Celia Thaxter House, Newton

Name: Celia Thaxter House
Address: Newton, United States

#74 among attractions in Newton

Italianate architecture

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The Celia Thaxter House is an historic house at 524 California Street in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. The Italianate house was built c. 1856 as the home of Levi Lincoln Thaxter and American poet and author Celia Thaxter. The Thaxters lived here until 1880 when she moved to Kittery Point, Maine. It was in the Newtonville house that Celia Thaxter wrote her early poetry, and where the Thaxters played host to high-profile members of Boston's literary community. ()

Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 42°21'41"N, 71°12'35"W

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Newton (Nonantum)Newton United States

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Day trips

Celia Thaxter House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jackson Homestead, Gore Place, Evangelical Baptist Church, The Plumbing Museum.

0.8 miSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Jackson Homestead, Newton
22 min walk • The Jackson Homestead, located at 527 Washington Street, in the village of Newton Corner, in Newton, Massachusetts, is an historic house that served as a station on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
0.8 miN
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Gore Place, Waltham
20 min walk • Gore Place is a historic country house, now a museum, located at 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. It is owned and operated by the nonprofit Gore Place Society.
0.5 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Evangelical Baptist Church, Newton
14 min walk • The Evangelical Baptist Church is an historic church located at 23 Chapel Street, in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.8 miNE
42°22'8"N • 71°11'56"W
The Plumbing Museum, Watertown
20 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
0.8 miSE
Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District, Newton
21 min walk • Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. It includes four fine examples of brick Gothic Revival architecture: the church, convent, and rectory, as well as Trinity Catholic High School.
0.9 miNE
Museum, History museum
Browne House, Watertown
23 min walk • The Abraham Browne House is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, US. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public two afternoons per year.
0.9 miS
Church
First Church of Christ, Newton
22 min walk • The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1940, is an historic Christian Science church building located at 391 Walnut Street on the corner of Otis Street in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.5 miE
Synagogue
Adams Street Shul, Newton
13 min walk • Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as The Adams Street Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 168 Adams Street in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.6 miS
Church
Central Congregational Church, Newton
15 min walk • The Central Congregational Church is an historic church building located at 218 Walnut Street, in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.7 miS
42°21'6"N • 71°12'24"W
The Paint Bar, Newton
18 min walk • Museum, Nightlife, Paint and pottery studios
1.2 miSW
42°20'57"N • 71°13'34"W
Artitudes, Newton
31 min walk • Museum, Shopping

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Which popular attractions are close to Celia Thaxter House?

Nearby attractions include Nonantum, Newton (10 min walk), Adams Street Shul, Newton (13 min walk), Evangelical Baptist Church, Newton (14 min walk), Central Congregational Church, Newton (15 min walk).

How to get to Celia Thaxter House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Celia Thaxter House:

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Newtonville (19 min walk)
West Newton (37 min walk)