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1109 Boylston St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Samuel Philbrick House, 182 Walnut St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
210 Babcock St., Side
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
210 Babcock St.
Winslow is on the right.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
210 Babcock St., Rear
To the right is 204 Babcock St., across the srteet is #209, all still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Boston Elevated Railway Bus, Circa 1927
The Boston Elevated Railway opened a “de luxe” bus line between Brookline and Boston in 1927. It initially started in Coolidge Corner, that was later extended to Washington Square. The license plate of this bus, stopped in Cleveland Circle, is dated 1927 but it is not clear which route is involved. Beacon St. inbound is off screen to the right. Boston’s Sutherland Rd. descends in the middle of the photo.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Richard's Tavern, Heath St. near Hammond St.
Northeast corner of Heath and Hammond. Known as the "Old Stage Coach Tavern". Built circa 1760-70. The Worcester Turnpike (Rt. 9) passed behind the house where a tollgate was located.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Richard's Tavern, Heath St. near Hammond St.
Northeast corner of Heath and Hammond. Known as the "Old Stage Coach Tavern". Built circa 1760-70. The Worcester Turnpike (Rt. 9) passed behind the house where a tollgate was located.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
217 Freeman St., 1956
The house was set back from the street. In the distance is 219 Freeman St., still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Boylston St., 1956
From right to left:
  • 253 Boylston St. on the corner of Smyth St.
  • 261-263 Boylston St.
  • 265-269 Boylston St.
  • Gas station at the corner of Cameron St..

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Lincoln School, 1930s
Partially visible behind the school on the left is 189 Walnut St., still standing. In the distance on the right is 244 Boylston St., no longer standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Lincoln School, 1930s
Visible on the far left are 158 and 156 Boylston St., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Baker School Playground Work
Looking across Beverly Rd. at the rear of 110 Wallis Rd.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
24 Walnut Place, Summer 1919
Linda (Kennard) Winsor, widowed from Alfred Winsor a few years earlier, lived at 204 Walnut St., now addressed as 24 Walnut Place. She decided to vacate her house, much modified but still standing today, for the summer of 1919 so that it could be used by convalescing soldiers and sailors, two pictured here.
[ref. Brookline Chronicle, August 16, 1919, Page 1]
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
23 Prescott St.
The rear of the house is on the left. To the left is 9 Prescott St., still standing. In the distance on the right is the rear of 132 Carlton St., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
23 Prescott St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
1378-1392 Beacon St., 1911
On the northeast corner of Beacon and Winchester Streets, these buildings were each constructed as an eight-family apartment house, all still standing. Each one was imprinted with a name. From right to left: the Windsor, Wrexham, Tamworth, and Wedgemoir at #1378-1392 Beacon Street and the Richelieu and Winchester at #1-5 Winchester Street. They were all designed by W. H. Andrews in 1902-03 and were built by Peleg Briggs Wadsworth, a real estate developer. Andrews designed these brick and limestone buildings using a number of architectural elements found in the designs of other Beacon Street buildings dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: rounded bay windows alternating with flat facades; projecting cornices with brackets and dentils; and center entrances.
[ref. Brookline Preservation Dept.]

On the right is a partial view of the D. Blakely Hoar house at 1372 Beacon St.

Photo labeled "35839".
[Source: Joel Shield]
Beacon St., East of Washington Square
Looking east on Beacon St., 1521 Beacon is on the right and a corner of the Stoneholm building can be glimpsed on the left. Photo labeled "35839".
[Source: Joel Shield]
Washington Sq.
Looking east on Beacon St. Photo labeled "30492".
[Source: Joel Shield]
House of Edward Atkinson, Heath Hill
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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