Standing on Claflin Rd. looking at the north side of Garrison Rd. The buildings were constructed circa 1891-1892 and all are still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This house, which was torn down after a fire in 1949, was built by Isaac Cook in 1809. In 1827, Cook built for his younger son the well-known “Cook Cottage” right down the hill from this house. Circa 1878 James Lovell Little and his wife, Mary Revere Little, acquired both this house and the cottage. It is not known why but atlases of the time label the main house as the property of Mary R. Little and the cottage as property of James L. little.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This location is speculatively identified as Grove St. just southwest of the intersection with South St. Note the children behind the large tree.
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The Lyman house was built in 1844 on a 36-acre estate and was maintained for multiple generations. The house was torn down in 1956 and the land is now home to office buildings on the Boylston St. side and a modern housing development.
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The Lyman house was built in 1844 on a 36-acre estate and was maintained for multiple generations. The house was torn down in 1956 and the land is now home to office buildings on the Boylston St. side and a modern housing development.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The Town of Brookline maintained its own hospitals until the 1950s. This was the first to be built, in 1894, at the corner of Newton and Grove Streets

"For the treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (By the Towns-Lambert Method) Private Rooms – Competent Physicians – Trained Nurses

Looking from Leverett Pond; built 1894-1895

Upland Rd. is to the right of the house followed by a partial view of 43 Upland Rd., both houses are still standing. None of the houses that were constructed in the rear on Upland Rd. beginning in 1890 are present.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This substantial brick building was torn down in 1974 as the “Marsh Urban Renewal Project” was entering its core phase. Its removal accommodated the addition of a few additional feet for the covered parking platform straddling the tracks that remains today.

In the distance o the right is 74 Kent St. The large smoke stack of Brannen’s Laundry had been there for 75 years and was even considered to be an historic landmark of sorts when it had to be torn down in 1980.

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.

This is an exhibition of the Brookline Bird Club and the town forestry department held at the library in April 1914.
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Lookng north from Monmouth St. The apartment building at 40 Carlton St. on the northwest corner has not yet been erected (1924).

Looking south. Monmouth St. coming in on the left followed by the George Wightman mansion (b. 1904) at 43 Hawes St.. 48 Hawes St. (b. 1913) visible on the right. Both still standing.

Looking south toward Longwood Ave. In the foreground on the left is 116 Colchester St. followed by 295 Kent St. Far in the distance, the rounded entrance to 269 Kent St. can be detected on the southeast corner of Longwood Ave. The latter two houses remain unchanged.

116 Colchester St. was sold in 1906 and the 1907 atlas indicates that the wooden siding shown in the photo was replaced by stucco. The current configuration is entirely different, it is unknown whether that is the result of a subsequent extensive enlargement or a complete replacement.

Engine no. 316 heading west as it crosses under the Aspinwall Ave. bridge. In the distance is 232 Aspinwall Ave. and in the foreground is 233 Aspinwall Ave., both still standing. On the right is the start of the side track for freight trains that will unload at destinations in Brookine Village.

Looking southwest from the Brookline Village “T” stop at what is essentially today’s Hearthstone Plaza. These buildings, save those in the center on the south side of Lower Washington St., were razed in the next 2-3 years for the Plaza project. From left to right:

• Partial view of the rear wall of the movie theater at 105 Washington St.
• Partial view of the rear of the four-story apartment building at 127-131Washington St.
• The fire station and buildings on High St. south of Lower Washington St. which still stand
• The buildings from 137-175 Washington St.

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.