Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District

Roughly Curve St. and Prospect St., Newton, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 11, 2008. NRIS 08001178.

26 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Curve Street
  • Village, The

From Wikipedia:

Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District

The Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a historic center of the African-American community in West Newton, Massachusetts. The district includes all of Curve Street, where the Myrtle Baptist Church is located, as well as a few properties on adjacent Auburn and Prospect Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792022

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