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535 Boylston St.
Constructed by Joseph H. White, dry goods magnate, still standing. His cousin, Jonathan H. White, had a large stone house just off screen to the right at 62 Buckminster Rd., which also still stands.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Outbuilding of Joseph H. White Residence, Off Buckminster Rd.
A large outbuilding situated high on Fisher Hill behind the house of Joseph H. White. It has been converted to a current residence at 104 Buckminster Rd. using an official address of 565 Boylston St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
222 Warren St.
Still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Harvard St. at School St., circa 1963
Looking south on Harvard. Harvard Hall at 6 School St. was a large area upstairs used for parties and meetings. None of the buildings in the foreground are still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
1032 Beacon St.
Looking at the north side of Beacon St. before 1912 when an apartment building at #1038 was constructed. On the left is #1048, on the right is #1032, neither are still standing. In the rear is 71 Carlton St., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Beacon St. at Charles St.
Looking east on Beacon St. toward St. Paul St. Car is turning from Charles St. on the right.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Beacon St. Near Marion
Looking east on Beacon St. approaching the intersection with Marion St. On the right are the buildings at #1471 and #1477, still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Cameron St., 1917
Standing to the right of todays 40/42 Cameron St. looking north at the rears of 110, 106, 102, 100 Davis Ave., all still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Boylston St., 1917
Looking west on Boylston St. toward Cypress St. after the break of a 70 in. water main on February 14, 1917. On the south side of Boylston from left to right:
  • 316 Boylston St., the Boylston Garage
  • Southeast corner of Boylston and Cypress St., the large house of Annie C. Crocker
  • Southwest corner of Boylston and Cypress St., store fronts, still standing
On the north side of Boylston from left to right:
  • Northwest corner of Boylston and Cypress St., the large curved building of storefronts and apartments, still standing
  • Northeast corner of Boylston and Cypress St., apartment buildings 351 to 315 Boylston St.
  • Three identical apartment buildings, 311, 305, 299 Boylston St. A woman is viewed in the second-floor window of #305.
  • 293 Boylston St., workshop of B. W. Neal
The woman in the window of #305 is Elizabeth Grennan (nee Ryan), wife of fireman Thomas Grennan (viewed in another photo). She and her husband raised five children – three boys and two girls. In 1917, the children ranged in age from 1 to 13. Two of the boys became doctors – one a podiatrist and the other a veterinarian – and one of the daughters became a nurse. The other daughter became a teacher and the other son a corrections officer, eventually rising to superintendent of the state prison in Concord. Elizabeth died in 1967 at the age of 88.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Cameron St., 1917
Cameron St. circumscribed three sides of a square with the fourth side being Boylston St. This view is on the north segment looking west. On the right is the apartment building at today’s 40/42 Cameron St. On the left is today’s 14 Smythe St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Boylston-Hyslof-Lee House, 617 Boylston St.
Still standing on Boylston St. near Chestnut Hill Ave. Built by Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, developer of the smallpox vacine.
[Source: Historic New England]
Cypress St. Playground
Standing in front of the high school looking east at Cypress St. Numbers 90, 96/98, 102 all still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Walnut St. at Warren
Standing at the top of Walnut St. looking west. On the left is 423 Walnut St. and, on the right, is 49 Warren St., both still standing. Photo by Brookline photographer, Carlton Parker.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Walnut St. at Warren
On the left is 401 Walnut St. In 1935, it was moved rearward to its presentation location at 52 Hedge Rd. The opening in the stone wall now serves as the entrance to Friedman Park. In the middle is 393 Walnut St., still standing. Photo by Brookline photographer, Carlton Parker.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Washington St., Before 1940
In the distant rear, on Corey Hill, two houses are viewed. Left to right:
  • 1600 Beacon St., Eben Jordan Mansion, later the Choate School, no longer standing
  • 57 York Terrace, the house high on the hill with the tall tower, still standing, the tower was removed in 1938
In the middle of the photo are the rear of the buildings on the south side of Beacon St., several are still standing including the tall apartment building at 1569-1571 Beacon St. In the foreground is the last of four gasometers built by The Brookline Gas Co. to store gas to run gas street lamps. This one was built in 1872 and demolished in 1984. By 1917, it had been converted to a succession of other uses. Here it is being used by a service station and garage. On the right is a partial view of 637 Washington St., still standing after major renovations.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Sarah Florence Burtis
Her engagement photo. She married John Walter Saxe in 1899 and the family with three children lived at 424 Walnut St. from circa 1905-1912
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
Ellen Griggs, Portrait, 1842
Ellen Griggs (1824-1904) was the daughter of prominent town citizen, Deacon Thomas Griggs, who lived on the Griggs Farm located in the area of today’s Grigg Park. Widowed and living in Troy, NY at the time of her father’s death, in 1886, she moved back to Brookline into the family house at 519 Washington Street.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
John Walter Saxe and Children at the Reservoir, circa 1909
From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Mr. Saxe, John Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe. They are at the Brookline Reservoir, steps away from their house at 424 Walnut St.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
Saxe Family Children, 424 Walnut St., circa 1909
From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe, unidentified, John Burtis Saxe. The family of John Walter Saxe, Sara Florence Burtis, and their three children lived here circa 1905 – 1912, the house is still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
424 Walnut St.
The house of the John Walter Saxe family from circa 1905 - 1912, still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
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