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The History of 3474-3476 Washington Street
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...
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Arnold Arboretum: National Register of Historic Places Materials
In 1913, plant explorer Frank Meyer traveled to China to observe and document Chinese chestnut for signs of chestnut blight, a fungus which by then had been decimating American chestnut populations...
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Eliot Hall: National Register of Historic Places Materials
Eliot Hall was built as a public meeting hall ca. 1832. It is a two-story gable front Greek Revival/Italianate frame structure of L-shape plan with corner wood-block quoins, prominent cornice with...
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Forest Hills Cemetery: National Register of Historic Places Materials
Gateway of Forest Hills Cemetery, image courtesy of the Digital Commonwealth Forest Hills Cemetery was established in 1848 as a municipal cemetery for the City of Roxbury. When Roxbury was annexed to...
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Haffenreffer Brewery: National Register of Historic Places Materials
The Haffenreffer Brewery is an intact example of 19th and 20th century industrial architecture. Located in Jamaica Plain between two major commercial streets, Washington and Centre, it is surrounded by...
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Home for Aged Couples: National Register of Historic Places Materials
The Home for Aged Couples is located on 2.89 gently rolling acres one block from commercial Egleston Square in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Image courtesy of the Boston Preservation...
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17 Cranston Street: National Register of Historic Places Materials
17 Cranston Street, built in 1871, is a unique and flamboyant wood frame residence. Carpenter Gothic and Italianate design motifs characterize its detail , while its format defies classification in...
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Loring Greenough House: National Register of Historic Places Materials
The Loring-Greenough House, built in 1760 for Joshtfa Loring, has been certified as a Massachusetts Historic Landmark because of its historical connections with the American Revolution and its value as...
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First Church in JP: National Register of Historic Places Materials
From The New England Farmer of June 17, 1854 The First Church of Jamaica Plain, Boston, was built in 1854 and is a freestanding early Gothic Revival church executed in gray granite on the exterior...
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James Michael Curley House: Boston Landmark Study Report
The James Michael Curley House, 350 The Jamaicaway, is significant as the primary residence, for 41 years, of James Michael Curley, one of the most legendary figures in 20th century Massachusetts...
View ArticleWythe & Web: an approach to public art (Event Video)
Presentation by artist Matthew Hinçman discussing his latest commission for the City of Boston, Wythe & Web, which sits in the area in front of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library and Curtis Hall. The...
View ArticleThe Industrial History of Green Street (Event Video)
Michael Reiskind, Vice President of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society delves into the history of one of the most interesting conduits in our neighborhood. The eastern section of Green Street was...
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History of 30 Carolina Avenue and 52 South Street
At the corner of South Street and Carolina Avenue in Jamaica Plain is a colorful court that hosts lively tennis, pickleball and basketball games throughout the week. Next door, at 30 Carolina Avenue,...
View ArticleUncovering the Clue's to Your Old House's History (Event Video)
Sally Zimmerman, an architectural historian and preservation planner gives an online presentation focusing on finding out more about the history of old houses and provides tips on preserving their...
View ArticleIce Harvesting on Jamaica Pond (Event Video)
Charlie Rosenberg of the Jamaica Plain 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...
View ArticleArchaeology at the Loring Greenough House (Event Video)
Joe Bagley, the Archaeologist for the City of Boston presents the initial findings from the dig conducted at the Loring Greenough House in the fall of 2022. The goal of the project was to survey the...
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The History of 48 Rockview Street and the Fisher-Bang Family
I was introduced to Joyce “Joy” Fisher by a mutual friend who knew I loved Jamaica Plain history, especially the history of houses and the people that lived in them. Joy and I met for the first time...
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The History of Allandale (Event Video)
Gretchen Grozier provides a talk to the residents of the Springhouse Community. The section of Jamaica Plain we refer to as Allandale has quite an interesting history. Once a rural farming area it...
View ArticleJamaica Plain & Ralph Waldo Emerson's Wish (Event Video)
While completing his latest book, Alex Krieger realized that his own neighborhood of Jamaica Plain is emblematic of a number of American ideals. Americans still identify with Ralph Waldo Emerson who...
View ArticleGetting it Together in Franklin Park: The Past and Future of a Boston...
Franklin Park is one of the great urban parks in the world. Generations of Bostonians have loved this landscape and invested it with many diverse memories and meanings. Today the park is at a turning...
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