[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Standing on Hammond St. looking south across Boylston St. at 1186 Boylston St., the Quinlan Pharmacy. On the far left is 615 Hammond St., still standing, with 609 Hammond St. next to the pharmacy. On the right of the pharmacy is 1188 Boylston St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Edward Finnerty, not pictured, was the son of an Irish immigrant. By 1885 he and his family were living in the area of Boylston St. and Hammond St., an area with a number of other Irish families. He was an “ice-man” working for the Jamaica Pond Ice Company in the days before refrigerators when ice blocks were delivered to houses. In 1892, the Finnerty family moved to this house at 1198 Boylston St. where they remained in various iterations until 1924.

In the photo are the following:

• Catherine (Kit) J. Finnerty (b. 1892)
• Helen Francis (Ellen) Finnerty (b. 1889)
• Edward J. Finnerty (b. 1883), he later worked as a driver for an ice company
• John Joseph Finnerty (b. 1879)
• Mary T. Finnerty (b. 1877)
• Nellie Walsh, details unknown

Contributor: Mary Ellen Carney
[Source: University of Massachusetts Boston]

Built in 1753; no longer standing

Near Heath St. and Woodland Rd.

The house was located on Heath St. on the southwest corner of today’s Woodland Rd. It was built in 1740 by Nathaniel Stedman and later purchased by Benjamin White who owned a lot of land along Heath St. Thomas C. Quimby and family then lived in this house from the 1850s until 1892.

The identity of the two young girls shown cannot be determined. They do not appear to fit the profile of any of Quimby family members. Quimby’s one surviving son also lived in the Heath St. house but only had one daughter. Only one of Quimby’s four daughters was born after 1850 and all remained single, later living together around the corner on Hammond St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Formerly located on the small hill, corner Woodland Rd. and Heath St. House later owned by Andrew Adie. Now the Soule Playground. The estate's stable is currently the headquarters of the Brookline Recreation Dept.

At today's 114 Clyde St. Built in 1723 by John Woodward, occupied for many years by George Goldsmith

Thomas Perkins built this house, which is no longer standing, circa 1806. There are contradictory attributions for the house number on Warren St. with the best fit appearing to be number 514. His brother, Samuel Gardner Perkins, built a house nearby on the corner of Cottage St. and Warren St., both built in the “planation” style adopted by several other houses in the area. Perkins and his two brothers ran a shipping business that had some engagement with the slave trade.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

At today's 114 Clyde St. Built in 1723 by John Woodward, occupied for many years by George Goldsmith
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking at rear of the house toward Newton St., Lagrange St. is to the left. This house stood roughly where today’s 648 Newton St. is located, a little east of LaGrange St. An approximate timeline is:

• House built in the late 1600s by Vincent Druce, later assumed by his nephew, Obadiah Druce. Then passed to the family of Ebenezer Crafts
• 1859: Francis Parkman Denny, Sr. moves into the house
• 1860: Denny marries Emily Parker Groom
• 1871: Denny moves into a new house up the hill. Charles R. Dow, Denny’s farmer, takes over the Newton St. house
• 1872: Denny dies. Wife and family remain in the house on the hill
• Circa 1890: Charles R. Dow changes primary house to Newton St. at Grove St.
• Circa 1898: the land owned by Denny is purchased by investors and changed to a subdivision of house lots. Wolcott Rd. created.
• Circa 1902: House torn down

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking at rear of the house toward Newton St., Lagrange St. is to the left. This house stood roughly where today’s 648 Newton St. is located, a little east of LaGrange St. An approximate timeline is:

• House built in the late 1600s by Vincent Druce, later assumed by his son. Then passed to the family of Ebenezer Crafts
• 1859: Francis Parkman Denny, Sr. moves into the house
• 1860: Denny marries Emily Parker Groom
• 1871: Denny moves into a new house up the hill. Charles R. Dow, Denny’s farmer, takes over the Newton St. house
• 1872: Denny dies. Wife and family remain in the house on the hill
• Circa 1890: Charles R. Dow changes primary house to Newton St. at Grove St.
• Circa 1898: the land owned by Denny is purchased by investors and changed to a subdivision of house lots. Wolcott Rd. created.
• Circa 1902: House torn down

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Located at today’s 830 Newton St., this house stood next to the Saw Mill Brook where Drew ran a saw mill. The house and mill were built in 1693 and Drew later added a tavern to serve his homemade fermented-huckleberry wine to the mill customers. The mill ceased operation around 1830 and the house burned down in 1873. The recent construction of a new house on the lot revealed old foundations and artifacts and an archeological survey was performed by a team from Boston University, headed by Mary Beaudry. Photograph by A. H. Folsom
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Lee St. is in the foreground, Hillside Rd. and Heath Hill are above.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west across the Brookline reservoir (drained)
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

A mail plane flying from New York to Boston lost power after experiencing a broken fuel line and was force to crash land on the estate. The only occupant was the pilot who was unharmed.
[Source: Joel Shield]

Newton St. at the park entrance. Maintained by the Historical Society.

House of John S. Wright, just west of High St. The stone wall remains, modified to accommodate the driveways and entrances of the replacement buildings.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]

He was a prominent abolitionist and this house was a stop on the Underground Railway