'Annie' left mark on Newton's Victorians

To her contemporaries, Margaretta ‘‘Anna’’ Cobb was a trailblazer — a successful builder, innovative architect, and single mother at a time when few women were any one of those things, let alone all three. But to the Newton Highlands neighborhood that derives much of its character from the Victorian houses she designed, she’s known as Annie. This photo was taken in 1893 by John Coxeter of a house Cobb designed and built at 4 Chester St. Read the full story

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By Sarah Thomas and Nicholas Goss, Globe Correspondents
To her contemporaries, Margaretta ‘‘Anna’’ Cobb was a trailblazer — a successful builder, innovative architect, and single mother at a time when few women were any one of those things, let alone all three. But to the Newton Highlands neighborhood that derives much of its character from the Victorian houses she designed, she’s known as Annie.

This photo was taken in 1893 by John Coxeter of a house Cobb designed and built at 4 Chester St.

Read the full story