Railroad Hotel is a building that served as an historic hotel at the triangular lot where Washington Street joins Watertown Street (Route 16

Massachusetts Route 16

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) in the West Newton

West Newton, Massachusetts

West Newton is a village of the City of Newton, Massachusetts and is one of the oldest of the thirteen Newton villages. The postal code 02465 roughly matches the village limits.-Location:...

 section of Newton, Massachusetts

Newton, Massachusetts

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, United States

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.

The hotel was built in 1831 by local teacher and developer Seth Davis to serve at first as a lodging stop along a stagecoach

Stagecoach

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 line that ran from Boston

Boston

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 to Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts

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. By 1833 the Boston and Worcester Railroad had reached the hotel in West Newton and within the following two years it reached further westward to Worcester. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1986.
The building currently houses retail shops and no longer serves as a hotel.