The James Lorin Richards House is an historic house and carriage barn in Newton, Massachusetts.

The high-style Shingle buildings were designed by Samuel J.

Brown and built in 1901 for James Lorin Richards, a successful businessman who made his fortune in tobacco, and was heavily involved in Boston-area electric companies.

[2] The house and barn were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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