From 1858 to 1898 the cities of Roxbury and Boston, the Commonwealth and a power company participated in the well-known filling in of the Back Bay from Massachusetts Avenue to Charles Street. The project was made possible thanks to a Jamaica Plain man.
Read MoreA name that emerged in research of the history of JP was that of Pierpont (or Pierrepont), a family that settled in Roxbury in 1648. A descendant provided a ubiquitous Christmas medley.
Read MoreThe vacant farmhouse at 1090 Centre St. in Arnold Arboretum, once threatened with demolition, may become a landmark for its 180-year-old origins. But the house also has a more recent, but little-known, history as the home of notable plant collector Ernest Jesse Palmer (1875-1962), who moved in 75 years ago.
Read MoreIn 1873, with the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas built, Reverend Thomas Magennis, the pastor, turned his attention to the establishment of a grammar school for boys and girls in the parish.
Read MoreBy Miss Ellen Morse (given before the Tuesday Club in 1921) - these reminiscences of our town of Jamaica Plain from the early 1840's over a period of 30 years.
Read MoreThe history of the dwelling is what is popularly called, locally, the old Call mansion, situated at 14 Everett street. It is no longer extant.
Read MoreStrong evidence suggests that the first apartment house built in Jamaica Plain was 743 Centre Street, a three story panel brick building with limestone trim built by Frederick and Robert Seaver in 1875.
Read MoreThe Jamaica Plain Friendly Society was a public charity incorporated in 1901 and had offices on the second floor of the Curtis Hall municipal building in Jamaica Plain. The Society provided relief to the poor by providing home work sewing garments.
Read MoreThe Footlight Club was organized on January 4, 1877 and is America's oldest community theater group.
Read MoreThe board of health has discovered a serious typhoid fever epidemic at Jamaica Plain (1899).
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