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  • Best Books About Newton, MA That Make Great Gifts!

    Best Books About Newton, MA That Make Great Gifts!

    Newton North High School Coffee Table year book Sharon Schindler I Love Newton MANewton North Book with photography by Sharon Schindler

    Old Newton North High School is officially demolished, but fond memories are preserved thanks to the gorgeous images taken by photographer Sharon Schindler. This coffee table book makes a great gift to any Newton North graduate, young or old. To see more images from the book or to purchase a copy, please click on the image of book.

    Newton (MA) (Images of Newton) by Thelma Fleishman

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    A historical perspective of Newton. “Incorporated in 1688, Newton has a history as fascinating as it is long. Newton illustrates the cityas development from a community of scattered farmhouses and five small villages in the 1830s to the Garden City of the Commonwealth one hundred years later. Newtonas colorful history encompasses many unique features; not only was it one of the countryas first railroad suburbs, Newton was home to the Stanley brothers of aSteamera fame, to Gen. William Hull, whose reputation suffered during the War of 1812, and, briefly, to Horace Mann and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Newton, however, is best known not for the famous or nearly famous who lived here, but for some of the finest examples of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century domestic architecture in America.”

    Walking Trails of Newton I Love Newton MAWalking Trails in Newton’s Park & Conservation Lands

    Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Newton, Massachusetts, December 27, 1888

    History of Newton, Massachusetts: town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880 by Samuel Francis Smith

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