Aspinwall House is on the far right, torn down 1891. St. Paul St. looking north to the left, Aspinwall Ave. to the right.
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Aspinwall Ave. to the right

Aspinwall Ave. to the right, looking east; St Paul St to the left.

Aspinwall Ave. to the right, looking east

Built 1906; Coolidge Corner Theater today

No longer standing. Cypress St. to the right, Washington St., looking south, to the left.

Washington St. runs left to lower right, School St. enters on the right.

Known as the “Bethany Building”, the church was constructed in 1844 as the first church in Brookline of the newly-organized Harvard Congregational Society. The building was sold in 1873 as the Society prepared to move to a larger structure at the corner of Harvard St. and Marion St. After a brief stint as a Methodist church followed by several additional changes of ownership, the building was acquired in 1887 by the Bethany Sunday School Association which held it for the next twenty years. The building was torn down in 1928.

Harvard St., corner Pierce St. From the series of photographs of the Village by Richard Hills.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Erected in 1828 in Harvard Square. In 1858, the church moved to a new structure at the corner of Harvard St. and Pierce St. In 1859, John Panter acquired the former structure and moved it forward into the apex of the two main thoroughfares, Washington St. and Harvard St., and created storefronts on the first floor.

The church was the outgrowth of meetings first organized by Elijah Corey who sought an alternative to the First Parish Church which was located at the top of Walnut surrounded by the monied elite of Brookline to whom the parish appealed.
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Photo shows the western side of Harvard St. immediately north of fork with Washington St. Church is at the corner of Pierce St. St. Mary's Church in the distance on the right.

Western side of Harvard St. just north of fork with Washington St. Church is at the corner of Pierce St. #14 Harvard St. just visible to the left.

#14 Harvard St. is to the left. Pierce St. to the right. In early 1908, the Baptist church moved to a new building at Beacon and Park. The Presbyterian Church then relocated from its Prospect St. location to the old Baptist Church building in early 1910.
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In early 1908, the church moved here from its prior location at the corner of Pierce and Harvard. The Presbyterian Church then relocated from its Prospect St. location to the old Baptist Church building in early 1910.

Built in 1910

Park St. in front, Vernon St on the right

Beacon St. and Dean Rd.

Holden St. The steeple and underlying structure are being raised for the new building after fire destroyed the church building on the corner of Harvard and Pierce.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The Church was built in the early 1850s between Andem Place and Station Street to serve the growing Catholic, mostly Irish, population of Brookline. The first service was held on Christmas day, 1853. The current church on Linden Place was opened in 1886 and this building was later incorporated into the Holtzer Cabot factory on Station St.

The photo is one of a series of stereoviews taken circa 1873-1876 by Richard Hills and son. There is a bit of an optical illusion in the left foreground. Shown is the wooden fence from the property on the other side of Andem Place.
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Corner of Harvard St. and Linden St. Built to serve newly immigrated Irish Catholics.