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Historic Newton's 30th Annual House Tour

Sunday, June 3, noon - 5 pm


This year's tour will feature eight private Newton homes located in many of Newton's historic neighborhoods and villages. View distinctive homes, innovative renovations, unique additions, and inspiring interior and landscape design!


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Saturday, June 2, 5:30 PM   HOUSE TOUR PREVIEW PARTY

Preview Party for House Tour 2012!The Preview Party celebrates the homeowners and the homes being featured on our 30th Annual Tour.  Join us for sumptuous hors d’oeuvres and fine wines and get a sneak preview of the homes to be featured on the Tour.  Individual tickets $125 by advance registration only.  Sponsorship opportunities also available; call 617.796.1450 for more information. 

Buy your Preview Party tickets online at www.historicnewton.org!


NEW EXHIBITION!
Confronting Our Legacy:
Slavery and Antislavery in the North

When Edward Jackson died in 1681, he held "two man servants." Yet his great-great-grandson William Jackson helped enslaved people flee bondage by offering them sanctuary as part of the Underground Railroad. Come learn how the Jackson family's ideological journey reflects that of some other New Englanders as attitudes toward slavery evolved over time.




For Carl M. Cohen, a member of Historic Newton's Board, the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds is more than a historic property that he's working with others to save. Carl lives literally next door, so he's witnessing first-hand the work builders, historians, landscapers, and archaeologists are doing week by week to save the home. Follow Carl's blog, The DKH Diary, here.


ANNE LARNER EDUCATION FUND
Historic Newton is proud to be the recipient of a $100,000 Matching Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help endow a museum educator for our new education program. The program, named in honor of our Board President, Anne Larner, will be taught at the newly restored 1735 Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds when it opens in the spring of 2013. NEH will match a dollar for every three dollars donated to the Anne Larner Education Fund making the impact of your gift that much more meaningful. Click here to make your donation today.


 

Digging at Durant KenrickArcheologists explore 18-century life through
finds at Durant-Kenrick

Archeology is often imagined as an exotic enterprise where it’s not typically expected is amid the clamor and din of urban life. But a recent dig at an 18th-century house in Newton is a reminder that archeology is relevant everywhere - and that our own backyards can be rich with artifacts and history.Read the full Boston Globe article here








The Jackson Homestead is a documented Underground Railroad site -- learn more.
The museum is included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
and Cycling Boston's tour of related Underground Railroad sites.


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Historic Newton/The Jackson Homestead and Museum
A department of the City of Newton, Setti D. Warren, Mayor
Cynthia S. Stone, Director
Questions or comments: email Heidi Trockman
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