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Brandeis University President's House

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65: 51: 983: 90: 283:. It is set at the northeast corner of Beaumont and Prospect streets, amid other houses of similar scale. It is a two-story L-shaped structure, oriented with its main facade to the north, presenting a side to Beaumont Street and the house rear to Prospect. It is covered by a hip roof with broad raking eaves, under which rafters are exposed. The main facade has bands of windows on either side of the center entrance, which has sidelight windows articulated by brackets supporting a projecting 995: 527: 972: 97: 72: 610: 918: 913: 1020: 908: 541: 606: 586: 581: 576: 546: 596: 566: 468: 601: 591: 571: 551: 940: 561: 556: 945: 893: 773: 727: 660: 823: 798: 758: 686: 655: 634: 903: 839: 808: 763: 748: 743: 898: 803: 793: 696: 813: 788: 778: 753: 706: 691: 681: 665: 639: 849: 844: 818: 783: 768: 361: 711: 701: 461: 875: 870: 975: 477: 454: 865: 950: 64: 516: 506: 130: 89: 955: 987: 501: 389: 268: 37: 1030: 333:. During Sachar's residence, the house was a center of entertainment related to the university, hosting high-profile guests. 1025: 316: 280: 50: 329:
bought the house in 1948, the same year as its founding, in order to serve as the home of its first president,
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The house stands in a subdivision known as Grove Hill Park, on the south side of the village of
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
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architecture. It has served as the official residence of two presidents of
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts
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bomb attack in 1919. Powers' family moved out of the house in 1921.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Quit Claim Deed, 66 Beaumont Ave., Newton, Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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The house was listed on the 207: 1: 104:Show map of the United States 175:; 105 years ago 19:United States historic place 951:National Historic Landmarks 1047: 946:Cape Cod National Seashore 966: 523: 222:August 19, 1998 206:NRHP reference  146:42.3417689°N 71.2105884°W 79:Show map of Massachusetts 57: 48: 44: 35: 28: 24: 1031:Houses completed in 1919 1000:United States portal 315:. Powers, at the time a 301:Arts and Crafts features 247:. Built in 1913–14 for 196:Architectural style 151:42.3417689; -71.2105884 497:Keeper of the Register 512:National Park Service 492:Contributing property 395:National Park Service 245:Newton, Massachusetts 119:Newton, Massachusetts 239:, also known as the 117:66 Beaumont Avenue, 1026:Brandeis University 327:Brandeis University 257:Brandeis University 241:Leland Powers House 191:Dudley, W. Northrop 142: /  415:. October 5, 2012. 253:American Craftsman 200:Bungalow/Craftsman 1008: 1007: 929: 928: 628:Barnstable County 502:Historic district 397:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Brandeis University President's House is located in Massachusetts
Brandeis University President's House is located in the United States
Newton, Massachusetts
42°20′30″N 71°12′38″W / 42.3417689°N 71.2105884°W / 42.3417689; -71.2105884
Bungalow/Craftsman
98000990
Newton, Massachusetts
Leland Powers
American Craftsman
Brandeis University
Roger Berkowitz
Legal Sea Foods
National Register of Historic Places
Newtonville
cornice
transom
stucco
rubble stone
Arts and Crafts features
Leland Powers
state legislator
anarchist
Brandeis University
Abram L. Sachar
Roger Berkowitz
chief executive
Legal Sea Foods
Jehuda Reinharz

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