Brandeis University President's House
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| Location | 66 Beaumont Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′30″N 71°12′38″W / 42.3417689°N 71.2105884°W |
| Area | 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2)[1] |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Dudley, W. Northrop |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000990[2] |
| Added to NRHP | August 19, 1998 |
The Brandeis University President's House, also known as the Leland Powers House, is an historic house on 66 Beaumont Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1913–14 for Leland Powers, it is a prominent large-scale example of American Craftsman architecture. It has served as the official residence of two presidents of Brandeis University as well as Roger Berkowitz, the CEO of Legal Sea Foods. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2]
The house stands in a subdivision known as Grove Hill Park, on the south side of the village of Newtonville. 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 cornice, which transitions to a half-round shape that houses a transom window. The exterior is finished in stucco applied over rubble stone walls. The interior is decorated with Arts and Crafts features.[3]
