Lookng north from Monmouth St. The apartment building at 40 Carlton St. on the northwest corner has not yet been erected (1924).

Looking south. Monmouth St. coming in on the left followed by the George Wightman mansion (b. 1904) at 43 Hawes St.. 48 Hawes St. (b. 1913) visible on the right. Both still standing.

Looking south toward Longwood Ave. In the foreground on the left is 116 Colchester St. followed by 295 Kent St. Far in the distance, the rounded entrance to 269 Kent St. can be detected on the southeast corner of Longwood Ave. The latter two houses remain unchanged.

116 Colchester St. was sold in 1906 and the 1907 atlas indicates that the wooden siding shown in the photo was replaced by stucco. The current configuration is entirely different, it is unknown whether that is the result of a subsequent extensive enlargement or a complete replacement.

Looking southwest from the Brookline Village “T” stop at what is essentially today’s Hearthstone Plaza. These buildings, save those in the center on the south side of Lower Washington St., were razed in the next 2-3 years for the Plaza project. From left to right:

• Partial view of the rear wall of the movie theater at 105 Washington St.
• Partial view of the rear of the four-story apartment building at 127-131Washington St.
• The fire station and buildings on High St. south of Lower Washington St. which still stand
• The buildings from 137-175 Washington St.

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.

Looking at the north side of Lower Washington St. prior to the start of the urban renewal project for the area known as “The Marsh”. In the center is the building at 127-131 Washington St. housing Sagamore Liquors on the left and The Village restaurant on the right. The large open space on the left had been the site of a wooden building from the 1800s known as “Russell Block”. In August 1962 the town ordered that it be demolished due to its dilapidated condition and no attempt was made to replace it with the urban renewal project pending. On the right is the building built in 1937 housing the entrance to the movie theater.

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking at the north side of Lower Washington St. prior to the start of the urban renewal project for the area known as “The Marsh”. In the center is the building at 127-131 Washington St. housing Sagamore Liquors on the left and The Village restaurant on the right. The large open space on the left had been the site of a wooden building from the 1800s known as “Russell Block”. In August 1962 the town ordered that it be demolished due to its dilapidated condition and no attempt was made to replace it with the urban renewal project pending. On the right is the building built in 1937 housing the entrance to the movie theater.

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.

Looking at the north side of Lower Washington St. where the roadway becomes Boylston St. and Washington St. curves northward to the left in the photo. In one year, the Brookline Redevelopment Authority would begin the process of eminent domain to demolish all these buildings for the Hearthstone Plaza, the first phase of “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project”. From right to left:

• Jim’s Shoe Store, 157 Washington St. In the Village for three decades, the shop moved here in 1941 from its location at 139 Washington St.
• Village Barber Shop, 159 Washington St.
• Kenmore Valet, dry cleaning, 165 Washington St. They relocated to 39 Harvard St.
• Brookline Bulk Candy Co, 167 Washington St. They relocated to 216 Washington St. as “Village Candies”
• Ames Supply Co., 171 Washington St., (partial view) was one of thirteen businesses, out of 49 total in The Marsh, deemed not essential to village life and therefore not eligible for relocation by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority

From a notebook of property-appraisal photos taken in 1965 and early 1966 for “The Marsh Urban Renewal Project” run by the Brookline Redevelopment Authority. Only a few scattered peripheral structures remain today.

Still standing.
[Source: Historic New England]

Looking west on Sewall Ave. from St Paul St. None of the houses on the left side remain. On the right, from right to left, all on Sewall Ave:

• #82, no longer standing
• #76 with the unique entrance, still standing
• #70 is barely differentiated from #76, it is still standing
• #64, no longer standing
• Charles St. enters, not visible
• White house
• Second Unitarian Society Parish House

[Source: Brookline Public Library]

Looking west just before Charles St. 64 Sewall partially viewed on the right. 65 Sewall Ave. partially viewed on the left followed by #61, none still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The Society formed in 1896 and initially met in the Sears Chapel on Colchester St. They constructed this building, at today’s 50 Sewall Ave., and began holding services there in early 1902. Visible on the right is the S. S. Pierce building and, on the left in the far distance, the Etsy mansion on top of Aspinwall Hill. In 1916, the congregation moved to a new building next door at 11 Charles St.
[Source: Smithsonian]

From left to right:

• Rear, 50 Sewall Ave., behind the Parish House. The building there today has an identical footprint but any connection is not known.
• Second Unitarian Society Parish House, 11 Charles St., built 1916, still standing
• (center rear) 3 Charles St., built circa 1916, , no longer standing
• 64 Sewall Ave., no longer standing

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The sign for Sewall Ave. Nursery School is visible. There is no evidence that the school existed outside 1937. Still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking east on Sewall Ave. from the corner of 92 Sewall Ave. The apartment building at 120 Sewall is viewed in the distance. The house was originally owned by several generations of the Stearns family. In the 1910s, it became Fisk Hospital (“For the treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction”) and, in the 1920s, it was an MIT fraternity house for several years. It is no longer standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking west from Carlton St. The Sears Chapel is faintly visible in the distance.

Built in 1903-04 by Edward Boit, and designed by Peabody & Stearns
[Source: Smithsonian]

In the distance is 312 Kent St., no longer standing.