Photo by Partridge, Boston

The original Station D fire house shown here was located at 796 Boylston St. just east of Reservoir Rd. and was replaced in December, 1930 by the new building across the street at 827 Boylston St. which remains in service today.

Rear row left to right:

• William Francis Norris, hose man (identified in 2022 by a grandson). He emigrated from Ireland and worked for the fire department from 1903 to 1941. In early 1905, he was transferred from Station E in Coolidge Corner to Station D (ref. Brookline Press Jan. 27, 1905, pg. 5). He remained living on today’s Leverett St. in Brookline Village despite the remove from Station D.
• James Brutcher, Jr., Driver
• Martin J. Dasey, driver

Front row left to right:

• Daniel G. McNamara, Lieutenant
• William J. Stitt, Captain
• James Christopher Lyons, Engineer of the steam engine. He started as a hose man at the new fire station in Washington Square when it opened in late 1899. By 1901, he was working as an engineer for steam engine #1 at Station D. After living at several locations near the fire station, he, his wife, and four children settled at 771a Boylston St. He died from nephritis, at age 42.

[Source: James Christopher Lyons Family]

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On the left the rear of 41 Clark St. can be viewed.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Note the slide coming from the second floor and the quote from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” engraved above.
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[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Built in 1825 on Walnut St. Served as Brookline’s first high school from 1843-1856. Purchased by the Unitarian-Universalist First Parish in 1890.

Held in town hall. The large posters illustrate the sites of the various proposals being voting on.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Mr. Burke from the Water Department; flanked by Mr Bushway (l.) and Mr. Paine (r.)

Inside the old Town Hall

Ebenezer Warren Reed, in addition to several official positions with the town, was a watering-cart contractor with Brookline who sprinkled the dirt streets to reduce dust and preserve the covering over the stone underlayment. This is currently the only known photograph of a watering cart in Brookline. Across Boylston St. was the feeder station hydrant used to fill the wagon.
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On the left is a partial view of the Gulf station at the corner of Brookline Ave. and Lower Washington St. In the middle is 85 River Rd., an apartment building that fronted on 682/684 Brookline Ave. On the right is the rear of 676 Brookline Ave., a building still standing in 2025, one of the very few not removed during the urban renewal project of the 1970s.

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.

Arthur Ouimet acquired this house, newly-built, in 1900 and rented it out for three years before moving in with his own family. Francis Ouimet, his son, later worked as a caddie at the Country Club, located directly across the street, and famously won the U. S. Open in 1913.

In 2020, Tom Hynes, a member of the Country Club who also lived on Clyde St., acquired the house. Hynes, with donations from fellow Country Club members, initiated a complete restoration of the house to its original condition, including period furnishings. The project was nearing completion as of this writing in June, 2022, with the final disposition of the house yet to be determined.
[Source: New York Times]

Arthur Ouimet, the father of the famous golfer, Francis Ouimet, acquired this house in 1900 along with the house next door at 246 Clyde St. He rented it out while his family lived at #246. The woman and dog pictured match the profile of Mrs. Ouimet, though this cannot be confirmed. Still standing.
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Left to right: 276, 286/288, 290 Clyde St., all still standing. #288 was a store and had two gas pumps in front for many years.
[Source: Olmsted]