Newton Lower Falls
Village
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Coordinates:42°20′N71°15′W / 42.333°N 71.250°W /42.333; -71.250
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
City	Newton
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	02462
Area code	617

Newton Lower Falls is one of the thirteenvillages within the city ofNewton inMiddlesex County,Massachusetts, United States. The commercial area extends across theCharles River intoWellesley, 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 withfish 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.^[1] The historic heart of the Lower Falls village,St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and the adjacent residential area on Grove Street, are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as theNewton Lower Falls Historic District.

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• Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938), a famous painter^[2]
• Sarah Fuller, educator and author who taughtHelen Keller^[3]
• Arthur T. Gregorian, Oriental rug merchant^{[citation needed]}
• Walter Montgomery Jackson (1863–1923), founder of encyclopedia publisherGrolier^{[citation needed]}
• Kay Khan, Massachusetts state representative^[3]
• Anne Sexton, poet^[3]
• Michael Rosbash, Nobel Prize winner^[3]
• Francis Blake, who worked withAlexander Graham Bell^[3]

• 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".^[4]
• Newton Lower Falls Historic District

• Hamilton Playground (akaLower Falls Community Center), 545 Grove St. The playground has two hard-surface tennis courts,^[5] plus a baseball field, basketball courts, a soccer field, and a softball field.^[6]

• Arthur T. Gregorian, Inc., website
• Newton Lower Falls
• Newton Lower Falls walking tour

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