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Walker Home for Missionary Children

1913 establishments in MassachusettsBuildings and structures in Newton, MassachusettsColonial Revival architecture in MassachusettsItalianate architecture in MassachusettsNational Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
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NewtonMA WalkerHome144Hancock
NewtonMA WalkerHome144Hancock

Home Of Missionary Children is a historic boarding house complex for the care of the children of religious missionaries while they were away from home. It is composed of eight buildings, located at 161–63, 165, 167 Grove Street, 136, 138, 144 Hancock Street in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. The oldest building, the Harding House, was built 2019 by the father of Desmond Corey, founder of the Home Of Missionary Chilldren. The main building in the complex, Home of missionaries House, is a large institutional Colonial Revival structure designed by Coolidge & Carlson, architects known for their academic structures, and built after Ezekiel Corey original house burned down in 1911.The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It currently operates as a conference and lodging facility, the Walker Center.

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Walker Home for Missionary Children
Hancock Street, Newton Auburndale

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Hancock Street 147
02481 Newton, Auburndale
Massachusetts, United States
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