3474-3476 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is a three-story, two-family house that was built sometime between 1874 and 1886 by Isaac Harris Cary, a prominent merchant and real estate developer from Jamaica Plain. The double-frame house, located at the corner of Washington and Gartland Streets, is built in the Gothic Revival style with simple decorative trusses above the third-floor dormers and a hip-on-gable, or jerkinhead, roof.
Read More69 Williams Street in Jamaica Plain is a silk dye house that was built in 1880 by Isaac Harris Cary, a prominent merchant and real estate developer from Jamaica Plain. Isaac Cary and his brother William operated dry goods stores in Boston and New York City, the NYC store eventually becoming the largest importer of fancy goods in the country.
Read MoreAs part of its effort to petition the City of Boston to establish Doyle’s as an Historic Landmark, the Save Doyle’s Team spent months researching and documenting the story of this beloved institution. They have graciously offered to share it here.
Read MoreThe Boston Public Library, Digital Commonwealth, and the Jamaica Plain Historical Society are pleased to announce the launch of a new online collection comprised of items that once hung on the walls of the beloved Doyle’s Café in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
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