[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking from Aspinwall Hill at the southwest corner of Corey Hill. Behind the trees on the left is Washington Sq., still undeveloped. In the foreground on the far right, on Washington St., is the gasometer. At the top of the hill is the house of Peder Olsen, at 141 Summit Ave.

The widening of Beacon St. has just been completed. Eben Jordan, of the Jordan Marsh department store owns most of the land pictured and is beginning development. He will soon erect a large mansion here.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking from Aspinwall Hill across the still undeveloped Washington Sq. to the southwest corner of Corey Hill. In the foreground is the large mansion of Eben Jordan, still under construction here (the stone wall along Beacon St. and the stone pillars which bracket the entrance to Summit Path, the latter still standing, have not been added yet). Jordan, one of the principles of the Jordan Marsh department store, was developing much of the land visible here after the recent widening of Beacon St. Just to the right of the Jordan mansion is a horse-drawn cart carrying construction materials. Behind that is #5 Mason Terrace, under construction, and behind that is #12 Mason Terrace, both are still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking from Winthrop Rd.,

Looking east on Beacon St. Photo labeled "30492".
[Source: Joel Shield]

Looking east on Beacon St. 1470 Beacon St. is visible on the left. All the buildings in the photo are still standing except Brandon Hall, an apartment hotel that was destroyed by fire in 1946.
[Source: Library of Congress]

In the rear is 95-97 Mason Terrace, still standing. To the right are the mansard house of Grace Stevenson and the apartment building at 1484 Beacon St. The latter, built in 1915, is still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking east on Beacon St., 1521 Beacon is on the right and a corner of the Stoneholm building can be glimpsed on the left. Photo labeled "35839".
[Source: Joel Shield]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

North side of Beacon St. just west of Mason Terrace. The house on the left was built in 1892 and purchased by King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, in 1907. It was torn down in 1944. The house on the right was designed by well-known architect Arthur VInal and built in 1889. It was acquired circa 1900 by Fred McQuestern who also owned land situated behind the house that fronted on Mason Terrace. In 1903, he moved the house up the hill to its present location at 41 Mason Terrace and constructed an even larger house at 1560 Beacon St. That was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a large apartment building.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The house originally on this site was acquired circa 1900 by Fred McQuestern who also owned land situated behind the house that fronted on Mason Terrace. In 1903, he moved that house up the hill to its present location at 41 Mason Terrace and constructed this house designed by well-known architect Arthur Vinal. It was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a large apartment building.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Built in 1892 for Benjamin Lombard Jr., a banker and real estate executive. The Lombards moved to 349 Coomonwealth Ave. circa 1905 and King Gilette, the inventor of the modern razor blade, bought the house circa 1907 and lived there until 1913. The house was torn down in 1944.

Looking east. From left to right: The huge mansion at 1566; 1560; 1546; the entrance to Mason Terrace; 1530; vacant lots; the apartment building at 1470. Only 1470 Beacon St. is still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Viewed from Beacon St., From left to right:

• 1600 Beacon St., Eben Jordan Mansion (built 1890)
• 72 York Terrace, white house at the top of the hill, (still standing)
• 2 Mason Terrace, black house coming forward, (still standing)
• 57 York Terrace, house with the huge tower, (still standing, tower removed in 1938)
• Summit Path
• 5 Mason Terrace, rear view with a gazebo on the left, (still standing)
• 12 Mason Terrace, up the hill from #5 (still standing)
• 50 York Terrace, rear, blurry white house, (still standing)
• 22 Mason Terrace, coming forward (still standing)
• 44 York Terrace, arched roof line, (still standing)
• 43 Lancaster Terrace
• 1566 Beacon St., partial view of the corner of the house

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Olmsted]

1592 Beacon St. is in the background. The entrance to Summit Path is visible just behind the wagon.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Several blocks west of Washington Sq., looking east. 1714 and 1712 Beacon St., still standing, are on the far left. This is a fairly unique photo showing the simultaneous use of automobiles and horse-drawn carriages. Note that the eastbound vehicles are using the north side of the road while the carriage is on the adjacent bridle path. Brookline passed an ordinance in 1924 dictating unidirectional traffic flow, restricting the eastbound traffic to the south side of the road (obscured on the right side of the photo).

Built in 1903 by Henry Whitney. Initially a luxurious 200-room apartment hotel, it apparently fell on hard times by the 1950s and was demolished after a fire in 1966.
[Source: Joel Shield]