Brookline Town Green Historic District
- Vicinity: Chestnut Pl, Fairmont, Dudley, Boyston, Walnut and Warren Sts, Hedge, Codman and Kennard Rds
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
Gridley J F Bryant | Architect | |||||
1824/00/00 | Brookline votes to build a two-story Town House, across Walnut St from the First Parish Church to hold a school, a meeting hall and Town offices. | |||||
1849/00/00 | Augustus Aspinwall | Faith | St Paul's Episcopal Church is founded by William and Augustus Aspinwall and Harrison Pay, who brought together a group with high integrity and a rare sense of stewardship in the use of wealth. Services are first held in the town hall in Brookline Village. | |||
1851/00/00 | John Charles Olmsted | Home | 16 Warren St, built 1851-52, architect unknown. John Charles Olmsted lives here from 1899 to 1918, a short walk away from his office at 99 Warren St. | |||
1851/00/00 | Warren and Boylston St, the Brookline Town Reservoir is built as part of the Cochituate Reservoir project of the City of Boston. | |||||
1852/00/00 | Henry Varnum Poor | Home | In 1893, Ben Prouty invites the Olmsted office to provide a design for the grounds of the Bacon-Poor-Prouty house at 393 Walnut St. Built in 1852, the previous owner had been Henry V Poor, creator of the Standard and Poor Index. | |||
1883/00/00 | John Charles Olmsted | Architect | 12 Fairmount St, a two-and-a-half-story shingled cottage is designed for the Clark sisters as their new residence after selling the Fairsted property to the Olmsted family. Sited at the rear of the property, it overlooks their former home. | |||
1885/00/00 | Peabody and Stearns | Architect | 30 Warren St is built for attorney and state representative Moses Williams. The Olmsted frim landscaped the property in 1875-1886 and 1888. Williams also asked Olmsted how the property could be subdivided if he chose to develop the land more intensely. | |||
1890/00/00 | First Parish Church buys the Brookline Town House, they named Pierce Hall in honor of the Rev John Pierce. | |||||
1896/00/00 | Joseph Everett Chandler | Architect | Designed by architect Joseph Chandler, 423 Walnut St is built in 1896. | |||
1905/00/00 | When the Cochituate Reservoir is deemed no longer needed by the City of Boston, John Charles Olmsted and others donate money to buy the property and donate it to the Town of Brookline to prevent its development. | |||||
1905/11/12 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Dignitary | Brookline's 200th anniversary, Nov 10-13, an oration in the Town Hall by Henry Lodge, dedication of a tablet on the green, Sunday services in all the churches, a display of day and night fireworks at Cypress St Playground and a banquet in the Town Hall. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
Chapel Saint Paul's Church and Parish House |
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First Parish Unitarian Church |
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Particulars for Brookline Town Green Historic District: | |
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Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
Military Event | American Revolutionary War |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Historic Use | Cemetery |
Historic Use | City or Town Hall |
Criteria | Exemplar |
Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Area of Significance | Historic and non-aboriginal |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Information Potential |
Architectural Style | Italianate |
Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
Criteria | Person |
Historic Use | Plaza |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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