Whittemore's Tavern is a historic building at 473 Auburn Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. It was operated as a tavern for a time in the 18th century, but it is now a private residence. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1724, probably by William Robinson II, sone of one of Auburndale's early settlers. It served as a tavern in the 1760s, when Auburn Street was a major east–west thoroughfare. The asymmetrical window placement on the front facade suggests that the house may have been built in stages.[2]
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| Location | 473 Auburn St., Newton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′43″N 71°15′12″W / 42.34528°N 71.25333°W |
| Built | 1724 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Vernacular Georgian |
| MPS | Newton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001896[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 04, 1986 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Whittemore's Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-23.