Beacon St. looking west is on the far right. In the middle are the house and outbuildings of Charles Stearns. In the far-left corner of the photo, the steeple of the Harvard Congregational Church on Harvard St. can be glimpsed. The house blocking the view of the church may be that of J. G. Stearns on Longwood Ave. The fencing behind it is probably tracing Sewall Ave.

This is one of two unusual early photos taken in this area, it is probably date before 1880.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.

Image Courtesy the Brookline Preservation Department