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Emerson House, 81 Davis Ave.
Looking south toward Davis Ave .at the rear of the house. On the left are the stables.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Emerson House, 81 Davis Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Davis Ave., Looking East, March, 1921
30 Davis Ave., foreground right, and distant brick apartment buildings are still standing.
[Source: Olmsted]
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Emerson Park
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Cow Island Pumping Station
By the 1870s, a growing Brookline needed to increase the water supply to the town. After failing to gain access to the supply of Lake Cochituate or adjoining municipalities, an authorization was obtained to tap the Charles River. This pumping station was constructed on Cow Island along side the Charles in West Roxbury, not far from the Brookline border, the send water to Brookine.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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150 Fisher Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Residence of A. J. Wilkinson, 219 Fisher Ave. Corner of Dean Rd. Early 1900s
House stands largely the same today. Photographer: Wm. T. Clark, 338 Washington St. Boston
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219 Fisher Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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150 Fisher Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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150 Fisher Ave.
No longer standing. Looking west.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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70 Hyslop Rd.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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195 Fisher Ave.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Garrison Rd., November 1915
Looking east from Tappan Rd.
[Source: Olmsted]
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Garrison Rd., November 1915
Looking east from Tappan Rd.
[Source: Olmsted]
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Garrison Rd.
Standing on Claflin Rd. looking at the north side of Garrison Rd. The buildings were constructed circa 1891-1892 and all are still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Grove St.
This location is speculatively identified as Grove St. just southwest of the intersection with South St. Note the children behind the large tree.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Lyman House, 105 Heath St.
The Lyman house was built in 1844 on a 36-acre estate and was maintained for multiple generations. The house was torn down in 1956 and the land is now home to office buildings on the Boylston St. side and a modern housing development.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Lyman House, 105 Heath St.
The Lyman house was built in 1844 on a 36-acre estate and was maintained for multiple generations. The house was torn down in 1956 and the land is now home to office buildings on the Boylston St. side and a modern housing development.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Contagious Hospital, 1909
The Town of Brookline maintained its own hospitals until the 1950s. This was the first to be built, in 1894, at the corner of Newton and Grove Streets
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Baptist Hospital, 1910
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