Graffam Development Historic District

Coordinates: 42°20′56″N 71°7′4″W / 42.34889°N 71.11778°W / 42.34889; -71.11778
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Graffam Development Historic District
Abbottsford Road
Graffam Development Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Graffam Development Historic District
Graffam Development Historic District is located in the United States
Graffam Development Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Abbottsford Rd., Babcock St., Manchester, and Naples Rds., Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′56″N 71°7′4″W / 42.34889°N 71.11778°W / 42.34889; -71.11778
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1895
ArchitectGreenleaf and Cobb, et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
MPSBrookline MRA
NRHP reference No.85003271 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1985

The Graffam Development Historic District is a residential area located in the American town of Brookline, Massachusetts. It encompasses the best-preserved portion of a historic residential subdivision, platted and built between 1894 and 1907. The land was purchased by Peter Graffam, who built a variety of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses on Babcock Street, Abbottsford Road, Manchester Road, Stedman Street, and Naples Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Graffam also developed Osborne Street, but most of its houses have since been modified, losing historic integrity.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Graffam Development Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 15, 2014.