The Kingsbury House is a historic house at 137 Suffolk Street in the Chestnut Hill section of

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 ...

. The oldest part of this -story timber frame may have been built as early as 1686; its exterior styling suggests a construction date in the early 18th century, but the earlier structure may have been incorporated in new construction at that time. The house is one a few

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houses in Newton, and was associated for many years in the 19th century with the Kingsbury family, who were major landowners in the Chestnut Hill area. The house was listed on the

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in 1986, and included in an expansion of the Old Chestnut Hill Historic District in 1990.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts Georgian architecture in Massachusetts Houses completed in 1686 Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts 1686 establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony {{NewtonMA-NRHP-stub

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