Looking west. A section of the Guild Building can be seen in the far distance where Washington St curves northward to the right. On the right, the car is approaching the intersection of Pearl St. and is about to pass by the sign hanging over the sidewalk for the Village Market at 89 Washington St.

From left to right:

• The brick Chase Express Co. building 66 Washington St.
• The partially visible two-story wooden structure and the sign of Quinlan’s Livery at 76 Washington St.
• The three-story brick building of James Driscoll & Son, General Contractors at 82 Washington St.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

These two conjoined houses were located near the northwest corner of Brookline Ave. and Lower Washington St. The house of Dr. George Griggs, on the right at 57 Washington St., was built in the early 1700s. Dr. Eliphalet Downer later added the house on the left side at 61 Washington St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

On the left is a partial view of 91 Washington St., no longer standing. On the right is a partial view of 67-77 Washington St. whose first floor was a garage. Viewed in the rear center are the sign for Milton F. Reynolds, Carpenter, at 65 Kent St. and Brookline Coal on Pearl St. by the train tracks.

An existing building housing a horse-shoeing business and the adjoining vacant land were purchased by Harry E. Chase who constructed the building shown in the middle of the photo is the building at 83-91 Washington St. It and #66-77 were demolished circa 2015.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

From left to right:

• Entrance to Pearl St.
• 93 Washington St., Benjamin F. Baker, Sign Painter
• 91 Washington St., Thomas Nagle, horse shoeing and Carriage Work. Thomas Nagle emigrated from Ireland in 1872, married in Brookline in 1874, and opened his shop here circa 1876. Visible on the front of the stable is a sign for his son, Luke T. Nagle, who became a veterinarian circa 1899.
• The top of mansard-roofed house that still stands at 49 Kent St.
• Houses on Pearl St.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

North Side of lower Washington St. Pearl St. is in between Benjamin Baker, sign and house painter, #93, on the right; #97 on the left.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Seen from Pearl St. this is the only known frontal photograph of this section of the south side of Lower Washington St.
From left to right:

• James Driscoll & Son General Contractors at 76 Washington St.
• Quinlan’s Livery at 82 Washington St.
• Herbert Miller Carpenter & Builder at 92 Washington St.

Posted on Quinlan’s building is a poster for “Mother Goose” playing at the Colonial Theater between March and May, 1904.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

From right to left:
:: First building: #97/99 Washington at the intersection with Pearl St.
:: Second building: #101/103 Washington
:: Third building (narrow brick): #105 Washington; living quarters with a small storefront
:: Fourth building (draped in bunting):
#107 rear (probably an outhouse down the alley): home of James H. Maher
#109: The logo used by the Lyceum Café (1905-1910) is visible on the windows
#111 (single door, in the middle): James H. Maher, Carriage Maker
#113: Lyceum Hall Pharmacy
:: Fifth building (billboard on top) #115 Washington
Hosts the billboard for “Boyle & O’Neil Honeybrook Whiskey, Roxbury Crossing” that was also present in a 1914 photo
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The top floor of the Lyceum Hall was removed after the fire. The March 4, 1914 edition of the Brookline Chronicle reported:

”Shortly after 4:00 AM Charles Pooley the nightman in Mack’s restaurant discovered a blaze near the cook stove and, rushing across the street to station “A”, summoned the department. Returning to the store he fought the flames with the assistance of two customers and, by the time Chief Johnson arrived, according to all outward appearance the fire was out but when the chief had a strip of wall removed he found that the flames were racing through the building between the partitions and the dry timbers made excellent food for the flames.

A second alarm was sounded and later a third calling all the Brookline apparatus to the scene. Tons of water were poured into the windows and the slate-over-shingles roof was torn asunder by the high pressure service causing a shower of slate to pour down on the firefighters.”

1914 photo by L. F. Foster, Boston.

The “Brookline Theater”, a movie theater, is under construction and the first show will occur on January 9, 1938. Awaiting demolition are Mullaney's Tobacco Store (111 Washington St.), O'Reilly's Lunch (109 Washington St.), and upstairs, the Lyceum Hall (107 Washington St.).
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The Lyceum Hall, a longtime landmark on Lower Washington St., housed the Lyceum Pharmacy at #113 and the Lyceum Cafe at #109 (1905-1910). The entrance to the business of J. H. Maher, carriage and harness manufacturer, was in the middle at #111. James W. Clattenburgh ran his coal delivery business in the back at #107 and he lived next door at #105 until 1903. The best guess is that his sign hasn’t been taken down yet.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This is one of three photos taken of this block. Looking at the north side of Lower Washington St. This is one of three photos taken of this block. From left to right:

• The Davis Candy Shop at 121 Washington St., partial view
• The Village Spa at 115 Washington St., run by the Rozantes family who lived upstairs above the store.
• The Lyceum Hall Pharmacy at 113 Washington St. maintained by Emanuel de Vicq since 1898.
• A car advertising Brick Bradford, a science-fiction comic strip in Boston’s Daily Record newspaper
• The small awning and projecting sign of Mullaney's Tobacco Store at 111 Washington St.
• O’Reilly’s Lunch at 109 Washington St.
• The truck of A. Burkhardt is from a family firm, now called Burkhardt Bros. Moving and Storage, that was started in 1888 and is still in business today.

[Source: Historic New England]

Occupied at the time of this photo by the Brookline Riding Academy at #2 and #4 Walnut St, this building was first erected in 1875 by the Metropolitan Railway Co. to house the horse-drawn cars servicing the Brookline-Roxbury Crossing-Tremont House line. It was closed as a car house in December, 1894, with the move to new electrified routes, and demolished in 1918.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

#2 Walnut St, the car house of the West End Street Railway Co. The building was first erected in 1875 by the Metropolitan Railway Co. to house the horse-drawn cars servicing the Brookline-Roxbury Crossing-Tremont House line. It was closed as a car house in December, 1894, with the move to new electrified routes, and demolished in 1937.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

Juniper St. looking north toward Morss Ave. The brick structure was the stable for the horses of the West End Street Railway Co. The second floor openings are for hay.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

The old car barn of the West End Railway Co. is seen on the left. This photograph was made by one of the streetcar companies so it is likely that they were renting out the house.
[Source: Leo Sullivan]

This is the last remaining horsecar in Brookline. Service began in 1859 and will soon switch to electric. On the right is the corner of the car house at #2 Walnut St. The entrance to Morss Ave. is just to the left of that. #97 Washington St. is viewed left in the rear.

Brookline House, 108 Washington St., an eating establishment and boarding house started by Aaron Whitney circa 1865 and closed circa 1874. Comstock, Gove & Co. is making a delivery. A Boston firm, they bottled soda water and eventually expanded to making liquor.

Walnut St. off photo left foreground; Guild Block building on the distant right, where Washington St. curves right, to the northwest.

Lower Washington St. looking west, late 1901/early 1902, From right to left:

• #113 Washington St.: Lyceum Pharmacy, recently opened
• #115/117 Washington St.: M. Cavicchi, Fruits, Nuts, Figs
• #121 Washington St.: William F. Young, Grocer
• #129 Washington St.: Jacob Morlock, Bakery/Restaurant
• Washington St. curving north
• #164 Washington St., corner of the Guild Building: Thomas H. McMahon, Grocer
• Boylston St. begins
• Rooming house at the entrance to Walnut St.

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking west toward Boylston St., Washington St. curves to the right by the Guild Building. The corner store in the foreground left is Heleotis Bros. Fruits and Ice Cream at 122 Washington St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]