Watertown Houses

description - Abraham Browne House, 562 Main Street. Seventeenth-century family lived in what was termed a "mansion house" at the time. There is one large room on the first floor, which incorporated living, cooking, and sleeping space. The upper chamber contains… subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 339

description - On Cross Street - last house on the east side next to the railroad. Now a town parking lot. subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; relation - Identifier - figure 337

description - Abraham Browne House, 562 Main Street. Prior to restoration in 1924. In a near ruinous state when it was acquired by Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton in 1919, the house was painstakingly restored in what is acknowledged to be the… subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 334

description - Payson House on Oakley Hill built in 1881, later it was the site of Mount Trinity Academy, then the Protestant Guild for the Blind. In 1984 it was transformed into condominiums. Originally designed by VanBrunt & Howe in 1881 when the partnership was… subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Payson,… relation - Identifier - figure 333

description - Duplication of figure 323 Line # 593. subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 328

description - Abraham Browne House, 562 Main Street. 1924. The Browne House became one of the first fully-documented restorations of a First Period building in the United States. During the restoration, an impressive amount of seventeenth-century finish detail was… subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 326

description - Abraham Browne House, 562 Main Street. Prior to restoration in 1924. In a near ruinous state when it was acquired by Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton in 1919, the house was painstakingly restored in what is acknowledged to be the… subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 323

description - Abraham Browne House, 562 Main Street. Built in 1690. After restoration in 1924 by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now known as Historic New England. This shows the unique triple diamond windows that this building has… subject - Browne, Abraham -- 1671-1729.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).; Real property City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; -- History.… relation - Identifier - figure 321

description - Estate of Calvin D. Crawford, on Lincoln Street where he owned property. Haying with horse and wagon. His estate was on the Stickney estate in 1874 and where he was employed to manage the gardens and fields while maintaining his own farm lands. subject - Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; Farms -- Watertown (Mass.) -- History.; Crawford, Calvin D.; relation - Identifier - figure 127