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]

Looking West on Washington St. toward the link with Boylston St. Walnut St. is off photo left foreground. This is one of two photos taken from slightly different positions. From left to right:

• The left side of the apartment building at the entrance to Walnut St. is a rooming house.
• The right side of the apartment building will be converted in early 1900 to a store front.
• #164 Washington St., corner of the Guild Building: Thomas H. McMahon, Grocer
• Washington St. curving north
• #129 Washington St., the four-story brick building: Jacob Morlock, Bakery/Restaurant
• #121 Washington St.: William F. Young, Grocer. Note the cat out front by the curb.
• #115/117 Washington St.: M. Cavicchi, Fruits, Nuts, Figs. Note what appear to be small Christmas trees stacked outside.

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking West on Washington St. toward the link with Boylston St. Walnut St. is off photo left foreground. This is one of two photos taken from slightly different positions. From left to right:

• The left side of the apartment building at the entrance to Walnut St. is a rooming house. The small white sign says “William [illegible] Boarding House
• The right side of the apartment building will be converted in early 1900 to a store front.
• #164 Washington St., corner of the Guild Building: Thomas H. McMahon, Grocer
• Washington St. curving north
• #129 Washington St., the four-story brick building: Jacob Morlock, Bakery/Restaurant
• #121 Washington St.: William F. Young, Grocer
• #115/117 Washington St.: M. Cavicchi, Fruits, Nuts, Figs. Note what appear to be small Christmas trees stacked outside.
• #113 Washington St.: Lyceum Pharmacy, recently opened

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking west toward Boylston St., Washington St. curves to the right by the Guild Building. In the foreground left at the intersection of Walnut St. and Washington St. is an apartment building whose right-side first floor was converted to a store front in early 1900. At the corner of the building a door was added and given the address of 122 Washington St. It opened as a third Brookline location of C. E. Riley’s cigar stores and changed to Heleotis Bros. Fruits and Ice Cream in 1904. The photo shows a banner advertising Marguerite cigars so this is most like the Riley store which also advertised itself as a waiting room for trolley riders.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking west toward Boylston St., Washington St. curves to the right by the Guild Building. In the foreground left at the intersection of Walnut St. and Washington St. is an apartment building whose right-side first floor was converted to a store front in early 1900. At the corner of the building a door was added and given the address of 122 Washington St. It opened as a third Brookline location of C. E. Riley’s cigar stores and changed to Heleotis Bros. Fruits and Ice Cream in 1904. The photo shows a banner advertising Marguerite cigars so this is most like the Riley store which also advertised itself as a waiting room for trolley riders.

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]

Looking west toward Boylston St., Washington St. curves to the right by the Guild Building. In the foreground left at the intersection of Walnut St. and Washington St. is an apartment building whose right-side first floor was converted to a store front in early 1900. At the corner of the building a door was added and given the address of 122 Washington St. It opened as a third Brookline location of C. E. Riley’s cigar stores and changed to Heleotis Bros. Fruits and Ice Cream in 1904. This is most like the Riley store which also advertised itself as a waiting room for trolley riders.

Atop the Guild Building in the center of the photo is a massive billboard advertising “Gilchrist”. This probably refers to a large department store on Winter St., in Boston. Oddly, no other photos of the Guild Building show a billboard of any type.

Just east of the intersection of High St. and Boylston, next to Hose House #1. Torn down before 1908 for the construction of the present day firehouse. Orignally numbered 66 before renumbering of Washington St.
1) Note the "Employment Office" sign by the entrance to the stairs next door at #68. This was likely the office of Mrs. Benjamin Hill. Brokers like this were often the source of servants for the wealthy households of Brookline.
2) Note the "Board Rooms" sign on the second floor. Listed in the city directory as boarders at that address are Thomas Steward, hairdresser and Joseph Hartnett, carriage painter, who worked at Michael Quinlan’s carriage factory one block away at the southwest corner of High St. and Boylston St.
3) Note the "Ladies Pompadours Cut and Curled" sign to the left at the hair salon next door.

This is one of three photos taken of this block. Looking west toward the start of Boylston St. From left to right:

• The fire house, still standing
• The Brookline Savings Bank, building still standing
• The tall brick building known as the “Sagamore” which housed Burns Drug Co. at 127 Washington St., visible on the right side
• The Davis Candy Shop at 121 Washington St.
• The van of Leslie W. Whalen, a Brookline mover
• A car advertising Brick Bradford, a science-fiction comic strip in Boston’s Daily Record newspaper
• Partial view of The Village Spa at 115 Washington St., run by the Rozantes family who lived upstairs above the store.

[Source: Historic New England]

Looking west on lower Washington St. toward the start of Boylston St. In the center of the photo, situated across High St. from the fire station, the Ford sign of T. C. Baker, a Ford dealership at 2 Boylston St., is visible. This is one of three photos taken of this block.
[Source: Historic New England]

Looking west on Lower Washington St. Shown is PCC streetcar 3001, the very first of a line of new “PCC” streetcars purchased by the Boston Elevated Railway Co. This car was the only car purchased from the St. Louis Car Co., all subsequent cars being purchased from the Pullman Co. In the rear, the ivy-covered fire station is visible. The waiting platforms in the photo were demolished in September 1938.

It is evident from the “No Stops” destination panel, and the fact that this car never ran on routes going through Brookline, that this is one of the demonstration/training runs conducted following the delivery of the car in May 1937. The car was given the nickname of “Queen Mary” and began regular service on June 24, 1937, running on routes that did not go underground as it only had doors opening on the right side. This car has been widely reported on by the enthusiast community and there is even a scale model available for purchase.

Formerly Good Intent Hose Company. Note mural in middle of façade.