Newton Boarding House
528 North Weber Street
Built 1890
Architect Unknown
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About
This is a two-story, wood frame Later Victorian dwelling with lap siding. It features square shingles in the boxed gable ends, and lap siding elsewhere. There is a full-width first-floor porch with an offset entry. Tapered rectangular posts support the porch roof, and there’s a low railing. A tuberculosis sleeping porch appears on the northeast corner of the building, on the second floor. A two-story bay window also appears on the south elevation.
Timeline
1890
This dwelling was built as a boarding house. Mrs. Alda F. Newton operated it for several years. Arthur W. Newton also lived here; their relationship, if any, is unknown; he was a bookkeeper for the Newton Lumber Co.
Additional Resources
- Drive Folder – a collection of documents compiled during the Historic Uptown Neighborhood’s historic preservation efforts.
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