The Milmore Memorial is a masterwork by the great American sculptor, Daniel Chester French. It honors two Irish-American brothers who were both sculptors - Martin and Joseph Milmore. The sculpture Death Arresting the Hand of the Sculptor was first installed in August 1893. It has since moved locations within Forest Hills Cemetery and gone through several pedestals/surrounds.
Read MoreOn Oct 7, 1873, Egleston Square (together with Jamaica Plain) was incorporated into the City of Boston. For about 25 years, Egleston Square was the nursery center of Jamaica Plain. The first indication of what annexation meant was public buildings being added to the area.
Read MoreOn the crest of Milton Hill, the highest drumlin in Forest Hills Cemetery, lie two recumbent stone lions shaded by upright Japanese yews, part of a monument honoring the artisan Pietro Caproni.
Read MoreEgleston Square is a classic example of housing development following public transit lines. It also shows how the expanded capacity of the transit lines made possible public acceptance of increased density with the development of multi-family housing between 1910 and 1930.
Read MoreBromley Park today is one half of the twenty-three acre public housing development in the north end of Jamaica Plain known as Bromley Heath.
Read MoreThe twentieth century was an epoch of vast experimentation and change. No where can this be seen more than in the design and construction of low-cost housing. The architectural heritage of Jamaica Plain has remarkable examples of the three phases in housing designed and built to be affordable to the working man.
Read MoreTransformed by transportation over two centuries of time, Forest Hills challenges the definition of neighborhood. About a mile long and a half-mile across, Forest Hills has been shaped by geography more than any other part of Jamaica Plain.
Read MoreThe Woodbourne section of Jamaica Plain is bounded by Walk Hill Street, Wachusett Street, Forest Hills Cemetery Crematory and Catherine Street. It takes its name from the estate of the Minot family who moved to the area in the mid-19th century.
Read MoreThe planning and construction of the first phase of Woodbourne took place during a period of time when Boston changed from a bustling, chaotic, industrial 19th century city and entered the 20th century. It was a period when the strong mayor form of government and professional city planners came into being which would do so much to shape Boston after the Second World War.
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