The Mayall Bruner House is a historic house at 36 Magnolia Avenue in the Newton Corner neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1923, it is a well-preserved example of Craftsman architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

Mayall Bruner House
Mayall Bruner House is located in Massachusetts
Mayall Bruner House
Mayall Bruner House is located in the United States
Mayall Bruner House
Location36 Magnolia Ave., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′43″N 71°10′45″W / 42.34528°N 71.17917°W / 42.34528; -71.17917
Arealess than one acre
Built1923 (1923)
ArchitectBowditch, Arthur H.
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.90000040[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

Description and history

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The Mayall Bruner House stands in a residential area on the south side of Newton Corner, on the west side of Magnolia Avenue south of Kenrick Street. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, with a complex roofline that includes two front facing gables joined by a high cross ridge. At the sides the gable roofs extend further downward, to garden gate on one side and the main entrance on the other. The entry is sheltered by a hip-roof portico with a segmented-arch opening. Windows are of differing shapes and sizes, with one sash window topped by a rounded-arch fixed-pane window, and another that is a three-part picture window. The front-facing gables each have narrow four-over-four windows near their peaks. The south facade is defined by banks of tripled sash windows on both levels.[2]

The house was built in 1923 to a design by Arthur H. Bowditch, a Boston-based architect best known for his commercial buildings. The house is an excellent local example of rustic Craftsman styling. Its exterior has been little altered since construction; the most prominent change is the installation of the picture window, probably in the 1960s. Mayall Bruner was a wool merchant with offices in Boston.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Mayall Bruner House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-09.