HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS : Four Centuries on Chestnut Hill

Sunday,
August 25, 2:00 PM

HISTORIC NEWTON
WALKS : Four Centuries
on Chestnut Hill

Originally settled
by the Hammond family in 1655, the Newton portion of Chestnut Hill has
flourished over four centuries. With the introduction of railways nearby in the
1850s, what had been a remote and undeveloped area grew rapidly, due in part to
the formation of the "Essex Colony" by prominent North Shore
families. In the early 1900s, Chestnut Hill changed dramatically as farmland
was divided for estates and Boston College broke ground on their new campus.
Join local resident Amy Grier for a look at this corner of Newton that still
retains a feel of its rural past. Park and meet in the lot at the Chestnut
Hill School, 428 Hammond St. Free.