The Harding House-Walker Missionary Home is a historic house at 161–163 Grove Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1850, and is a well-preserved example of Italianate styling. It was built for Rev. Sewell Harding, a significant early speculator in Auburndale real estate. Harding sold the house in the 1860s; after serving as a dormitory for Lasell Junior College for several decades, it was acquired in 1925 by the Walker Home for Missionary Children, an organization established by Harding's daughter, Eliza Walker.[2]
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| Location | 161–163 Grove St., Newton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′30″N 71°15′3″W / 42.34167°N 71.25083°W |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Part of | Walker Home for Missionary Children (ID90000047) |
| MPS | Newton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001810[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 04, 1986 |
| Designated CP | June 4, 1992 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986,[1] and included in the listing of the Walker Home complex in 1992.[2]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Harding House-Walker Missionary Home". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 13, 2014.