Green Hill Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly Warren St, Sargent Rd, and Cottage St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| George Cabot | Significant name | |||||
| 1806/00/00 | 135 Warren St, 1806, unknown architect. Green Hill is built for Nathaniel Ingersoll. | |||||
| 1846/00/00 | John Lowell Gardner I | Home | John Lowell Gardner buys Green Hill at 135 Warren St in Brookline, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1857/00/00 | Nathaniel Goddard builds a new residence, which he calls Cliffside. | |||||
| 1857/00/00 | 222 Warren St, 1857, architect unknown, Olmsted job number 06323. | |||||
| 1880/00/00 | Isabella Stewart Gardner | Home | From the 1880s onward, John Gardner's daughter-in-law, Isabella Gardner adds an early Italian garden, a Japanese garden, greenhouses and elaborate iris beds to his Green Hill estate at 135 Warren St. | |||
| 1880/00/00 | Frederick Law Olmsted Sr | Landscape Architect | 278 Warren St, 1880, George Harvey architect. Bertol Schlesinger hires Frederick Law Olmsted Sr to landscape his estate, Southwood, in 1879. Completed between 1880 and 1890, the grounds helped established the reputation of the firm in Brookline. | |||
| 1884/07/24 | John Lowell Gardner I | Dies | John Lowell Gardner I dies in Brookline, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1905/00/00 | Chapman and Frazer | Architect | Josephine Cox commissions Chapman and Fraser to design 45 and 75 Cottage St. | |||
| 1918/00/00 | F J Oakes Jr buys 278 Warren St and hires the Olmsted office to make alterations between 1918 and 1922. Now the Holy Transfiguration Monastery, the property has been substantially reduced in scale but maintains the character of the landscape. | |||||
| 1918/00/00 | John Charles Olmsted | Home | 222 Warren St, John Charles Olmsted buys Cliffside as his personal residence in 1918 and lives here until his death in 1920. | |||
| 1920/00/00 | 222 Warren St, Philip Richardson, the son of architect H H Richardson, buys Cliffside. A notable horticulturalist, he won the first prize of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the development of the plant material on this site. |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| H H Richardson House |
| Particulars for Green Hill Historic District: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Camp |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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