Brookline Historical Society
Photo Collection

Brookline Ave & Washington St (Rt. 9), 1923
Looking east on Washington St. (Rt. 9) toward the Boston line, Brookline Ave. to the left. Huntington Line of the Boston Elevated Railway.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Brookline Village, 1937
Looking west from the Boston border on Lower Washington St. River Road is the first street on the right followed by Brookline Ave just before the sign for Cashman Motor Co.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Jenny Service Station, Brookline Village
Standing on Pond Ave. looking west on Lower Washington St. This is a service station of the Jenny Oil Co. on land owned by Bernard Jenny who had a large mansion in the Cottage Farm neighborhood. Houses on Villa Lane can be glimpsed in the rear. No structures in this photo remain standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Start of Brookline Ave, December 1916
Looking north. Boston border on Washington St. to the right.
[Source: Olmsted]
Start of Brookline Ave, December 1916
Looking north from NW corner of Washington St.
[Source: Olmsted]
Lower Washington St., December 1916
Looking west toward Brookline Village from the Boston border. Middle, left: Pond Ave. entrance in front of the Gold Medal Flour billboard. Middle, right: two houses on Park Dr. facing Riverway Park.
[Source: Olmsted]
Lower Washington St., #1-#27, December 1916
Standing at the corner of Pond Ave. looking west toward Brookline Village
[Source: Olmsted]
Lower Washington St., Looking West from the Boston Border, December 1915
Foreground left, left to right: entrances to Pond Ave., Villa Lane, Walter Ave., the begining of today's Brook House expanse. Foreground right, right to left: houses from #5 - 27 Washington St. followed by th entrance of Brookline Ave.
[Source: Olmsted]
Lower Washington St.,Looking East to the Boston Border, December 1916
Brookline Ave. entering mid-left.
[Source: Olmsted]
Lower Washington St., 1919
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]
Griggs-Downer Houses, Lower Washington St.
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]
Lower Washington St., 1919
Viewing the south side of Lower Washington St. to the Boston border. From left to right:
  • 20-36 Washington St., The Milvier Company, Motor Car Repairs and Accessories
  • 40-42 Washington St., George H. Woods, Painter. He appears to have taken over the business of Daniel Hunt who was last listed there in 1917.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
83 - 89 Washington St., 1912
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]
83 - 89 and 67-77 Washington St.
On the left is “Chase’s Block” at 83-91 Washington St., constructed in 1912 by Harry E. Chase. On the right is the garage at 67-77 Washington St. Both were demolished circa 2015.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
91 Washington St.
Pearl St. looking north to the left.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
#91, 93 Washington St., Circa 1900
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]
Lower Washington St., Brookline Village
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]
Lower Washington St., circa 1904
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]
Lower Washington St., North Side, circa 1910
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]
Kennedy & Co., 105 Washington St., 1910
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