The James Michael Curley House was the primary residence, for 41 years, of James Michael Curley, one of the most legendary figures in 20th century Massachusetts politics. Curley built the house in 1915, during his first mayoral term, and lived there until 1956, the year after his last mayoral campaign. For seven decades, the Curley house has been a symbol of the evolving social, cultural and political presence of 19th century immigrants and their descendants.
Read MoreThe First Church of Jamaica Plain has witnessed the growth of Jamaica Plain from country town to city suburb and its site is of long historic association both to its immediate environs and to the City of Boston.
Read MoreThe Loring-Greenough House, built in 1760 for Joshua Loring, has been certified as a National, Massachusetts and Boston Historic Landmark because of its historical connections with the American Revolution and its value as an example of Colonial architecture. The mansion with its adjoining ell and gardens is the last of the numerous country estates of its period remaining in Jamaica Plain.
Read More17 Cranston Street, built in 1871, is a unique and flamboyant wood frame residence. Carpenter Gothic and Italianate design motifs characterize its detail and it is unique as Boston’s only dodecagonal (12-sided) house.
Read MoreDr. Elizabeth Abbott Carleton, a New Hampshire native and a graduate of the New England Female Medical College, founded the New England Society for the Aged and Friendless in 1884 to offer long-term care for elderly couples of limited means. In exchange for the surrender of a couple's resources the Society provided its residents food, clothing, a small weekly spending allowance, and medical care.
Read MoreThe Haffenreffer Brewery is an intact example of 19th and 20th century industrial architecture. The complex's buildings were constructed between 1877 and the 1960s, a period during which they functioned as a brewery under the name of Boylston and then Haffenreffer. As the brewery operations expanded and changed, buildings were added both horizontally and vertically to create a complex of sixteen buildings.
Read MoreForest Hills Cemetery was established in 1848 as a municipal cemetery for the City of Roxbury. When Roxbury was annexed to Boston in 1868, Forest Hills became a private non-denominational cemetery, which it remains today. Since its creation, Forest Hills has grown from its original 72 acres to a total of approximately 250 acres.
Read MoreEliot Hall was built as a public meeting hall ca. 1832. Since 1878, it, has been the home of the Footlight Club of Jamaica Plain, which has been recognized by the New England Theater Conference as the oldest continuing amateur theatrical organization in the United States. The building is an architecturally notable Greek Revival/Italianate frame meeting hall located near what has been the historic, social, and political center of Jamaica Plain
Read MoreThe Arnold Arboretum covers some 265 acres of rolling land south of Centre Street and west of the Arborway in the Jamaica Plain district of Boston. Within the grounds are examples of over 6,000 varieties of trees and shrubs from all over the North Temperate Zone.
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