Brookline Historical Society
Photo Collection

Colchester St., circa 1910
Looking west from Hawes St. 312 Kent St., since replaced with a newer house, is seen at the end.
119 Colchester St., 1888
Formerly numbered 115, home of Harrison Gardner. Kent St. looking north, to the left. House still standing.
312 Kent St.
Home of Benjamin Keith, demolished in1938.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
346 Kent St., 1937
No longer standing. Marshall St. viewed in the rear.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
357 Kent St., 1933
The house, no longer standing, was built in 1860 for David Sears III, the son of David Sears who owned much of the Longwood area. It was demolished by 1940 and replaced by today’s Chatham Circle subdivision. Photo by Henry A. Varney, Brookline town engineer.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
60 Beech (formerly Dudley St.) Rd., 1888
House of William H. Lincoln. Kent St. is off-photo to the right.
Beech Rd.
Looking east from Kent St. In the foreground is the house of William H. Lincoln at 60 Beech Rd. followed by 48 Beech Rd., neither are still standing. The third house, 42 Beech Rd., is still standing.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Beech Rd.
Looking west from Hawes St. #26 Beech Rd. is on the left, still standing.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
View of Hawes St.
Looking from the Boston side of the Emerald Necklace at the townhouses at 5-11 Hawes St.
[Source: Olmsted]
6 Hawes St., November, 1910
Built in 1864 for David Sears; was remodeled and expanded in 1906 by Clarence H. Blackall for Nathaniel Amster, a mining expert
[Source: Smithsonian]
16 Hawes St., November, 1910
Designed by architects P. B. Howard and Charles E. Patch; built in 1906 for Clara and H. A. Gowing. All houses in the photo still stand. 1090-1100 Beacon St. is in the far distance.
[Source: Smithsonian]
Hawes St., April 1935
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
10 Hawes Pl., November, 1910
The George Quincy House, built in 1909, on the corner of Hawes Place and Borland Street.
[Source: Smithsonian]
26 Beech Rd., 1910
Designed in 1907 by Hartwell, Richardson & Driver for Joseph Gahm.
[Source: Smithsonian]
Hose Company #3, Chapel St. Station, Early 1880s
Located across the tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad at the Chapel St. station. At the time, Carlton St. dipped down to the station. Along the tracks on the other side were several privately-owned buildings where this brick and wood stable owned by Dr. William K. Lawrence was used by Hose Company #3 to store their engine.

In late 1882, a Babcock Chemical Engine acquired by the town and housed nearby on Carlton St. A new company, Chemical Engine #1, was created and appears to have merged with Hose Company #3 in the next year. Chemical Engine #1 moved to their own building at 86 Monmouth St. when it opened in early 1887.

There appear to be two large extinguisher tanks, characteristic of chemical engines, at the front of the wagon in the photo.
[Source: Boston Publishing Co.]
Chapel Station, Carlton & Colchester St.
Flag station for the Boston and Albany Railroad and pedestrian crossing; the southern end of Carlton St. is on the left; note same man as in the Longwood Station photo and the other man at the left hand corner of the building
Longwood Flag Station, Boston and Albany Railroad
By the Longwood Ave overpass, looking east; Sears Chapel in the background; note same man as in the Chapel Station photo
Muddy River Project, October 28, 1908
Looking north toward Chapel St. from the Muddy River just east of the Longwood Ave. bridge. In the foreground is the carriage house of the Richards estate, location of the present-day Longwood Towers. In the upper left corner is the rear of the house at 287 Kent St., still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Muddy River Project, November 12, 1908
Looking north toward Chapel St. from the Muddy River just east of the Longwood Ave. bridge. In the foreground is the carriage house of the Richards estate, location of the present-day Longwood Towers. On the left is the rear of the house at 287 Kent St., still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
View toward Chapel St. from the Muddy River, 1909.
Looking north toward Chapel St. from the Muddy River just east of the Longwood Ave. bridge. In the foreground is the carriage house of the Richards estate, location of the present-day Longwood Towers. On the left, in the far distance, is the rear of the house at 287 Kent St., still standing. This photo shows the completion of the recent pipe-laying project conducted on the slopes in the foreground.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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