It’s a bicentennial celebration!

200 years ago, the Hyde Center’s namesake was born. Let’s celebrate! Join us at 7PM on September 5 for cupcakes.

Mayor James F.C. Hyde, for whom the Hyde School was named—and subsequently the Hyde Community Center—was a fruit nurseryman and horticulturalist who led the push to adopt a City charter in 1873. He was inaugurated in January 1874 as the first Mayor of the City of Newton. He was born on July 26, 1825.

For more information about Mayor Hyde, visit the City of Newton website.

Mayor James F.C. Hyde