Looking at the south side of Coolidge Corner just west of Harvard St. All the buildings are still standing except for the church. From left to right:

• 1341 Beacon St.: Brookline Trust Co.
• 1343 Beacon St.: Thomas Fish Market
• 1345 Beacon St.: Coolidge Corner Woman's Exchange
• 1349 Beacon St.: Morgan Bros. Creamery
• 1351 Beacon St.: C. G. Howes, Cleaners
• 1351A Beacon St.: Personal Bookshop and Lending Library
• 1353 Beacon St.: entrance to upstairs apartments
• 1353A Beacon St.: appears empty. The Brookline Beauty Shoppe was there until the end of 1929; the Brookline Chamber of Commerce opened there in September, 1930.
• 1355 Beacon St.: Beacon Market (Joseph F. Heald, proprietor)
• 1357 Beacon St.: Kidder, Peabody & Co. Investments and Securities
• 1361 Beacon St.: Wilfred L. Steeves, Hardware, Electricians, Locksmiths
• 1363 Beacon St.: Gammon Drug Co.
• 1373 Beacon St.: Baptist Church
• 1375 Beacon St.: J. W. Rogers, Florist
• 1397 Beacon St.: side of the apartment building

The Wilson family house and carriage house have just been demolished and replaced with this large auto garage that still stands today, housing a supermarket.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

Katherine Macleod (1892 – 1994) was the daughter of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker for the Wilson family at 161 Harvard St. She is seen here wearing a traditional Scottish outfit reflective of her Scottish heritage. She married John Cleveland Dick, originally from Scotland, in 1920 and the couple moved to Canada where they had three children. After the early death of her husband in 1935, she returned to Brookline - first to her family’s caretaker house which had been moved down the hill to 37 Harvard Ct. and later to 122 Davis Ave.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

Standing on Harvard St. where the Wilson house at #161 has just been demolished. Viewed from left to right:

• The rear of the apartment buildings on Alton Place and the rear wall of their garages, all still standing
• The mansion at 33 Alton Place, no longer standing
• Oin the rear, the apartment complex at Alton Court, then under construction, still standing
• The carriage house of 161 Harvard St. now the site of a large super market

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

The caretaker's house of Donald Finley Macleod has just been moved from the now-demolished estate of 161 Harvard St. onto a new foundation at 37 Harvard Ct. New siding and a porch will soon be added. On the far left, the rear of 33 Alton Place can be viewed. The rear of the large apartment complex on Alton Ct., then under construction and still standing, can be viewed behind the trees. The rear of The Henry C. Bell auto garage at 2 St. Paul St., no longer standing, is on the right.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

Donald Finley Macleod was the long-time caretaker for the Wilson family at 161 Harvard St. His son, (Walter) Ernest, likely pictured here, maintained bee hives on the property. The hives appear to be loaded on the carriage which sits in front of the carriage house of number 161. Ernest Macleod briefly advertised honey and honey products for sale in February 1923 issues of the Brookline Chronicle. From the sign on the carriage, it appears that he was in partnership with Arthur Wales, the husband of his older sister, Alexana. The Wales lived at 6 Elm St., Brookline, the address shown on the carriage sign. After 35 year as a Brookline firefighter, Walter Ernest Gunn Macleod retired to Maine where he continued to raise bees.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

Circa 1919, photographed by the carriage house, now the site of a large supermarket. Donald Finley Macleod was the long-time caretaker for the Wilson family at 161 Harvard St. A speculative identification of the people is (front to back, left to right):

• [Row 1] Robert Macleod (son)
• [Row 1] Christena M. Macleod (daughter)
• [Row 2] Christena Donalda (MacIver) Macleod (mother)
• [Row 2] Donald Finley Macleod (father)
• [Row 3] Ernest Macleod (son)
• [Row 3] Christena Macleod (daughter)
• [Row 3] Almon Macleod (son)

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

House of Donald Finley Macleod. He was the long-time caretaker for the Wilson family at 161 Harvard St. In 1924, Anna and Lydia Wilson, aging sisters who never married and still lived in the family house, sold the property. The caretaker’s house in the rear was moved down the hill to this location at the end of Harvard Court. The rear of the apartment building on Alton Ct., still standing, is viewed on the left. The rear of The Henry C. Bell auto garage at 2 St. Paul St., no longer standing, is on the right. In the distance is the steeple of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

January 21, 1921. The apartment buildings and the row of garages on the left are still standing.

From the photo album of the family of Donald Finley Macleod, caretaker of 161 Harvard St.

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House of William Bowditch, no longer standing..
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Reprinted from the Brookline Chronicle, June 12, 1986

From the pamphlet entitled Brookline School Photos, Taken and Finished by the Guidance Department, 1933
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From the pamphlet entitled Brookline School Photos, Taken and Finished by the Guidance Department, 1933
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From the pamphlet entitled Brookline School Photos, Taken and Finished by the Guidance Department, 1933
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[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

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
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