Brookline Historical Society
Photo Collection

Pleasant St. Houses
Photographed from the Thomas Sears house on the southern side of Beacon St. Looking at the James Stearns property on the north side. Foreground, right: The greenhouse and carriage house at the rear of the property. Center: Side view of the Watson Freeman house at 49 Pleasant St. Left: rear of the James Stearns house at 31 Pleasant St.
[Source: Smithsonian]
Library, Coolidge Corner Branch 1927 Building, 31 Pleasant St.,
Originally the home of James P. Stearns, a banker, it became the Coolidge Corner branch library after his death
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Coolidge St.
Viewed from Winchester St.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Coolidge St.
Looking northeast from Harvard St.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Fuller St.
Viewed from Harvard St.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Corner, Fuller St. and Hamilton Rd.
Fuller St. looking south to the left and Hamilton Rd. looking southwest to the right. The large apartment building is still standing as is the house in the distance on the right, the rear of 101-103 Abbottsford Rd.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Shailer St.
Looking northeast from Centre St. All the houses in the foreground remain standing. #69 Center St. is on the left corner, #61 Center St. on the right corner.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
1 Williams St.
Corner of Harvard St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
111 Centre St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Centre St.
Looking northwest from Shailer St. #75 Centre St., still standing, is the first house on the right.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Williams St.
Looking east from Centre St., Harvard St. in the distance. Houses on the right at 24 and 16 Williams are still standing.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Williams St.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Winchester St.
Viewed from Beacon St.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Winchester St., November 1915
Looking southeast toward Williams St. Left to right: #75 (no longer standing), 73/71, 67, Williams St intersection., apartment building on the southeast corner of Williams St.
[Source: Olmsted]
Winchester St., November 1915
Looking west. Small brick building is the front projection of a larger brick structure that still stands. It housed the Corey Hill Garage for automobiles (note the gas pump out front) and also housed stables. In the background is 64 Winchester which also still stands. Note houses from Atherton St. on the hillside above.
[Source: Olmsted]
Wellman St., November 1915
Photo left: side view of house at 35/37 Winchester St., apartment building at 9-15 Wellman, both still standing. Photo, center rear left: 53 Centre St. (partial view), still standing, garage on the right is not. Photo, right: apartment building is still standing, house in foreground (29/31 Winchester St.) is not.
[Source: Olmsted]
26 Still St.
In the background is Pleasant St. The house is no longer standing. John Reece, president of Reece Button Hole Machine Co., and his wife, Marietta Shea, moved to this house when they got married and they raised three sons there. John Reece died at the age of 41 after trying to rescue a worker in his factory during an elevator accident.
[Source: Historic New England]
26 Still St.
In the background is Pleasant St. The house is no longer standing. John Reece, president of Reece Button Hole Machine Co., and his wife, Marietta Shea, moved to this house when they got married and they raised three sons there. John Reece died at the age of 41 after trying to rescue a worker in his factory during an elevator accident.
[Source: Historic New England]
217 Freeman St., 1956
The house was set back from the street. In the distance is 219 Freeman St., still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Naples Rd.
Looking northeast from Harvard St. The first house has been replaced with a store but the rest of the street remains largely unchanged.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
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