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217 Kent St., 1888.
Residence of Llewellyn Powers, no longer standing. #203 is visble to the right. Powers was a multi-term congressman from Maine and two-time governor of that state. He was also a lawyer and decided, in 1887, to leave public service in Maine to practice law in Massachusetts. He spent four years in Brookline and then returned to politics in Maine.
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232 Kent St.
Still standing. 240 Kent St. is partially visible to the right.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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240 Kent St., 1905
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97 Francis St.
Still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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256 Kent St., 1888.
House of John Gardner Curtis and his wife, Helen Mary Bramhall. Northwest corner of the old Stearns St., now Newell Rd., the house is no longer standing. It is likely that the little girl in the photo is their daughter, Harriett G. Curtis, born 26-Nov-1884.
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259 Kent St., circa 1888
Built 1875, designed by S. Edwin Tobey, still standing. House of Daniel Barrett, a manager at Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing Co., Boston
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287 Kent St., Corner of Longwood Ave., 1888.
Still standing.
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Francis St.
Looking east from St. Paul St.
[Source: Joel Shield]
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St. Paul St. at Stearns Rd.., November 1915
Looking north from Stearns Rd. #93, 97,101, 105, apartment buildings all still standing.
[Source: Olmsted]
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The Pollock School, 28 Alton Place
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The Pollock School, 28 Alton Place
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Alton Place & St. Paul St., 1888
Residence of William L. Chase, president of H & L Chase Co., importers and manufacturers of bags and related goods. Alton Place, to the left; on the right is St. Paul going north toward Francis St. House is no longer standing.
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Alton Place
Viewed from St. Paul St. #64 Alton Place on the corner.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
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33 Alton Place, 1888
Residence of Mortimer Catlin Ferris (1818 - 1889). He died shortly after this photo was taken, his widow continued to live there. He spent most of his life working for Dane, Dana & Company, importers and dealers in teas. The estate covered a large part of the southern side of Alton Place, the house is no longer standing.
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36 Alton Place
Eliakim Littell, founded Littell’s Living Age, a publication lasting nearly 100 years that reprinted highlights from American and British newspapers. His son, Robert Littell, took over the reins after his death with his sister, Susan Littell, assisting as editor. After Robert died in 1896, the house was purchased by Harry Freeman who tore down the house, created a cross street in its place, named Littell Rd., and built a development of houses.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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64 Alton Place
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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House, 1888, Unidentified, Listed as "Club House"
Possibly Longwood area
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Larz Anderson Estate
[Source: Historic New England]
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Original Larz Anderson house
This is the original house built by William Fletcher Weld, grandfather of Isabel Anderson. It was later bequethed to Isabel's cousin, William Weld, and eventually sold in 1899 to the newly-wedded Anderson's by the latter's widow.
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Original Larz Anderson house, rear
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