Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House

The Pillar House is a historic house that was once located at 26 Quinobequin Road in Newton, Massachusetts, before being moved to its current location in Lincoln. It was built in 1845 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House is located in Massachusetts
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House is located in the United States
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House
Locationoriginally 26 Quinobequin Rd., Newton, Massachusetts; now Old Sudbury Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°24′4″N 71°19′58″W
Built1845 (1845)
ArchitectLyon, William
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSNewton MRA
NRHP reference No.86001787[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1986

History

For many years it housed a restaurant, until the property was taken by the state by eminent domain in 2003. The state sold the house for $1, provided the purchasers paid to move it. The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on Old Sudbury Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, in 2005.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Noonan, Erica (October 16, 2005). "THE PILLARS RISE AGAIN ; LANDMARK ROUTE 128 RESTAURANT IN NEWTON IS REBORN AS PRIVATE HOME IN LINCOLN". The Boston Globe.


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