Charlie Rosenberg of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society presents a talk about this fascinating industry and the over-sized role it played in Jamaica Plain’s economy. By 1880, the Jamaica Pond Ice Company had 22 icehouses on Jamaica Pond with a storage capacity of 30,000 tons.
Read MoreThe majestic backdrop to Jamaica Pond, Hellenic Hill, has a storied history. Although known as Hellenic Hill since about 1968, probably because of the alliteration, for three centuries it was called Spring Hill. Few sections of Jamaica Plain hold in their history so many famous names: Elder Isaac Heath, Rev. John Eliot, Royal Governor Sir Francis Bernard, John Prince, Joseph Goddard, Robert and Gaspar Bacon.
Read MoreYou might think the island in the Jamaica Pond is a natural feature, but you would be wrong!
Read MoreIn the Victorian era, skating was the favorite winter activity of locals - the Jamaica Pond was their place to undertake this pastime.
Read MoreExcerpts from an illustrated lecture given to the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club at the Loring-Greenough House on December 2, 1952
Read MorePinebank, the decaying, abandoned mansion overlooking Jamaica Pond, will be gone by the end of the month. Its existence spanned three centuries. Failed attempts to preserve it spanned three decades.
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