James Lorin Richards House is an historic house at 47 Kirkstall and 22 Oakwood Roads in Newton, Massachusetts. Born in 1858 on a farm in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, after a successful career as a financier and industrialist, in late 1935 the editor of the Boston Herald deemed J.L. Richards one of the 10 most important businessmen both in the greater Boston community and in the nation.
Designed by Samuel J. Brown, the home was built in 1901 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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