Looking north on Cameron St. On the far right the corner of 15 Cameron St. is visible, still standing. In the distance across the railroad tracks the rear of 5 Elm St. is visible, still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west toward Cypress St. It appears that sidewalks are about to be laid. From left to right:

• 316 Boylston St. The tall brick building on the far left was constructed circa 1906 and housed the Elizabeth B. Hall Stables, for horses and carriages. The addition to the right was added a few years later for cars. Known as the Boylston Garage, it extended behind the existing house and had a separate entrance road on the other side of the house. The main brick stable is still in use as a car barn at an auto dealership.
• The house of George S. Cushing, also at 316 Boylston St., torn down in 1914 by the owner of the garage.
• The house of Alex Strain, in the rear, at 144 Cypress St.
• The house of Annie C. Crocker at 136 Cypress St.
• Cypress St.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

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]

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]

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]

Cameron St. circumscribed three sides of a square with the fourth side being Boylston St. This view is on the north segment looking north over the railroad tracks at the rear of 114 Davis Ave.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east from the rear of 17 Cameron St. with the rear of houses on Winthrop Place on the right.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east from the south side of Boylston St. one block east of Cypress St. On the left is the apartment building at 300 Boylston St. On the right, at 316 Boylston St., is the house of George S. Cushing which was torn down in 1914 by the owner of the garage behind it.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking at the south side of Boylston St. Cypress St. is to the right. On the left are the Elizabeth B. Hall Stables, the building is still in use as a car barn at an auto dealership. On the right, extending behind the house (barely visible behind the trees) is the Boylston Garage for cars. Its sign is visible on the far right. In the rear is a partial view of 20 E. Milton Rd., still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

On the left side of the building are 353-359 Boylston St. The pharmacy of John L. McGown is on the right side, at 135 Cypress St. He lived upstairs in the Hotel Madris. His business was first listed there in 1899, at or near the opening of the building, and remained there until 1914 when he joined the Beaconsfield Pharmacy in Washington Square.

Standing in front of the high school looking east at Cypress St. Numbers 90, 96/98, 102 all still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking from Cypress St. north across Boylston St. At 133 Cypress St. is the Hotel Madris. Underneath the hotel on the far left at 361 Boylston St. Is the grocery store of Lucius N. Danforth who was forced to move his newly-acquired store in the Village when the building was knocked down for the widening of Harvard St. in 1905.
[Source: Olmsted]

Looking east on Boylston St. with Cypress St. on the right. On the corner is the house at 136 Cypress St., no longer standing. To the right is a partial view of 144 Cypress St., still standing. In the middle background are the rears of houses on E. Milton Rd., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking north on Cypress St. from Boylston. The building, partially visible, at 353-359 Boylston St. still stands. Otherwise, only the one-story building, barely visible in the distance at 122 Cypress St., still stands. On the corner is Bentley Bros. Grocers at 351 Boylston St. On the right is the apartment building at 343/345 Boylston St.
[Source: Olmsted]

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]

Roughly located at 269 Boylston St. near the NE cprner with Cypress St. In a 1903 publication of the Historical Society entitled “Recollections of Brookline”, Mary W. Poor (daughter of Rev. John Pierce) wrote:

“Some of the more public-spirited of Brookline's citizens aspired to have an elegant and attractive school in which their sons could be fitted for college. I believe Mr. Richard Sullivan was one of the most active in carrying out this scheme. A structure worthy of beautiful Brookline was the result. It was built in 1820 and was modeled from a Greek temple, with Doric pillars, and was considered perfect as a work of art. It was commonly called the ‘Classical School.’ Well do I remember going to an exhibition in that school when a very young child… The surroundings of this classic hall were lovely. Just behind it was the sweet spot since called ‘Brignal Banks’ on the shore of the brook already described as the ‘New Lane’ brook. Some time after, a Mr. Hubbard bought this schoolhouse and built directly behind it a boarding house and in front of it a wooden gymnasium, the first ever heard of in these regions. Years after, Dr. Shurtleff bought the house and used the gymnasium, which had been moved to the south of the house, for a stable. The dear old classical school became his drawing room. The change greatly detracted from the beauty of this gem of architecture as viewed from the street, but it was a fine drawing room. “
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Roughly located at 269 Boylston St. near the NE corner with Cypress St. It was originally built as a school in 1820 and modeled from a Greek temple, with Doric pillars. A Boston physician, Dr. Samuel Atwood Shurtleff purchased it circa 1844 and converted it for use as his home.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Public Library]

Trolley tracks are on Cypress, Walnut St. feeds in from the left. On the left is the house of the Francis family at 295 Walnut. On the right is 161 Cypress. Center rear are the back of houses on E. Milton Rd.
[Source: Olmsted]

Looking southeast toward Kendall St. #60, foreground left, is still standing along with the others on that side.Only the stone fence remains on the right side.
[Source: Olmsted]