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22 Traverse St, Newton, MA 02458, USA
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N42° 21' 53" W71° 12' 11"
(42.364722222222, -71.203055555556)
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The Mayor Edwin O. Childs House is a historic house at 340 California Street in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a stucco-clad two story wood frame structure with a side gable roof and a three-bay shed-roof dormer. The centered entrance is sheltered by a square portico supported by paired square columns and topped by a balustrade. The house was built in 1915 to a design by Brainerd and Leeds for Edwin O. Childs, who was then serving as Newton's mayor. The house is a well-preserved example of the Craftsman style.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
