Mr. Burke from the Water Department; flanked by Mr Bushway (l.) and Mr. Paine (r.)

Inside the old Town Hall

Ebenezer Warren Reed, in addition to several official positions with the town, was a watering-cart contractor with Brookline who sprinkled the dirt streets to reduce dust and preserve the covering over the stone underlayment. This is currently the only known photograph of a watering cart in Brookline. Across Boylston St. was the feeder station hydrant used to fill the wagon.
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On the left is a partial view of the Gulf station at the corner of Brookline Ave. and Lower Washington St. In the middle is 85 River Rd., an apartment building that fronted on 682/684 Brookline Ave. On the right is the rear of 676 Brookline Ave., a building still standing in 2025, one of the very few not removed during the urban renewal project of the 1970s.

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.

Arthur Ouimet acquired this house, newly-built, in 1900 and rented it out for three years before moving in with his own family. Francis Ouimet, his son, later worked as a caddie at the Country Club, located directly across the street, and famously won the U. S. Open in 1913.

In 2020, Tom Hynes, a member of the Country Club who also lived on Clyde St., acquired the house. Hynes, with donations from fellow Country Club members, initiated a complete restoration of the house to its original condition, including period furnishings. The project was nearing completion as of this writing in June, 2022, with the final disposition of the house yet to be determined.
[Source: New York Times]

Arthur Ouimet, the father of the famous golfer, Francis Ouimet, acquired this house in 1900 along with the house next door at 246 Clyde St. He rented it out while his family lived at #246. The woman and dog pictured match the profile of Mrs. Ouimet, though this cannot be confirmed. Still standing.
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Left to right: 276, 286/288, 290 Clyde St., all still standing. #288 was a store and had two gas pumps in front for many years.
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“Fernwood”, the house built in 1910 for Alfred Douglass, still standing on Fernwood Rd.
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Looking north across the reservoir and Boylston St. from Heath Hill. From right to left:

• The long white structure of the green house of Joseph White
• The house on the top of the hill at 73 Seaver St., built in 1892, still standing
• The large structure barely visible behind the trees is the Longyear estate at 120 Seaver St. Still standing
• The well-known Boylston - Hyslop - Lee House partially obscured behind the tree; still standing

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Traveling inbound in the area of Chestnut Hill Ave.

This house was built in 1715 by Samuel Clark (the 2nd) and was eventually occupied by 6 generations of the Clark family until its demolition in 1902. Caleb Clark, born in 1789 in the fourth generation, took ownership of the house and, in 1862, his son, another Samuel, constructed a house next door at 310 Walnut St. Samuel’s daughter, Helen Clark, took over the house with her husband, William S. Cutler. When they moved to a new house steps away on Chestnut St., the Clark house was rented until 1898 to the just-widowed Alma Charity Mears Macallister (see additional photo of the house).

This house was built in 1715 by Samuel Clark (the 2nd) and was eventually occupied by six generations of the Clark family until its demolition in 1902. Samuel Clark from the fifth generation eventually took over the house. When, in 1862, he built a house for himself next door, at 310 Walnut St., his daughter, Helen, and her husband, William S. Cutler assumed ownership of the house. When they moved to a new house steps away on Chestnut St., they rented out the Clark house.

The house was rented by Alma Charity Mears Macallister, “Mrs. Richard Macallister”, the woman posed in front of the house. She had been living in India where her husband ran cotton/jute/hemp mill operations employing more than 1,400 workers and where he was also vice-consul general for the United States. When he died in April, 1882, at the age of 52, Alma returned to the United States with her son, Richard, who had spent his entire 13 years in India. After living in Brookline Village for a few months they moved to the Clark house in 1883. In 1898, the two moved around the corner to 31 Clark Road and the Clark house remained empty until it was demolished in 1902.

House of Charles Ware, constructed by Edward Philbrick who lived across the street, still standing. Charles Ware, a music transcriber and educator, was an abolitionist who worked with freedmen in Port Royal, part of the areas of South Carolina controlled by the Union Army. He later contributed to the publication of Slave Songs of the United States.

In 1715, the house next door at 322 Walnut St was built by Samuel Clark (the 2nd) and was eventually occupied by 6 generations of the Clark family until its demolition in 1902. In 1862, Samuel Clark from the 5th generation at 322 constructed this house at 310 Walnut St. Samuel’s daughter, Helen Clark, took over the house at 322 Walnut with her husband, William S. Cutler. Both houses are no longer standing.

In 1715, the house next door at 322 Walnut St was built by Samuel Clark (the 2nd) and was eventually occupied by 6 generations of the Clark family until its demolition in 1902. In 1862, Samuel Clark from the 5th generation at 322 constructed this house at 310 Walnut St. Samuel’s daughter, Helen Clark, took over the house at 322 Walnut with her husband, William S. Cutler. Both houses are no longer standing.

Built 1791, still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Built 1791, still standing.
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House of Francs Cabot, no longer standing. The coachman is identified only as "Michael". It is noted that a Michael J. Lynch was a coachman for the Cabot family in the 1891 town directory though any match would be highly speculative.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

House of Francs Cabot, no longer standing
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House of Francs Cabot, no longer standing
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