Brookline Historical Society
The Marsh

Emerald St.
Looking east on Emerald St. from Pearl St. toward Brookline Ave. before the leveling of the neighborhood in the urban renewal project of “The Marsh”. From left to right:
  • 9 Emerald St., the small house
  • 657 Brookline Ave. on the corner
  • 660 Brookline Ave.
  • 666/670 Brookline Ave.
  • Partial view of the auto garage at 676 Brookline Ave.
  • A town truck parked at 100 Pearl St., the Brookline Water Dept., a building that still stands

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
10 and 14 Pearl St.
Looking toward Lower Washington St. with the rear of the White Castle restaurant visible in the distance. On the right are 10 and 14 Pearl St. William Francis Conant, the long-time owner of The Brookline Print, had recently been living upstairs in this building with his third wife, Adelaide Huestis Conant, when he died in 1959. This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
21 Pearl St.
Looking south at 21 Pearl St. On the right, where Pearl St. turns left toward Lower Washington St., is the building at 10-14 Pearl St. This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Pearl St.
Looking east on Pearl St. from 21 Pearl St. Six houses on the left, from #24- #38, were removed circa 1960 and replaced with the parking lot next to the Longwood stop on the “D” line. In the distance is the massive depot building of the Brookline Coal Co. at 42 Pearl St. dwarfing the small building at 40 Pearl St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Longwood MBTA Stop, 1960s
Standing on the Washington St. bridge looking east on the tracks of the “D” line by the Longwood stop. In the distance is the massive depot building of the Brookline Coal Co. at 42 Pearl St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
68 Pearl St.
On the left is a partial view of a newer brick building at 50 Pearl St. In the middle rear is 68 Pearl St. located on the former northern extension of Pearl St. In the middle foreground are vacant lots where several apartment buildings recently stood. This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
65 Pearl St.
This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
68 Pearl St.
This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Pearl St.
Looking north on Pearl St. Clockwise:
  • 68 Pearl St.
  • 76 Pearl St. (speculative)
  • 84 Pearl St.
  • 81 Pearl St. on the corner as Pearl St. takes a right turn toward Brookline Ave.
  • 73 Pearl St., garage
  • 65-69 Pearl St., garage

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
81, 84, 85 Pearl St.
The northeast extension of Pearl St. is viewed looking west several houses in from Brookline Ave. 85 Pearl St. is on the left followed by 81 Pearl St. On the corner and a building of Brookline Oil Co. across the street at 84 Pearl St. This photo was taken prior to the leveling of the entire area then known as “The Marsh”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
65 Kent St.
Looking east on lower Kent St. at a shed of the Bay State York Co., a heating and refrigeration company whose main location was across the street at 74 Kent St. Station St. enters at the left.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Robert Winthrop School, 1892
599 Brookline Ave., building still standing.The house at 100 Pearl St. is on the left.

Page 4, plate 7279. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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