Adams Claflin House is a historic house at 156 Grant Avenue in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1890, it was named for Adams Davenport Claflin (1862–1933), son of Massachusetts Governor William Claflin. Claflin lived there with his wife, Agnes Walker Claflin, daughter of Congressman Joseph H. Walker. On September 4, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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