Newton Lower Falls
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| subdivision_name2 = Middlesex
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| subdivision_name3 = Newton
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Newton Lower Falls is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The commercial area extends across the Charles River into Wellesley, where it is known as Wellesley Lower Falls, where a majority of the retail businesses are located.
The Charles River drops 18 feet over less than one-quarter mile at Lower Falls. A series of three small dams with fish ladders are located along the drop. The primary roads through the village of Lower Falls are Grove Street, Washington Street (Route 16), and Concord Street. The area is now a suburban neighborhood centered on the park at the old Hamilton elementary school (now Lower Falls Community Center), and bordered on the northwest by the Charles River and the Leo J. Martin public golf course.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newtonlowerfalls.org|title=Newton Lower Falls|website=www.newtonlowerfalls.org|access-date=November 26, 2017}} The historic heart of the Lower Falls village, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and the adjacent residential area on Grove Street, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Newton Lower Falls Historic District.
Notable people
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- Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938), a famous painter{{Cite web |title=Thomas Wilmer Dewing |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1225.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102434/https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1225.html |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=National Gallery of Art}}
- Sarah Fuller, educator and author who taught Helen Keller{{Cite web |title=Newton Lower Falls Improvement Association - The History of Lower Falls |url=https://newtonlowerfalls.org/About-Lower-Falls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810014008/https://newtonlowerfalls.org/About-Lower-Falls |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=newtonlowerfalls.org}}
- Arthur T. Gregorian, Oriental rug merchant{{Cn|date=January 2024}}
- Walter Montgomery Jackson (1863–1923), founder of encyclopedia publisher Grolier{{Cn|date=January 2024}}
- Kay Khan, Massachusetts state representative
- Anne Sexton, poet
- Michael Rosbash, Nobel Prize winner
- Francis Blake, who worked with Alexander Graham Bell
Attractions
= Historic landmarks =
{{Further|National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts}}
- William Curtis House (Newton, Massachusetts), 2330 Washington St.
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 2014 Washington St. The hospital's campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Newton Cottage Hospital Historic District".{{Cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Deborah |last2=Jenkins |first2=Candace |last3=Abele |first3=Susan |date=1988 |title=FORM A - AREA |url=https://mhc-macris.net/Documents/NR/90000108.pdf |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=mhc-macris.net}}
- Newton Lower Falls Historic District
= Other =
- Hamilton Playground (aka Lower Falls Community Center), 545 Grove St. The playground has two hard-surface tennis courts,{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1985 |title=Sports: Participatory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3EhAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Newton+Lower+Falls%22&pg=PA127&article_id=1503,7645057 |access-date=January 25, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |pages=30}} plus a baseball field, basketball courts, a soccer field, and a softball field.{{Cite web |title=Facility Directory Standard Map {{!}} City of Newton, MA |url=https://www.newtonma.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/78/35 |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=www.newtonma.gov |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.atgregorian.com/ Arthur T. Gregorian, Inc., website]
- [https://newtonlf.org/ Newton Lower Falls]
- [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Planning/hist/Lower%20Falls.pdf Newton Lower Falls walking tour]
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Category:Villages in Newton, Massachusetts
Category:Villages in Massachusetts
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