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Newton House Tour This Weekend

By Elizabeth Bolton

Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA

May 29, 2009 04:36 PM

Newton Colonial Revival House with Copper Beech tree It's house tour season in Massachusetts. This Sunday marks the 27th Annual House tour in Newton MA. I'm doing my best to keep Sunday afternoon free because this is one of my all time favorite house tours.

Newton is a city of absolutely exquisite houses and neighborhoods. Every year I go on this tour I find myself thinking "why would anyone want to live anywhere else?" It really is one of the prettiest towns I've ever seen - amazing houses and mature landscaping with enormous beeches shading many a house.

There will be eight private homes on this year's house tour. The tour will include several neighborhoods and villages:

Newton Corner
Newton Highlands
West Newton
Newton Centre
Chestnut Hill

The tour benefits the Newton Historical Society and the Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead.

Tickets will be available at the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street in Newton for $30.

The tour takes place on Sunday, May 31, 2009 from noon to 5 pm.

Visit my website for a complete list of house tours in Massachusetts.

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Jeff Dowler, CRS

eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA

The Southern California Relocation Dude

Liz - well I agree with you on Newton - a very attractive town. But then Cambridge has some wonderful properties, too. I never did a tour in Newton but when we were househunting we looked quite a bit. Not hard to fall in love with Newton.

Jeff

May 29, 2009 05:15 PM

Karen Anne Stone

New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth Real Estate

Elizabeth: It sounds like a really wonderful tour. The home that you have pictured looks so "grand." If I lived anywhere nearby, I would surely make this tour. Thanks for sharing. (By the way, do you prefer Elizabeth, or Liz ? Just wondering) :) I think Elizabeth is such a pretty name.

May 29, 2009 06:09 PM

Andrea Swiedler

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT

Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Hello Liz, I hope you are able to go on the tour! I just love those old houses, so grand. I don't remember Newton much at all, but I am sure it is just as beautiful as the cities I do remember.

May 29, 2009 09:55 PM

Patricia Kennedy

RLAH@properties - Washington, DC

Home in the Capital

Elizabeth, house tours are one of my favorite things, especially when they involve historic homes. Newton House looks wonderful!

May 30, 2009 12:45 AM

Marian Pierre-Louis

Fieldstone Historic Research - Medway, MA

Metrowest Boston

The house tours in Massachusetts list on your website is wonderful. Thanks for compiling that and making it available.

May 30, 2009 03:25 AM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Jeff ~ A little secret - the house above is in Cambridge - I'm planning to replace it with a Newton photo after tomorrow.

Hi Karen ~ Isn't that a beautiful house? It's on a beautiful street tucked away near Harvard that I'm going to write about. Newton has exquisite Victorians and turn of the century houses often with beautiful yards and huge copper beeches or regular beeches - my favorite trees. And I go by Liz though use Elizabeth on my card, etc.

Hi Andrea ~ It's so hard to take the time at this point in the season. I was bummed out when I looked at my own site that I had missed several but I hadn't a chance to entertain the idea of time off. This time one of my "house tour buddies" called me and we made plans.

Hi Pat ~ It's been one of my favorite hobbies for years. My file folder of tour booklets I've saved is probably 8" thick. Should be good!

Hi Marian ~ It would be great to run into you on tour or at one of your lectures.

Liz

May 30, 2009 05:46 AM

Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES

Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL

Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Hi Elizabeth, what a great opportunity to experience the historical homes of your neighborhood. I really like your page with the house tours in Massachusetts!

Jun 01, 2009 06:51 AM

Thanks Silvia! The tour was great - absolutely beautiful neighborhoods, great weather and wonderful houses - some completely over the top - there was a whole lotta renovation going on in the last few years.

Jun 01, 2009 10:43 AM

Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers

RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON

Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

Hi Elizabeth, we always heard Massachusetts was beautiful and you made Newton House sound so charming....would love to visit....my Mom's maiden name was Newton!

Jun 02, 2009 01:11 PM

Hi Al and Peggy ~ It is an absolutely dreamy town - absolutely worth driving or walking around if you're ever in this neck of the woods. It was a super tour.

Jun 02, 2009 02:01 PM

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