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 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 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.
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