[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking east, Reservoir Lane. is unseen around the corner. This photo is likely made of the just-completed widening of Boylston St. and the laying of trolley tracks in late 1900. Note that the supporting poles of the electric feed stop abruptly on the north side where the trolley tracks cease sharing the general roadway. The poles resume on the specially laid-out segregated section of track that goes up the hill.
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The house is still standing today. The initial version of the house was built in 1806 by Nathaniel Ingersoll, one of several wealthy international-trade merchants who had houses in the immediate area. John Lowell Gardner purchased the house in 1842 and a number of additions were made over the years. This photo appears to be one of several taken circa 1864, each showing a slightly different configuration of family members.
[Source: Historic New England]

Looking east at 50 Druce St. The first building, on the right, was opened in 1897. The other two, forming three quarters of a quadrangle, were added in 1902. They were all replaced by the current school in 1962.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east at 50 Druce St. This is an early photo of the first building that was opened in 1897. Two more were added in 1902 to form three quarters of a quadrangle. They were all replaced by the current school in 1962.
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The station was run by Samuel Rosenblatt. On the right are 81/83 and 87 Thorndike St. On the left is 27 Lawton St.
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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]

On the left are houses on Prospect St. which were removed by late 1898 for the new police station / court building that opened in the fall of 1900. On the right is the corner of the building housing the Robart brothers’ furniture business at 317 Washington St., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking east from Naples Rd.
[Source: Joel Shield]

Looking east from the rear of 17 Cameron St. with the rear of houses on Winthrop Place on the right.
[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.
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Looking east, Dunster enters on the right.
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This house was originally built by John E. Thayer and was accessed from Warren St., both Lee St. and the extension of Dudley St. did not yet exist. A slightly confusing jumble of names resulted after his death. His widow married Robert C. Winthrop, her new husband moved into the house, and, for reasons unknown, that is how the house is now referenced. The Thayer’s daughter, Adele Granger Thayer, retained her name and later inherited the house. In 1900, it was acquired by Moses Williams in 1900. The 1900 footprint of the house is noticeably changed in the atlases as of 1907 but there is currently no record of any alterations. Two more owners ensued until the house was torn down after a massive fire in 1950.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This house was originally built by John E. Thayer and was accessed from Warren St., both Lee St. and the extension of Dudley St. did not yet exist. A slightly confusing jumble of names resulted after his death. His widow married Robert C. Winthrop, her new husband moved into the house, and, for reasons unknown, that is how the house is now referenced. The Thayer’s daughter, Adele Granger Thayer, retained her name and later inherited the house. In 1900, it was acquired by Moses Williams in 1900. The 1900 footprint of the house is noticeably changed in the atlases as of 1907 but there is currently no record of any alterations. Two more owners ensued until the house was torn down after a massive fire in 1950.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

• On the left are houses on the north side of School St. including #87 in the middle which is still standing.
• Pierce Grammar School, south side of School St.
• Library, foreground right.
• Pierce Primary School, center.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The women, especially Mrs. Cabot, appear to be wearing riding outfits with matching bowler hats. The event is unidentified but is probably at The Country Club. From left to right:

• Olivia Ames Cabot (1893-1978). In 1927, she married Henry Bromfield Cabot Jr. who grew up on Heath St.
• Abigail Adams Homans (1879-1974), the seated woman in the multi-colored coat. She was the great-great-granddaughter of President John Adams and named after his wife. In 1907, she married Robert Homans, a lawyer, and they lived in Boston.
• Constance Wharton Smith (1894-1965), standing woman on the right. She was to married Henry St. John Smith and lived in Portland, Maine. By 1930 she was divorced and living in Boston with her two children.