Lafayette Goodbar House

The Lafayette Goodbar House is a historic house at 614 Walnut Street in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1915 to a design by local architect Walter A. Rollins, it is Newton's finest example of Bungalow style architecture. It is a single story stucco-clad structure, with an overhanging gable roof that has exposed rafters. Its windows are arrayed in banks, and have small panes. There are knee braces that give visual support to the building's many gables.[2]

Lafayette Goodbar House
Lafayette Goodbar House is located in Massachusetts
Lafayette Goodbar House
Lafayette Goodbar House is located in the United States
Lafayette Goodbar House
Location614 Walnut St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′24″N 71°12′21″W / 42.34000°N 71.20583°W / 42.34000; -71.20583
Built1914
ArchitectRollins, Walter A.
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.90000044[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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 Lafayette Goodbar House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-12.