Central Congregational Church (Newton, Massachusetts)
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Central Congregational Church is an historic church building located at 218 Walnut Street, in the village of Newtonville
Newtonville, Massachusetts
Newtonville is a village of Newton, Massachusetts.Located in Newtonville is Newton North High School, one of the city's two high schools. Also located in Newtonville is the MBTA Commuter Rail train station, which is serviced by the buses 59, 553, 554, and 556....
in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
, Built in 1895 , it was designed in the Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
style by noted Boston
Boston
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architects Hartwell and Richardson
Hartwell and Richardson
Hartwell and Richardson was a Boston, Massachusetts architectural practice established in 1881, by Henry Walker Hartwell and William Cummings Richardson ....
who had designed the Odd Fellows Hall
Odd Fellows Hall (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The former Odd Fellows Hall, located at 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States, is an historic building built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On April 13, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
1884 and later did the Masonic Building
Masonic Building (Newtonville)
The Masonic Building, located at 296 to 304 Walnut Street and 456 to 460 Newtonville Avenue in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts in the United States, is a historic building built in 1896 as a Masonic Lodge hall. It is a massive four-story redbrick Renaissance-style building...
in Newtonville 1896. On September 4, 1986, Central Congregational Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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Since September 7, 2003, the building has been the Newton Campus of the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church.