Lasell Neighborhood Historic District
Lasell Neighborhood Historic District | ||
MPS Newton MRA | | |
NRHP reference No. | 86001744 [1] | |
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Added to NRHP | September 04, 1986 |
The Lasell Neighborhood Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Woodland, Studio Roads, Aspen, Seminary Avenue, and Grove Street in Newton, Massachusetts - a village of Auburndale, Massachusetts. The area includes high-quality late - 19th and early - 20th century housing built in the area and includes buildings on the campus of Lasell University, established as the Auburndale Female Seminary in 1851. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Description and history
Auburndale was a remote farming area in the early 19th century. Its land was first divided by European settlers in the 17th century. Worcester Turnpike (
The Lasell neighborhood is located south of the railroad right of way. A number of high quality Second Empire and Italianate houses survive from its early period of development. Notable among them include the 195 Woodland Road (1875), 222 Grove Street (c. 1875), and 176 Grove (c. 1862). The latter is a particularly fine example of the more formal Second Empire, with an ornate entrance and a bellcast mansard roof broken by a mansarded gable. One of the city's finest
Some of the district's buildings are part of the Lasell University campus, and there are a significant number of fine Colonial Revival houses in the district.[2]
The historic district was created in response to the college's moves to expand and upgrade its presence. Even after the creation of the historic district, neighbors have objected to new buildings and facilities including a campus-based retirement community.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Lasell Neighborhood Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Lasell at any price - College vows to expand despite neighbors' ire". The Boston Globe. March 18, 2001.