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Aspinwall Ave.
Looking east. Entrance to Harrison St. is on the left.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Aspinwall Ave., 1920s
Looking east from Harrison St. 194 Aspinwall Ave is the first house on the left.
Aspinwall Ave. & Harrison St., November 1915
Looking west. Horse-drawn cart is in front of #194, Harrison St. comes in after that.
[Source: Olmsted]
Aspinwall Ave. & Toxteth St., November 1915
Looking west just before Toxteth St. #168 Aspinwall Ave. is the first house on the right.
[Source: Olmsted]
Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd.
Dr. William Aspinwall moved here from his former house on Aspinwall Ave.. Rear view of the house on the hill looking down toward Washington St. Front of the house is on Winthrop Rd. at the corner of Gardner Rd..The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd.
Intersection with Gardner Rd. is just to the right. The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd., 1897
The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Hillcrest Guest House
111 Winthrop Rd., Aspinwall Hill; circa 1927

It was Hillcrest Guest House from the early 1920s until 1943, run by Harriet W. Pray and William C. Pray. (William died in 1932).
16 and 18 Bowker St., Early 1900s
Note room-to-let sign
16 and 18 Bowker St., Early 1900s
14 Bowker St. is to the left, the rear of 44/46 Brook St. is to the right. 22 Bowker St., built in 1912, is not present. Both doors of 16 Bowker St. are open with a family out front. No families matching the four people present could be identified. The extended Horton family lived at 16 Bowker from 1906 – 1910. Maud Horton and husband, George Lewis Coleman, lived there with one young daughter.
Beacon St. at St. Mary's St., circa 1910
#999 Beacon St., C. H. Hitchcock, Druggist, which first opened circa 1907 and remianed at this location for sixty years. #1001 Beacon St., B.A. Freeman, Provisions is partially visible.
999 - 1003 Beacon St.
The storefronts from 999-1007 Beacon St. were constructed by Charles Hitchcock in 1906 and still stand. From left to right:
  • #999 Beacon St., C. H. Hitchcock, Druggist which first opened 1906 and remained at this location for sixty years.
  • #1001 Beacon St., B.A. Freeman, Provisions opened in late 1906. The most recent record available shows the "Freeman Grocery” still there in 1955
  • #1003 Beacon St., Coolidge Cleansers Inc.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
1070 Beacon St., circa 1910
Beacon House
Actually located in Boston at the intersection of Beacon St. and Brookline Ave. Beacon St. was originally known as the Mill Road Dam and was constructed to wall off the channel of water in the Charles River extending from the Boston Common to Brookline
Beacon St. at Park Dr., Boston
Looking west from the Boston line just west of Park Dr. Buildings still stand.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Beacon St. Between Carlton and St. Mary’s Streets
The north side of Beacon St. just west of the Boston-Brookline border at St. Mary’s St. From right to left:
  • Brownstones at #1012, 1014, 1016, 1018, 1020, none remain standing save #1018, the second one from the left, an odd sentinel surrounded today by one-story businesses.
  • The house at #1032, no longer standing

[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Beacon St. Near the Boston Line, February 1921
North side looking east toward St. Mary's St. Left to right: #1032 (no longer standing); #1022, The Ginter Co., groceries (still standing); #1020, the first brownstone (no longer standing); #1018, the only brownstone still standing; #s 1016, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 have all been demolished.
[Source: Olmsted]
Beacon St. At St. Mary’s St.
North side looking west from St. Mary's St. From left to right:
  • #1002, First National grocery store. It has replaced the brownstone that was part of the existing row.
  • #1004 - 1020, none of the brownstones remain standing save #1018
  • #1022-1024, storefront is still standing
  • #1032, house, no longer standing
  • #1038, partial view of the apartment building, still standing

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
1032 Beacon St.
Looking at the north side of Beacon St. before 1912 when an apartment building at #1038 was constructed. On the left is #1048, on the right is #1032, neither are still standing. In the rear is 71 Carlton St., still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Beacon St. From Carlton St.
Looking at Beacon St. from 79 Carlton St. sometime before 1912 when an apartment building at #1038 Beacon St. was added. From left to right:
  • The circular driveway of 79 Carlton St.
  • Rear of 1032 Beacon St., the house of Josephine Cunniff. No longer standing.
  • The apartment building spanning 1013–1029 Beacon St., still standing.
  • The rear of 68 Monmouth St. and the top of 69 Monmouth St., both still standing.
  • The house at 1041 Beacon St., no longer standing.
  • The rear corner of 71 Carlton St in the foreground, still standing.

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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