Beacon St. and Dean Rd.

Harvard St., corner Pierce St. From the series of photographs of the Village by Richard Hills.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Holden St. The steeple and underlying structure are being raised for the new building after fire destroyed the church building on the corner of Harvard and Pierce.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Corner of Harvard St. and Linden St. Built to serve newly immigrated Irish Catholics.

Photograph by the Boston Herald newspaper on November 25, 1928 for a story on the upcoming dedication ceremony on December 12. At the time, the congregation was already the oldest in Boston at 86 years old. The still-undeveloped land on Kent St., part of a large estate, can be glimpsed on the left. Beacon St. is in the foreground.

Freeman St. , built 1912

Corner Marion St. and Harvard St.

Second Roman Catholic church to open (1897) in Brookline. Boylston St. west of Chestnut Hill Ave.

774 Boylston St. Just west of Chestnut Hill Ave.

Looking from Beacon St. toward Brookline. The house and barn of Michael McGrady on Reservoir Lane are visible on the left.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 1] This view is taken roughly from the railroad tracks (today’s “D” line) behind the Metropolitan Water Works Pumping Station and is the first in line of a sequence of photos of Reservoir Lane as it goes southward to Boylston St.

In the center rear is the first house built by Michael McGrady on his property of 8 acres. He purchased the Learned family land in 1865 and built the house around that time, it was torn down in 1901. Circa 1889-1890 he built the house in the foreground and a barn that is off screen to the left. Both are still standing at 57 Reservoir Lane. After McGrady’s death in 1912, Ernest Dane bought the land and raised vegetables for his large Chestnut Hill estate at 400 Heath Street.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 2] On the left is the first house of Michael McGrady soon to be torn down in 1901. On the right Webber’s Waste Weir, located on top of the aqueduct that is flowing alongside Reservoir Lane to the Brookline Reservoir on Boylston St. It can be viewed today from Reservoir Road.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 3] Looking east. The buildings on Michael McGrady’s land are on the left, a brook is on the right.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 4] Looking south. The house and barn of Charles Webber are on the left and the waste weir, still standing and visible from Reservoir Rd. today, is on the right. In the distance, a wagon is on the road by the white house of Patrick Mooney.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 5] Looking south. The house and barn of Charles Webber are on the left.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 6] Looking north. The house and barn of Charles Webber are on the right. In the distance is the Metropolitan Water Works Pumping Station.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 7] Looking north. The house and barn of Charles Webber are on the right. On the left is the waste weir, still standing and visible today from Reservoir Rd. In the distance is the Metropolitan Water Works Pumping Station.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 8] Standing at Patrick Mooney's house looking north at Charles Webber's house.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Reservoir Lane View 9] Standing across from William D. White's house looking north at Charles Webber's house. In the distance is the Metropolitan Water Works Pumping Station.

Reservoir Lane is one of the earliest roads in Brookline and was originally a section in the trail used by Native Americans to travel from Roxbury to Nonantum Hill in Newton. In 1905, the lane became today’s Reservoir Road, a new section was added on the north end connecting to Middlesex Rd., and only a small length of the lane remains by Middlesex Rd.

In 1892, author Bradford Kingman described the lane as “one of the wildest and most picturesque spots, and the land thereabouts such as anyone who had never explored would hardly suppose could be found within the limits of such a town as Brookline, and so near to Boston. The present lane is narrow, rocky, winding, steep, up hill and down vale, bordered with briars and gay with wild flowers, or attractive with berries in their season.”
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]