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Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House

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NewtonMA DrHenryJacobBigelowHouse
NewtonMA DrHenryJacobBigelowHouse

The Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House is a historic house at 72-80 Ober Road in the Oak Hill village of Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it is one of the last private residences designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. It was converted into condominiums in the 1980s by the PBS program This Old House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow House
Ober Road, Newton Oak Hill

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Ober Road 72;74;76;78;80;82
02459 Newton, Oak Hill
Massachusetts, United States
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