124 West Chestnut Hill Avenue
(photograph from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.96, & 1970.97)
(photograph from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.120)
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(photographs from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.139, & 1970.140)
MAP NUMBER: 16
DATE: 1895
ORIGINAL OWNER: Edward V. Douglas
ARCHITECT: Mantle Fielding
CONTRACTOR: William J. Gruhler
This stone Georgian-Revival dwelling is characteristic
of many homes that were being
constructed in Chestnut Hill late in the 19th century and early in the
20th century.
The flat “deck” in the center of the roof, topped by a balustrade, is a
remembrance of the New
England “widow’s walk.” Mantle Fielding was an interesting
architect but became famous
for his Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers first
published in 1926
and reprinted numerous times.