One of the most striking monuments in Forest Hills Cemetery is the Firemen’s Memorial across from the City of Roxbury’s Civil War Memorial near the Walk Hill gate.
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As the 20th century dawned, it was said that within a mile of Roxbury Crossing there were twenty-five breweries. Now, as this 100-year era begins to bow out, none are still running, though a new one is about to start up. [Written as Boston Beer was new]
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The New England Hospital for Women and Children was founded in 1862 as an "all-women's hospital". Now called Dimock Community Health Center, women doctors started the institution at 55 Dimock Street in Egleston Square for the exclusive use of women and children patients.
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Materials from a downtown Boston building re-used here in Jamaica Plain.
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In the black-and-white photograph dated 1893, a young girl stands near a cavernous drinking fountain in Franklin Park, leaves and branches spilling around it as she reaches for a cup of water. What happened to that fountain?
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So, too, Forest Hills Cemetery, starting as the municipal cemetery for the former City of Roxbury contains many soldiers who died or survived the Civil War. Foremost is Roxbury’s Civil War Monument.
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The Police Report from 1872 when the Police Station was on Seaverns Street and Jamaica Plain was part of West Roxbury.
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From 1858 to 1898 the cities of Roxbury and Boston, the Commonwealth and a power company participated in the well-known filling in of the Back Bay from Massachusetts Avenue to Charles Street. The project was made possible thanks to a Jamaica Plain man.
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A name that emerged in research of the history of JP was that of Pierpont (or Pierrepont), a family that settled in Roxbury in 1648. A descendant provided a ubiquitous Christmas medley.
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The vacant farmhouse at 1090 Centre St. in Arnold Arboretum, once threatened with demolition, may become a landmark for its 180-year-old origins. But the house also has a more recent, but little-known, history as the home of notable plant collector Ernest Jesse Palmer (1875-1962), who moved in 75 years ago.
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In 1873, with the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas built, Reverend Thomas Magennis, the pastor, turned his attention to the establishment of a grammar school for boys and girls in the parish.
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By Miss Ellen Morse (given before the Tuesday Club in 1921) - these reminiscences of our town of Jamaica Plain from the early 1840's over a period of 30 years.
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