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 MoreThe 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 MoreAt first glance, the house at 197 Green Street is unique for its small size and the colorful graffiti that has covered its exterior since 2016. But if we look behind its 1950’s siding, and comb the historical record, we discover that the house is not, as it might first appear, an outdated structure. Rather, the house represents a significant period of time in the development of Jamaica Plain, and of Green Street in particular.
Read MoreBased on preliminary research, there is strong evidence that the current building at 3326 Washington Street was built around 1851, and was the original primary schoolhouse for the Washington Street/Green Street neighborhood of Jamaica Plain in the new town of West Roxbury. Image courtesy of Digital Commonwealth (From Green Street Station)
Read MoreA history of one building in Jamaica Plain - 18 Bartlett Square - that uses maps to tell the story.
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 MoreThe Jamaica Club purchased this clubhouse in 1889 located on the northwest corner of Green Street and Rockview Street. Club members were predominantly men. The building was later purchased by the Knights of Columbus and used by that organization as a meeting hall.
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