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	Loren Towle Estate
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	785 Centre St., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′43″N 71°11′31″W / 42.34528°N 71.19194°W
Built	1920
Architect	Bowditch, Arthur W.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
MPS	Newton MRA
NRHP reference No.	90000026
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1990

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The Loren Towle Estate is a historic estate at 785 Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

The estate's construction began in 1920 for real estate executive Loren D. Towle as a 35-room, Gothic-style English Revival mansion with formal gardens, terraces, tennis courts, and garage. Design of the estate buildings was by Arthur W. Bowditch, and landscaping design was provided by the Olmsted Brothers firm. Towle died in 1924, before the mansion was completed.^[2] In December 1925 it became home to the Newton Country Day School, and in 1990 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "NRHP nomination for Loren Towle Estate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Loren Towle Estate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

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 The '''Loren Towle Estate''' is a historic estate at 785 Centre Street in [[Newton, Massachusetts]], USA.
-The estate's construction began in 1920 for real estate executive Loren D. Towle as a 35-room, Gothic-style English Revival mansion with formal gardens, terraces, tennis courts, and garage.  Design of the estate buildings was by Arthur W. Bowditch, and landscaping design was provided by the [[Olmsted Brothers]] firm.  Towle died in 1924, before the mansion was completed.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=NWT.5611|title=NRHP nomination for Loren Towle Estate|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>  In December 1925 it became home to the [[Newton Country Day School]], and in 1990 it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
+The estate's construction began in 1920 for real estate executive Loren D. Towle as a 35-room, Gothic-style English Revival mansion with formal gardens, terraces, tennis courts, and garage.  Design of the estate buildings was by [[Arthur Bowditch|Arthur W. Bowditch]], and landscaping design was provided by the [[Olmsted Brothers]] firm.  Towle died in 1924, before the mansion was completed.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=NWT.5611|title=NRHP nomination for Loren Towle Estate|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>  In December 1925 it became home to the [[Newton Country Day School]], and in 1990 it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
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