Newton Highlands station in 2011 | |
| Location | Newton, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Built | 1886–1891 |
| Architect | Henry Hobson Richardson; Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002137[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 25, 1976 |
The Newton Railroad Stations Historic District in Newton, Massachusetts is composed of three geographically separate historic railroad stations and one baggage/express building on the former Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch, which was converted to MBTA Green Line D branch in 1959.
The four buildings in Newton are the only extant stations of thirteen designed by H.H. Richardson and his successors Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge in Allston/Brighton, Newton, and Brookline for the Boston and Albany's Newton Circuit between 1881 and 1894.[2] Most originally had their grounds designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, but none of the landscaping has survived.[3]
On March 25, 1976, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Woodland, Newton Highlands, and Newton Centre Railroad Stations, and Baggage and Express Building.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ^ Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (June 1988). "Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881–1894". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (2). doi:10.2307/990324. JSTOR 990324.
- ^ Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. pp. 198–200, 261, 274. ISBN 9780942147087.