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Sear's Chapel, Longwood Station, Muddy River
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Muddy River & Sears Chapel
Newly constructed Longwood train station with Chapel St. behind it.
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Sears Chapel, Longwood Area
Before the creation of Chapel St. and Longwood Station. David Sears house (now divided into townhouses) at the corner of Hawes & Colchester visible to the right
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The Wightman Family, 43 Hawes St.
The family is seated on the steps of the mansion which was completed in late 1902 for George Henry Wightman, a wealthy steel magnate who worked with Andrew Carnegie. His son was an attorney who was married to Hazel Hotchkiss, a tennis champion. His daughter, Elizabeth Pope, lived across the street at 16 Monmouth and her family took over the mansion after the death of her mother in 1939. The building is used today by Boston University.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Looking East From Longwood Ave. Bridge, 1907
Boston in the distance. From left to center: Sears Chapel, Chapel St., Boston & Albany railroad tracks, walking paths on either side of the Muddy River.
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Looking East From Longwood Ave. Bridge, 1907
From left to center: Sears Chapel, Chapel St.,Longwood Station of Boston & Albany Railroad, the Muddy River.
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The Riverway Park and Old Longwood Ave. Bridge, circa 1896
[left to right] Looking west from the Riverway Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. A partial view of the foot bridge, still standing, going over the Muddy River toward the Winsor School; the wood bridge that was replaced by the current stone bridge in 1899; houses on Longwood Ave.; newly-constructed (1894) Chapel St.; roof of the new Longwood Boston and Albany railroad station. This photo was probably taken by Alexis H. French, the Brookline town engineer responsible for the design of the new stone bridge.
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The Old Longwood Ave. Bridge
Built in 1887, replacing a previous bridge. Taken down in August 1897. This photo was probably taken by Alexis H. French, the Brookline town engineer responsible for the design of the new stone bridge.
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Longwood Ave. Bridge with Sears Chapel in the background
West of the bridge, looking east at the chapel from the park foot path
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Longwood Ave. Bridge with Sears Chapel in the background, circa 1910
West of the bridge, looking east at the chapel from the park foot path
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Longwood Stone Bridge
Looking east with Sears Chapel in the background. Construction completed October, 1899.
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Muddy River & Longwood Ave. Bridge
Looking east at the newly-constructed (October, 1899) bridge. Sears Chapel in the background.
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Muddy River, Longwood Ave. Bridge
Looking west
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Netherlands Rd. bridge over the Muddy River [confirmation pending]
Looking northwest at the garage roof and rear of the Murray house at 203 Kent St.
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Netherlands Rd. Bridge, Muddy River, 1901
Looking northwest at the carriage-house roof and rear of the house at 203 Kent St. with the rear of 217 Kent St. to the right.
[Source: Olmsted]
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"Dutch House", 20 Netherlands Rd.
Still standing, major renovations were completed circa 2020.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Monmouth St., circa 1910
Looking east from Hawes St.
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Monmouth St. Looking West, circa 1910
Seen from Carlton St. The George Wales house on the near right was replaced by an apartment buiding in 1924.
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Monmouth St. Looking West, circa 1910
Seen from Carlton St. The George Wales house on the near right was replaced by an apartment buiding in 1924.
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36 Monmouth St.
The house of the John Wales family from circa 1879 until shortly after his death in 1900, no longer standing. Located on the northwest corner of Carlton St. which is just to the right in the photo. One of the two cement posts that bracket the driveway, visible in the photo, remains today. John Wales was the president of the John Wales & Co., a Boston firm that distributed small-form steel products (screws, springs, wire, brackets etc.).
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