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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] In the 19th century, Jamaica Plain became one of the first streetcar suburbs in America and home to a significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace of parks, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Mary Collins (1920–2010), first lady of Boston (1960–68) Paul A. Dever (1903–1958), Governor of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Attorney General [4] John Joseph Douglass (1873–1939), Massachusetts State Representative (1899, 1900, 1906, and 1913), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts (1925–35)
Guide to the Town of West Roxbury records City of Boston Archives; 1858 Map of Norfolk County by Henry F. Walling, which included West Roxbury at that time. A very large and detailed color map. Also see the detailed side map of Jamaica Plain on the top left side of the map. Suffolk County Atlas West Roxbury maps: 1874, 1896, 1905, 1914
West Roxbury Non-Sectarian [41] [2] Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery: 1875 West Roxbury / Dedham: Jewish [42] [43] [2] Mount Benedict Cemetery 1879 West Roxbury Non-Sectarian [36] [44] [2] Grove Street Cemeteries 1881 West Roxbury Jewish [45] [46] [2] St. Joseph Cemetery: 1888 West Roxbury Non-Sectarian ~200 acres [47] Fairview Cemetery ...
The Ascension-Caproni Historic District is located in Boston's Lower Roxbury area, extending along the south side of Washington Street between East Lenox Street and Thorndike Street, and along Newcomb and Thorndike Streets. It covers about 5 acres (2.0 ha), and includes architecture diverse by function and style.
The Westerly Burial Ground (also known as Westerly Burying Ground) [2] is an historic cemetery on Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1683, it is Boston's seventh-oldest cemetery, and where the first settlers of the West Roxbury area are buried.
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Dudley Station Historic District is a historic district on Washington, Warren, and Dudley Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.The central feature of the district is Dudley Square station (now Nubian station), a Beaux Arts/French Renaissance structure designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow and built by the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy, a predecessor ...