Walker Home for 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 c. 1850 by the father of Eliza Walker, founder of the Walker Home. The main building in the complex, Walker House, is a large institutional Colonial Revival structure designed by Coolidge & Carlson, architects known for their academic structures, and built after Eliza Walker's original house burned down in 1911.[2]
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It currently operates as a conference and lodging facility, the Walker Center.
walker, home, missionary, children, historic, boarding, house, complex, care, children, religious, missionaries, while, they, were, away, from, home, composed, eight, buildings, located, grove, street, hancock, street, auburndale, village, newton, massachusett. Walker Home for 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 c 1850 by the father of Eliza Walker founder of the Walker Home The main building in the complex Walker House is a large institutional Colonial Revival structure designed by Coolidge amp Carlson architects known for their academic structures and built after Eliza Walker s original house burned down in 1911 2 Walker Home for Missionary ChildrenU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of MassachusettsShow map of the United StatesLocation161 63 165 167 Grove St 136 138 144 Hancock St Newton MassachusettsCoordinates42 20 29 N 71 15 5 W 42 34139 N 71 25139 W 42 34139 71 25139 Coordinates 42 20 29 N 71 15 5 W 42 34139 N 71 25139 W 42 34139 71 25139Built1913ArchitectCoolidge amp CarlsonArchitectural styleColonial Revival ItalianateMPSNewton MRANRHP reference No 90000047 1 Added to NRHPJune 04 1992The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 1 It currently operates as a conference and lodging facility the Walker Center See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Newton MassachusettsReferences Edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 NRHP nomination for Walker Home for Missionary Children Commonwealth of Massachusetts Retrieved 2014 04 22 External links EditWalker Center website This article about a Registered Historic Place in Newton Massachusetts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walker Home for Missionary Children amp oldid 1015144225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
