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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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Larz Anderson mansion
Front of the main house. Along the top are busts of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, and McKinley under whom various Andersons had given military service.
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Larz Anderson mansion, sculpture
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Larz Anderson mansion, rear view
The estate was bequethed to the town in 1948 after Isabel Anderson's death. The mansion was torn down in 1959
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Larz Anderson estate in winter
The former mansion viewed from what is currently the exit road from the park
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Larz Anderson Mansion
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Larz Anderson estate
View of the stables with the mansion in the background
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Larz Anderson estate, stables
Now the Larz Anderson Transportation Museum
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