Benjamin Bussey

Benjamin Bussey (1759-1842) created an endowment at Harvard for the establishment of an undergraduate school of agriculture and horticulture to be called the Bussey Institution.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Farmer, Philanthropy

Benjamin Goddard's Diary

Reprinted extracts from the 1812-54 diaries of our Brookline neighbor, Benjamin Goddard (1766-1861). He was one of the 15 children in the fourth generation of the family raised on the Goddard Farm,

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Farmer, Walter H. Marx

The Curtis Family

The Old Curtis Homestead was conveniently located near Stony Brook on Lamartine and Paul Gore Streets, a stone's throw from the Boylston Street railroad depot, where it stood from 1638 to 1887 as Jamaica Plain's oldest home for 250 years.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Farmer, Walter H. Marx

James Drummond Dole “The Pineapple King”

This article is from the April 2008 edition of the Newsletter of The Roxbury Latin School and is used with their permission. James Drummond Dole, the subject of the article that follows was the son of the Rev. Charles Fletcher Dole (1845-1927). The Dole family home stands at 14 Roanoke Street.

PeopleJamaica Plain Historical SocietyApril 14, 2005Farmer