Looking at the south side of Lower Washington St. High St. is just to the right. From left to right:

• Stores in the “White Block”
• Good Intent Hose Company No. 1. This brick building, constructed at significant cost, was completed in January 1872 and headed the town’s progression to a well-organized fire-fighting system after years of more haphazard efforts. It housed a hose carriage and a steam fire engine.
• Thomas Parsons Steam Fire Engine (pictured in front)
• Royal Woodward, Blacksmith

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