Newton-Wellesley Hospital is on the western edge of Waban and serves a wide population. Notable buildings and open space Notable buildings in Waban include: The Staples-Craft-Wiswall Farmhouse, now the home of the Suzuki School of Newton Waban Hall (1890) The Parish of the Good Shepherd (1896) The Strong Building (1896) The Union Church in Waban (1912) The Waban Library Center (1930) An area on Beacon Street near where the shopping area of Waban now stands was originally the site of a working farm for the indigent. The first librarian was Dr. Fanny McGee, also one of the first women physicians, earing her Doctor of Medicine degree from Tufts Medical School in 1897. The library gained a permanent home when the branch library was built in 1930. The village was one of two in Newton to retain its branch library, the last of sixteen original branches closed by June 2008. In September 2009, the Waban branch library re-opened as the Waban Library Center, a community-based facility run by the Waban Improvement Society. Waban Common, a community-maintained, landscaped public green space adjoining Beacon Street, was created in 2017, by reimagining and merging two traffic islands in conjunction with the construction of the new Angier School. Zip code ranking In the Washington Post's 2013 study of the most affluent and well-educated zip codes in America, Waban (02468) ranked third in the nation. The study was based on an index of the percent of college graduates and median household income in each of America's zip codes. It ranked only behind Kenilworth, Illinois and Short Hills, New Jersey, making it the most affluent zip code in the state. Notable people Harry C. Bentley (1877-1967) founder of Bentley University, had Master Builder Charles Train build the house at 1700 Beacon Street and lived there with his wife, Belle. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), resided on Woodward Street in 1833-34 Atul Gawande, surgeon, writer, global and public health advocate Roger Kellaway (born 1939), Grammy-winning pianist, composer Jack Lemmon, born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Waban Robert Morse, Tony award-winning actor Ric Ocasek, music producer and vocalist for The Cars. Resident of Waban during the 1980s Fritz Richmond, folk musician, played jug and washtub bass in the Jim Kweskin Jug Band Mark Sandman, rock and roll musician, singer, and songwriter, member of the groups Treat Her Right and Morphine Henry Lawrence Southwick (1863-1932), author, actor and 3rd