Sally Zimmerman, an architectural historian and preservation planner provides an online presentation focusing on finding out more about the history of old houses and provides tips on preserving their historic character. Using lots of images from around our JP neighborhood Sally’s helpful tips will have you looking at your old house in a whole new way.
Read MoreNear the corner of South Street and Carolina Avenue in Jamaica Plain is 30 Carolina Avenue, a unique brick building and wooden stable that has housed the Penshorn Roofing Company since 1960. If we stand on that corner and turn back the clock over 170 years, we would visit a time of great transformation and growth for the city of Boston and a family that played a significant role in those changes.
Read MoreA presentation featuring JPHS VP and Historian Michael Reiskind focusing on the industrial history of the eastern end of Green Street (from Washington Street over to Amory Street). Zoom recording from January 13, 2022.
Read MoreThe James Michael Curley House was the primary residence, for 41 years, of James Michael Curley, one of the most legendary figures in 20th century Massachusetts politics. Curley built the house in 1915, during his first mayoral term, and lived there until 1956, the year after his last mayoral campaign. For seven decades, the Curley house has been a symbol of the evolving social, cultural and political presence of 19th century immigrants and their descendants.
Read MoreThe First Church of Jamaica Plain has witnessed the growth of Jamaica Plain from country town to city suburb and its site is of long historic association both to its immediate environs and to the City of Boston.
Read MoreThe Loring-Greenough House, built in 1760 for Joshua Loring, has been certified as a National, Massachusetts and Boston Historic Landmark because of its historical connections with the American Revolution and its value as an example of Colonial architecture. The mansion with its adjoining ell and gardens is the last of the numerous country estates of its period remaining in Jamaica Plain.
Read More17 Cranston Street, built in 1871, is a unique and flamboyant wood frame residence. Carpenter Gothic and Italianate design motifs characterize its detail and it is unique as Boston’s only dodecagonal (12-sided) house.
Read MoreDr. Elizabeth Abbott Carleton, a New Hampshire native and a graduate of the New England Female Medical College, founded the New England Society for the Aged and Friendless in 1884 to offer long-term care for elderly couples of limited means. In exchange for the surrender of a couple's resources the Society provided its residents food, clothing, a small weekly spending allowance, and medical care.
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