National Register of Historic Places

Hopewell, Frank B., House

Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
February 16, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90000034

About this property

The Frank B. Hopewell House is a historic house at 301 Waverley Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. The large 3+1⁄2-story brick building was designed by Boston architect George H Sidebottom and built in 1919. It is the most intact and best preserved of several large early 20th century Colonial Revival estate houses in the city. Frank Hopewell, for whom it was built, worked for a manufacturing sales firm, and was treasurer and director of the Sanford Mills. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The house was purchased by Boston based hedge fund manager and emerging markets investor Ashish Chugh for $7.25mil in September, 2022. Chugh is head of Global Emerging Market Equities at Loomis, Sayles & Company. The house was previously owned by Ahmed Zaki Yamani, former Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and former head of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).

Location

301 Waverley Ave.
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.34595, -71.18180

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Hopewell, Frank B., House listed on the National Register?

Hopewell, Frank B., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1990.

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Hopewell, Frank B., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hopewell, Frank B., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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