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Farlow Hill Historic District

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The Farlow Hill Historic District is a residential historic district in the Newton Corner area of Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It includes houses on Shornecliffe Road, Beechcroft Road, Farlow Road, Huntington Road, and a few properties on immediately adjacent streets. Most of the houses in the district were built between 1899 and the late 1920s and are either Craftsman or Colonial Revival in their style. The area was created by the subdivision of the estate of John Farlow, and includes 37 large and well-appointed houses, generally architect-designed, on ample lots. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.John Farlow was a local businessman whose landscaped estate occupied 40 acres (16 ha) on Farlow Hill. After his death in the 1890s it was subdivided according to a plan by the engineering firm of Aspinwall and Lincoln. The area was outfitted with all of the latest amenities: water, sewer, and gas lines, and electrical service, and was described in a 1907 newspaper article as "Newton's choicest residential section".The preponderance of houses in the district are Colonial Revival in character. Of particular note is the 1902 Smith-Peterson House at 32 Farlow Road, which was separately listed on the National Register; it is distinguished with a monumental pedimented front. Another particularly elaborate example is 114 Farlow Road, with a row of pedimented dormers in its gabled slate roof, a modillioned cornice, and corner quoining. The house at 52 Farlow Road is a typical example of Tudor Revival styling: a stucco clad 2 1/2 story house built in 1922, the left side of its main facade is an expanse of half-timbering. Craftsman style houses include the unusual 106 Shornecliff Road, a shingled instance of the style built in 1911.

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Grace Episcopal Church (Newton, Massachusetts)
Grace Episcopal Church (Newton, Massachusetts)

Grace Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Completed in 1873, it replaced an earlier, wooden church which stood at the corner of Hovey Street and Washington Street from 1858. During the rectorship of the church's third pastor, Rev. Henry Mayer, plans were made to build a new church. The first intention was to build at the corner of Hovey and Washington, but a better location was found, at the corner of Church Street and Eldredge Street, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the southwest. Eldredge Street did not exist before the transition. It is named for Elizabeth Trull Eldredge, who provided the funds for the E (natural) bell at the new church. The new church was designed by Alexander R. Esty. The cornerstone (the same one laid under the original church) was laid on September 4, 1872. Its first service was held on Advent Sunday in December 1873. The original church was removed to nearby Watertown. A stained-glass window near the church's tower commemorates the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neff who lost his life in the Civil War. Another window is a memorial to Lizzie Shinn, the daughter of rector Rev. George Wolfe Shinn, who died of tuberculosis. The church's baptismal font has been noted for its size: it stands over 3 feet (36 in) tall when uncovered, or 5 feet (60 in) when covered. In 2020, the church was seeking funds to restore its bell tower. The church is one of five in an area of around 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), the others being (from west to east) Arabic Baptist Church, Eliot Church of Newton UCC, Newton Presbyterian Church and Newton Covenant Church (located in Bigelow Junior High School).