He was a prominent abolitionist and this house was a stop on the Underground Railway

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The three Stevenson sisters - Martha Curtis (1830), Francis Greely (1833), Anna Brace (1835) –apparently never married and lived together their entire lives, largely in Brookline. Circa 1869, after the death of their widowed mother in 1866, they moved from a house on Cypress St. to this house. In 1896, they moved to the house immediately behind theirs at 94 Upland Rd, which they had purchased in 1893. Also living with the sisters in this house, until her death in 1874, with Mary Elizabeth Curtis, their mother’s sister. It is likely that she is the one pictured in the upstairs window while two of the sisters are standing in the yard.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Residence of Martin Parry Kennard. The house, modified, serves as the Brookline Music School building at 26 Kennard Rd. In 1895, Kennard and his neighbor to the east, Stephen Bennett, were given permission by the town to lay out an extension of Chestnut St. connecting Walnut St.and Boylston. It was later renamed to Kennard Rd.

Looking west on Walnut St. just past the Pierce Hall.Torn down in 1891. Replaced by the current First Parish Unitarian Church

Looking south from the north side of Boylston St. possibly from the early Joseph H. White property. Houses on Dudley St. are in the distance. Left to right [speculative]:

• 20 Dudley St. and an outbuilding in the rear
• 30 Dudley St. positioned just to the front and right of #20
• House and buildings up the hill on Fairmount St.
• Large open area which will contain a future house at 46 Dudley St.
• 54 Dudley St. largely obscured behind trees except for the third floor with its decorative window casings
• 64 Dudley St., the large three-story white house

[Source: Olmsted]

On the left is 401 Walnut St. In 1935, it was moved rearward to its presentation location at 52 Hedge Rd. The opening in the stone wall now serves as the entrance to Friedman Park. In the middle is 393 Walnut St., still standing. Photo by Brookline photographer, Carlton Parker.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The house of the John Walter Saxe family from circa 1905 - 1912, still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]

From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe, unidentified, John Burtis Saxe. The family of John Walter Saxe, Sara Florence Burtis, and their three children lived here circa 1905 – 1912, the house is still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]

From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Mr. Saxe, John Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe. They are at the Brookline Reservoir, steps away from their house at 424 Walnut St.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]

Located roughly at today's 54 Dudley St. No longer standing.

From Photographs of Brookline: taken about 1876 / Richard Hills. Call No.: BROOKLINE/Special (CAGE B.R. 974 H6), Brookline Public Library.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Designed by architects Chapman & Frazer, house is still standing. Frederick Clarke Hood, a principal in the Hood Rubber Company, bought it in 1900 and hired Olmsted in 1901 to do the landscaping.
[Source: Olmsted]

The following summary is derived from the inscription attending the photograph and involves some speculation. The house, on Walnut St. at the northeast corner with Warren St. at what is now addressed as 30 Warren St., is known by the names of some of its owners over the years, the “Gridley-Hulton” house and the “Gardner-Sumner house. The timeline is:

• 1740: built by Nathaniel Gardner, a Boston merchant
• Purchased as a summer retreat by notorious Tory, Henry Hulton, who entertained British soldiers at the house during the early years of the Revolutionary War.
• Hulton’s property is confiscated and the house is sold
• 1877: acquired by Moses Williams. It has to be assumed that the major alterations to the upper story of the sides of the house that appear in this photo were made by him. It is a possibility that, seated on the porch, are son, Hugh or Moses, Moses Williams, and wife, the former Martha C. Fininley.
• Circa 1886: Moses Williams builds the house that still stands at 30 Warren St. and demolishes this existing house.

[ref. Brookline by Hardwicke and Reed]
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The house, located on Walnut St. at the northeast corner with Warren St. at what is now addressed as 30 Warren St., was known by the names of some of its owners over the years, the “Gridley-Hulton” house and the “Gardner-Sumner house. It is viewed here from Boylston St. and the steeple of the First Parish on Walnut St. can be seen in the background.

It was built in 1740 by Nathaniel Gardner, a Boston merchant, It was later purchased as a summer retreat by notorious Tory, Henry Hulton, who entertained British soldiers at the house during the early years of the Revolutionary War. In 1877, it was acquired by Moses Williams who replaced the house circa 1886 with the house that still stands at 30 Warren St. today.

[ref. Brookline by Hardwicke and Reed]
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking northwest from Walnut St. The house, located on Walnut St. at the northeast corner with Warren St. at what is now addressed as 30 Warren St., was known by the names of some of its owners over the years, the “Gridley-Hulton” house and the “Gardner-Sumner house.

It was built in 1740 by Nathaniel Gardner, a Boston merchant, it was later purchased as a summer retreat by notorious Tory, Henry Hulton, who entertained British soldiers at the house during the early years of the Revolutionary War. In 1877, it was acquired by Moses Williams who replaced the house circa 1886 with the house that still stands at 30 Warren St. today.

[ref. Brookline by Hardwicke and Reed]
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking north from 116 Warren, no longer standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This is a rare photo of the house prior to its transformation by Frederick Law Olmsted who purchased it in May, 1883. The house was built in 1810 by Joshua Child Clark and sold to Olmsted by Clark’s two living daughters, Sarah and Susannah Clark. The sisters were persuaded to sell the house, which was not for sale at the time, provided that Olmsted build them a cottage behind the house where they would continue to live.

Built in 1810 for Deacon Joshua Clark. Purchased by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1881 who maintained his office there. Remained with the Olmsted firm until 1979.