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brackets, single and in pairs, and there is applied woodwork on some sections. An elaborate front porch is matched in decorative detail by a porte-cochere on the side of the house, where a semicircular drive provides access from
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William Blodgett House stands in a residential area southwest of the village center of Newton Corner, at the northwest corner of Centre Street and Fairmont Avenue. The house is set facing Centre Street on a low rise edged by a low stone retaining wall. It is
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