House of Charles L. Palmer, carriage painter, harness maker, and manufacturer of children’s carriages (pictured out front). Charles was in his mid-fifties and may be standing out front. His son, Edward, also worked in the business and lived in the house. Partially visible in the rear is the building that would have served as the workshop. Across the street is the entrance to the old circular drive of the library.

From Photographs of Brookline: taken about 1876 / Richard Hills. Call No.: BROOKLINE/Special (CAGE B.R. 974 H6), Brookline Public Library.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

From left to right:

• 362 Washington St., no longer standing
• 366 Washington St., Brookline Savings Bank; built in 1898 on land owned by of David H. Daniels, still standing.
• 370 Washington St. House of David H. Daniels, Superintendent of Brookline Schools, from 1871 – 1902; still standing though demolition has been proposed in 2023
• 376 Washington St., partial view, still standing

[Source: Joel Shield]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The house was constructed in 1868 and purchased in 1871 by David H. Daniels, a teacher at the Pierce School. He had become the principal of Pierce by 1875 and the Superintendent of Schools in Brookline by 1879. Daniels remained living in the house, which still stands, until his death in 1902. The house was originally 206 Washington St. before the renumbering of the street in the 1890s.

From Photographs of Brookline: taken about 1876 / Richard Hills. Call No.: BROOKLINE/Special (CAGE B.R. 974 H6), Brookline Public Library.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Washington St. next to Public Library. Brookline Savings Bank in the background.
[Source: Joel Shield]

In the 1820s the house was the location of a school run by the sisters Elizabeth and Mary Peabody.

Washington St, near Cypress St. and soldier's monument. Note: there are three people in the photo.

Buildings are no longer standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Built circa 1868 as the house of Jonathan Dean Long and the location of his carpentry business. On the far left is a partial view of #352 followed by #354 and #358/360, all three were demolished shortly after this photo was taken. Photo taken by Marguerite (Long) Goodspeed, Long’s granddaughter.
[Source: Fleming Collection]

Built circa 1868 as the house of Jonathan Dean Long and the location of his carpentry business. Photo by Marguerite (Long) Goodspeed, Long’s granddaughter, taken shortly before it was demolished.
[Source: Fleming Collection]

Standing on Washington St. looking north at the Bethany Building. School St. is to the right. The steeple is in the first of three iterations, it was reduced in size over time. 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.

The horse-drawn car is being pulled on rails which were first laid in 1859 and has reached its final stop at Washington and School streets. At these final stops the horse(s) would be unhitched and attached to the other end of the car and the route retraced. This car #7 is also seen in another Village photo, that one dated 1873.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

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.

Standing on Cypress St. looking northeast at the Bethany Building. Washington St. crosses from left to right. Foreground, right: one-story store fronts at 4 Cypress Ave., still standing. Background, right: 115 School St., no longer standing.

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.
[Source: Olmsted]

Washington St. at the junction with Cypress St., School St. to the right. This former church recently ceased its long-time function as the Bethany Sunday School and subsequently

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. It saw occasional use in 1917/1918 for the in-season sales of locally-grown farm produce at the Brookline Community Market, before being sold in 1919.The building was torn down in 1928.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking northeast from Washington St. Foreground left: the curve of Prospect St. preceding the First Presbyterian Church, built in 1897, no longer standing. Rear, left: The large brick apartment building at 152-158 Harvard St., built circa 1900. Rear, left of center: The steeple of the Harvard Congregational Church with the cupola of the Pierce Buiding in Coolidge Corner just visible to its immediate left. Center: white apartment buildings sandwiched between Aspinwall Ave. and Homer St. Foreground, right: St. Mary's of the Assumption Church. The steeple is on Harvard St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking south on Harvard St. from Webster Place.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

13-15 Harvard St, corner, Webster Pl. The Spring Sale sign displays the dates April 20-25 which, because of blue-law-mandated Sunday closings, likely means those dates correspond to Monday-Saturday, which then matches with the year 1914.

13-15 Harvard St, corner, Webster Pl. The Spring Sale sign displays the dates April 20-25 which, because of blue-law-mandated Sunday closings, likely means those dates correspond to Monday-Saturday, which then matches with the year 1914.

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.