Brookline Historical Society
The Farm

Village Lane
Looking from Walnut St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
5 and 7 Village Lane
Brookline Friendly Society building in the rear. Neither still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Village Lane
left to right: #13, #9. #7 (partial view)
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Brookline Friendly Society, 10 Walter Ave.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Brookline Visiting Nurse Service, 10 Walter Ave.
The Brookline Visiting Nurse Service worked from the headquarters of the Brookline Friendly Society, a health and human services agency located at 10 Walter Ave. in the area known as The Farm. They relocated in 1956 prior to the 1959 takeover of the building by the Brookline Redevelopment Authoirty and its demolition in 1960.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
20 Walter Ave.
Boston Globe, October 21, 1963. Viewed from the rear. One of the last houses remaining to be demolished as part of The Farm Redevelopment Project. In the distance the new housing for displaced residents can be viewed, all still standing.
[Source: Northeastern University, Boston Globe Library]
Walter Ave., Corner with Morss Ave.
Looking from Morss Ave. On the far left is 24 Walter Ave. On the corner is 26 Walter Ave. On the right is 33 Villa Lane.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Walter Ave.
Left to right: #63, 59, 57, 55, viewed from Parson's Playground. All razed for the Brook House complex.
Walter Ave.
Looking up Walter Ave. toward Flora St. Near the end of the street on the left is the Parson School which may explain all the children in the photo. The photo appeared in a publication about the Brookline Friendly Society whose main building was at 10 Walter Ave. From left to right:
  • 38 Walter Ave. on the southeast corner with Morss Ave.
  • 42 Walter Ave.
  • 44 Walter Ave.
  • 46 Walter Ave.
  • 50 Walter Ave.
  • 50 Walter Ave.
  • Large open space for the Parson School
  • 68 Walter Ave. On the northeast corner with Flora St.
  • 24 Flora St.

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
68 Walter Ave.
Flora St. to the right. All razed for the Brook House complex.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
The Farm, Unidentified
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