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1 box ; 45 x 36 x 3 cm - Thirteen color & black and white photographs 9 x 11 cm-28 x 35 cm., one piece of fundraising material, one brochure and five newspaper clippings. - The Nathaniel T. Allen Homestead has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. It was built in Greek Revival style around 1844 and was a stop on the underground railroad. The Allen family lived and ran schools there for nearly a century - West Newton English and Classical School, 1853- ; the Misses Allen School and the Allen School for Girls, 1915-1943 Nathaniel T. Allen (1823-1903) was noteworthy because he worked with Horace Mann, the first Secretary of the State Board of Education, to establish a model teachers' school, which later moved from West Newton to Framingham, Massachusetts. After the move, Mann left for Ohio and persuaded Allen to remain in West Newton and set up a private school. He was influential in promoting the importance of education and professionalization of teaching. - Illustrated newspaper article, The Test of Time Adds Beauty, Grace and Dignity to Area Older Homes (Real Estate Review, Spring, 1976), includes photograph of Nathaniel Allen House at the corner of Cherry and Webster Streets, West Newton -

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Newton Free Library

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Digital Commonwealth