This unique brick houseis located on Devon Roadin Newton Centre, and was built in 1897 for Arthur Herbert Chester andElizabeth S. (Rich) Chester.Arthur H. Chester (1868-1898) worked in real estate, largely in the office ofJ. Montgomery Sears. He acquired a large house lot in Newton Centre, and had this unique Jacobean Revival residence built for his young family. Sadly, within a year of its completion, Arthur died of Malarial Fever at the age of just 30 years old in 1898. Elizabeth, his widow, would retain the house for a decade longer before it sold toHenry Esmond Rowleyand his wife, Josephine. While it looks like a brick house, this residence is actually wood-frame with a brick veneer, a cost-saving measure to still give a stately appearance. The house is notable for its twin rounded gable parapets at the faade and lack of ornate trimmings. The house was covered in white paint for years, but the owners recently removed all the paint from the brick.