Beacon St. going west to the left. At about #1702, across from Tappan St.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
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At about #1702, across from Tappan St.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west toward today’s Salisbury Rd. neighborhood from the former 1702 Beacon St. across from Tappan St.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
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[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Standing at Tappan St.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer. This photo contains the mystery man, here sitting on the stone wall, who was posed in a number of the 1887 photos.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Southwest corner of Beacon and Tappan.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer. This photo likely contains the mystery man. He closely resembles the man standing in the driveway talking to the worker and was otherwise posed in a number of the 1887 photos.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Eugene Knapp house in the distance, Tappan St. just beyond that, his apple orchard in the foreground. Knapp was financially involved in the impending widening of Beacon St. and donated some of this land to the project.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking north from Fisher Hill at the partially-completed Beaconsfield Terraces, a residential complex, "An Experiment in Domestic Economy" that foreshadowed today’s condominiums. People owned their units but shared ownership of a 6-acre park, stables, a playhouse (known as the Casino), tennis courts, a playground, and a central heating plant. A bell system connected the houses to the stables so that people could call for their horse and carriage. From left to right:

• The rear of the Richter Terrace townhouses on the southeast corner of Dean Rd. and Beacon St., built 1889, still standing
• The “Casino” (indistinct)
• The boiler house (small square building in the center)
• The house of Eugene Knapp who built the complex (barely visible behind the boiler house)
• The stables and garage (large square building with sloping roof in the center)
• The long line of the rear of the townhouses on Tappan St.

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Looking east at the Beaconsfield station, built 1906. On the left is the building housing the garage and stables of Beaconsfield Terraces. The lower half remains today as the base of an apartment building.
[Source: Joel Shield]

Looking east at the Beaconsfield station, built 1906. On the left is the building housing the garage and stables of Beaconsfield Terraces, its lower half remains today as the base of an apartment building. The building in the background is no longer standing.

Looking west from today's Dean Rd. Residence of Susan Y. Chamberlain, widow of Thomas.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

1788 Beacon St., foreground right.

Chamberlain house in the foreground, residence of Susan Y. Chamberlain, widow of Thomas. House of Eugene Knapp in the background on the same side (south). House of Isaac White just visible in the background on the north side of Beacon.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The first street on the right is Kilsyth Rd. followed by Englewood Ave. and Strathmore Rd. Only the building at 1874-1880 Beacon St. with the most distant tower remains.
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Looking east on Beacon St. several blocks from Cleveland Circle. Reservoir Hotel is off screen on the right, entrance to Englewood is on the left.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east on Beacon, standing at today's Strathmore Rd. Englewood Ave enters on the left.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.