The John Ward House at 184 Ward Street in

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...

is a

Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...

house. It was deemed eligible for listing on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1986, but its owner objected to the listing. The house is a circa 1805 house built in

on a lot. The house has a square plan with five bays on each side. It has a truncated hip roof, and its entrance is flanked by elongated

pilasters In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall ...

. Three comparable Federal houses along Ward street are: *Charles Hyde House, 175 Ward Street, c. 1801 * Ephraim Ward House, 121 Ward Street, built in 1821 * John Harback House, 303 Ward Street, c. 1800 The latter two are individually listed on the NRHP.

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