Across from Winthrop Rd., around today's #1680 Beacon St. Visible is the partial removal of the fence in preparation for moving the house back to accommodate the widening of Beacon St..

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

[Courtesy of the Digital Commonwealth (CC BY-NC-ND). From the Brookline Photograph Collection published by the Public Library of Brookline]