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Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles (11 km 2) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of Roxbury . The community seceded from Roxbury during the formation of West Roxbury in 1851 and became part of Boston when West Roxbury was annexed in 1874. [ 1 ]
Forest Hills, Boston. Coordinates: 42°17′30″N 71°6′58″W. Triple deckers on Weld Hill Street near Forest Hills MBTA station. Forest Hills is a part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forest Hills is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded areas within and adjacent to its borders.
NRHP reference No. 72000544 [1] Added to NRHP. April 26, 1972. The Loring–Greenough House is the last surviving 18th century residence in Sumner Hill, a historic section of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. It is located at 12 South Street on Monument Square at the edge of Sumner Hill. It is situated on the border of two ...
There are more than 350 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Suffolk County, including 58 National Historic Landmarks. The southern part of the city of Boston is the location of 184 of these properties and districts, including 13 National Historic Landmarks. Two historic districts overlap into both northern and southern ...
The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city: Allston. Back Bay. Bay Village. Beacon Hill. Brighton. Charlestown. Chinatown – Leather District. Dorchester (divided for planning purposes into Mid-Dorchester and Dorchester)
Monument Square Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district north of Monument Square in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.The 43 acres (17 ha) district is bounded on the northwest by Pond Street, the northeast by Myrtle and Pond Streets, the southeast by Centre Street (excluding the commercial properties on Centre Street itself), and Holbrook and ...
November 20, 1987. The House at 17 Cranston Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is an architecturally eclectic and distinctive 12-sided structure, with an unusual combination of Italianate and Gothic features. It was built around 1874 by two Scottish immigrants, and is a distinctive landmark overlooking Hyde Square.
85003244 [ 1] Added to NRHP. October 17, 1985. The Brandegee Estate is a historic estate at 280 Newton Street in Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts. Developed at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of the largest essentially intact estate properties in either community. It was developed by Mary (Pratt) Sprague, a direct descendant of ...