213 Palfrey Street, Watertown, MA, 02472

Open the front door and everything changes. Suddenly, you are standing beneath soaring ceilings, with windows stretching wide and a view that opens out across the landscape. Set high into the hill, at one of Watertown’s higher elevations, the sense of volume and light is extraordinary. It feels more California than New England, a house designed to embrace its setting and invite the outside in. Built in 2006 by a well-known local developer for his own family, the house turns the traditional idea...