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Washington Street (Massachusetts)

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Jamaicaway Bridge from the southwest, September 2022
Jamaicaway Bridge from the southwest, September 2022

Washington Street is a street in Massachusetts, United States. It runs for around 13.5 miles (21.7 km), from a convergence with Huntington Avenue in Brookline in the east to Wellesley's boundary with South Natick in the west. Forming part of both Massachusetts State Route 9 and State Route 16, it is the main east–west street in Brookline, Brighton, Newton and Wellesley.

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Washington Street (Massachusetts)
Washington Street, Newton Newton Corner

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N 42.357 ° E -71.1862 °
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Washington Street 305;313;317;321
02172 Newton, Newton Corner
Massachusetts, United States
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Jamaicaway Bridge from the southwest, September 2022
Jamaicaway Bridge from the southwest, September 2022
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Farlow and Kenrick Parks Historic District
Farlow and Kenrick Parks Historic District

The Farlow and Kenrick Parks Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts. The district is roughly triangular in shape, and is bounded on the north by the Massachusetts Turnpike, Park Street to the east, and Franklin and Newtonville Avenues to the west. It is roughly bisected by Church Street, and is named for two parks that are significant focal elements of the district. Kenrick Park is a small lozenge-shaped park at the southern tip of the district designed by Alexander Wadsworth; it was laid out at the request of William Kenrick, a horticulturalist whose c. 1822 Federal style house was moved to the area after the park was completed. Farlow Park is a larger rectangular park in the district's northwest, which was established by a gift from John Farlow. It is landscaped in a manner similar to the Boston Public Garden, with specimen trees and an artificial pond with bridge.The district was one of the first major areas of suburban residential development in Newton, spurred by the railroad station at Newton Corner, and the development of streetcar lines. There was some early development in the 1840s, resulting in a number of Greek Revival and Italianate houses being built in the area, but major development occurred between 1870 and 1910, resulting in a significant number of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses. The district includes a number of significant churches: the 1885 Immanuel Baptist Church, designed by H. H. Richardson; the 1897 Newton Methodist Episcopal Church by Cram, Wentworth and Goodhue; and the 1872 Grace Episcopal Church designed by Alexander Rice Esty.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and expanded in 1986, adding a section of Park Street near the southern tip of Kenrick Park.