Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House
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| Location | Newton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°18′9″N 71°11′13″W / 42.30250°N 71.18694°WCoordinates: 42°18′9″N 71°11′13″W / 42.30250°N 71.18694°W |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architect | Henry Hobson Richardson |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style |
| NRHP Reference # | 76000266[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 1, 1976 |
The Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House at 72-80 Ober Road in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the last private residences designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.[2] Designed in 1885, the building was built just a few years before Bigelow's death. The house was restored and divided into five condos in the 1980s by the PBS television series This Old House.[3] Some of the original features, including a circular tower, have been preserved. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places at 742 Dedham Street.[1]
Henry Jacob Bigelow was a well-known Boston surgeon and a professor at Harvard Medical College. Bigelow's father, Jacob Bigelow, a co-founder of Harvard Medical College and MIT, was also a noted architect, designing Bigelow Chapel and the George Washington Memorial Tower in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown, Massachusetts.
See also
- Henry Bigelow House, Newton, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, H.H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works, MIT Press, Cambridge MA 1984
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/this-old-house/show/6174/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_nav;next
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