On 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.

PeopleCharlie RosenbergMarch 18, 2019Richard Heath

John Lowell and Bromley Park, the Origin of the Name

Bromley Park today is one half of the twenty-three acre public housing development in the north end of Jamaica Plain known as Bromley Heath.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Reformer, Housing, Richard Heath

Parkman Memorial

This is the memorial to Francis Parkman, American historian and summertime Jamaica Plain resident. It was designed by Daniel Chester French and carved partly on site in 1906.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Richard Heath, Sculpture

The Statues of D.C. French from the Old Boston Post Office at Franklin Park

Within a two mile arc in Boston are three works of art by the preeminent American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), who is best known for his design of the massive seated figure at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyMarch 14, 2005Sculpture, Richard Heath