House at 170 Otis Street

The House at 170 Otis Street in Newton, Massachusetts is a rare local work of the nationally known Boston architect Hammatt Billings. The two story Second Empire house was built in 1870–71 for Charles Ellis and Emma Claflin Ellis, the daughter of William Claflin, then Governor of Massachusetts, whose own home (no longer extant) was in Newtonville. The house's most prominent feature is its mansard-roofed 2+12-story tower, topped with iron cresting.[2]

House at 170 Otis Street
House at 170 Otis Street is located in Massachusetts
House at 170 Otis Street
House at 170 Otis Street is located in the United States
House at 170 Otis Street
Location170 Otis St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′46″N 71°12′55″W / 42.34611°N 71.21528°W / 42.34611; -71.21528
Built1870
ArchitectHammatt Billings
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Mansard
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001819[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 170 Otis Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.