Brookline Historical Society
Photo Collection

First Parish Church, Third Building, 1880s
This is the third iteration of the First Parish Unitarian Church. It replaced the second building, on the same site, in 1848 and, in turn, was torn down in 1891 and replaced by the current First Parish Unitarian Church.
First Parish Unitarian Church, Fourth Building
[Source: Olmsted]
First Parish Unitarian Church, Fourth Building
Brookline Reservoir
Looking south from the north side of Boylston St. on the early Joseph H. White property. Houses on Dudley St. are in the distance. Left to right [speculative]:
  • 20 Dudley St. and an outbuilding in the rear
  • 30 Dudley St. positioned just to the front and right of #20
  • House and buildings up the hill on Fairmount St.
  • Large open area which will contain a future house at 46 Dudley St.
  • 54 Dudley St. largely obscured behind trees except for the third floor with its decorative window casings
  • 64 Dudley St., the large three-story white house

Fairmount St. Hill
Looking east at the Fairmount St. hill. The Brookline Reservoir on Boylston St. is on the left.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Walnut St. at Warren
On the left is 401 Walnut St. In 1935, it was moved rearward to its presentation location at 52 Hedge Rd. The opening in the stone wall now serves as the entrance to Friedman Park. In the middle is 393 Walnut St., still standing. Photo by Brookline photographer, Carlton Parker.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Walnut St. at Warren
Standing at the top of Walnut St. looking west. On the left is 423 Walnut St. and, on the right, is 49 Warren St., both still standing. Photo by Brookline photographer, Carlton Parker.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
423 Walnut St., May 1916
[Source: Olmsted]
424 Walnut St.
The house of the John Walter Saxe family from circa 1905 - 1912, still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
Saxe Family Children, 424 Walnut St., circa 1909
From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe, unidentified, John Burtis Saxe. The family of John Walter Saxe, Sara Florence Burtis, and their three children lived here circa 1905 – 1912, the house is still standing.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
John Walter Saxe and Children at the Reservoir, circa 1909
From left to right: James Burtis Saxe, Mr. Saxe, John Burtis Saxe, Eleanor Saxe. They are at the Brookline Reservoir, steps away from their house at 424 Walnut St.
[Source: Saxe Family Collection]
496 Walnut St.
[Source: Olmsted]
34 Welch Rd., May 2, 1909
Built in 1907 for Rene Evans Paine. Directly across Warren St. from the house of Frederick Law Olmsted, his 1894 classmate at Harvard.
[Source: Olmsted]
23 Dudley St.
Looking east toward Fairmount St.
[Source: Olmsted]
30 Dudley St.
Looking west. Entrance to Fairmount St. foreground left.
[Source: Olmsted]
Taylor House, Dudley St., circa 1876
Located roughly at today's 54 Dudley St. No longer standing.

From Photographs of Brookline: taken about 1876 / Richard Hills. Call No.: BROOKLINE/Special (CAGE B.R. 974 H6), Brookline Public Library.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
46 Dudley St.
Residence of Frederick W. Paine, still standing.
[Source: Historic New England]
Taylor House, Dudley St., circa 1876
The reservoir is in the distance. Located roughly at today's 54 Dudley St. No longer standing.

From Photographs of Brookline: taken about 1876 / Richard Hills. Call No.: BROOKLINE/Special (CAGE B.R. 974 H6), Brookline Public Library.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
30 Warren St.
The house, located on Walnut St. at the northeast corner with Warren St. at what is now addressed as 30 Warren St., was known by the names of some of its owners over the years, the “Gridley-Hulton” house and the “Gardner-Sumner house. It is viewed here from Boylston St. and the steeple of the First Parish on Walnut St. can be seen in the background.

It was built in 1740 by Nathaniel Gardner, a Boston merchant, It was later purchased as a summer retreat by notorious Tory, Henry Hulton, who entertained British soldiers at the house during the early years of the Revolutionary War. In 1877, it was acquired by Moses Williams who replaced the house circa 1886 with the house that still stands at 30 Warren St. today.

[ref. Brookline by Hardwicke and Reed]
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
45 Warren St., 1925
Looking northeast at the Brookline reservoir (drained) gatehouse. On the right is 45 Warren St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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