Historic places in Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline in Norfolk County has 98 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 69 buildings, 19 districts, 5 structures, 2 sites, 2 objects, 1 . The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2015. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, landscape architecture. 4 are National Historic Landmarks: Olmsted, Frederick Law, House, National Historic Site, Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation), Minot, George R., House. Open to visitors: Olmsted, Frederick Law, House, National Historic Site, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation).
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Every National Register listing in Brookline
Olmsted, Frederick Law, House, National Historic Site (also Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site)
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. [Wikipedia]
99 Warren St. · NPS record #66000780
Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct
1 Warren St. · NPS record #15000278
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is the birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. [Wikipedia]
83 Beals St. · NPS record #67000001
Minot, George R., House
The George R. Minot House is a National Historic Landmark in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76001976
Beacon Street Historic District
The Beacon Street Historic District is a historic district running most of the length of Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, roughly from Saint Mary's Road, near Kenmore Square, to Ayr Road near Cleveland Circle. [Wikipedia]
Roughly on Beacon St. from Saint Mary's to Ayr Rd. · NPS record #85003322
Chestnut Hill Historic Distric
The Chestnut Hill Historic District encompasses the historic portion of the village of Chestnut Hill that lies in Brookline, Massachusetts, with only slight overlap into adjacent Newton. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Middlesex Rd., Reservoir Ln., Denny Rd., Boylston St. and Dunster Rd. · NPS record #85003253
Dutch House, The
This four-story brick building was originally built as an exhibition hall at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, where it served as the Dutch Cocoa House. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86000093
Fisher Hill Historic District
The Fisher Hill Historic District encompasses a residential area in central Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Clinton and Sumner Rds., Boylston St. and Chestnut Hill Ave. · NPS record #85003266
Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory
Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory is a historic Catholic church complex in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
207 Freeman and 158 Pleasant Sts. · NPS record #85003310
Strathmore Road Historic District
The Strathmore Road Historic District is a residential historic district on Strathmore Road and Clinton Path in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Strathmore Rd. and Clinton Path · NPS record #85003318
West Roxbury Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
West Roxbury Parkway is a historic parkway running from Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Enneking Parkway runs south, to Horace James Circle in Chestnut Hill, where it meets the Hammond Pond Parkway. [Wikipedia]
West Roxbury Parkway, Bellevue Hill, E. Border, W. Border Rds. · NPS record #05001528
Anderson, Larz, Park Historic District
Larz Anderson Park is a wooded, landscaped, and waterscaped 64-acre (26 ha) parkland in Brookline, Massachusetts that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Bounded by Goddard and Avon Sts. · NPS record #85003245
Arcade Building
The Arcade Building is a historic commercial building at 314–320A Harvard Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
314--320A Harvard St. · NPS record #85003247
Beaconsfield Terraces Historic District
The Beaconsfield Terraces Historic District is a residential historic district at 11–25, 33–43, and 44–55 Garrison Rd. and 316–326, 332–344, and 350–366 Tappan Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
11--25, 33--43, and 44--55 Garrison Rd. and 316--326, 332--344, and 350--366 Tappan St. · NPS record #85003248
Bowditch, William Ingersoll, House
It is a good example of vernacular Gothic and Greek Revival architecture, built c. 1844-45 as part of one of Brookline's earliest formal residential subdivisions. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003249
Brandegee Estate (also Faulkner Farm)
Developed at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of the largest essentially intact estate properties in either community. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003244
Brookline Town Green Historic District
The Brookline Town Green Historic District encompasses the historic colonial heart of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Chestnut Pl., Fairmont, Dudley, Boyston, Walnut and Warren Sts., Hedge, Codman, and Kennard Rds. · NPS record #80000650
Brookline Village Commercial District
Irregular Pattern along Washington St. · NPS record #79000364
Building at 30-34 Station Street
The Building at 30–34 Station Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a historic mixed-use residential/commercial building. [Wikipedia]
30--34 Station St. · NPS record #85003250
Cabot, Lewis, Estate
The estate, developed in 1894, was one of few surviving turn-of-the-century properties of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family, and a prominent local example of Jacobethan architecture with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003251
Candler Cottage
Built about 1850, it is one of the town's few examples of Gothic Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003252
Child, Isaac, House
With a documented history dating to the 1790s, it is one of Brookline's few surviving 18th-century houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003254
Corey, Timothy, House No. 1
Built in 1806, it is a good example of vernacular Federal architecture, and was home for over a century to members of one of the town's most prominent early families. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003255
Corey, Timothy, House No. 2
Built in 1843, it is one of Brookline's few stone houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003256
Cottage Farm Historic District
The Cottage Farm Historic District is a residential area in the northeastern corner of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, known for its association with industrialist Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78000455
Cypress-Emerson Historic District
The Cypress–Emerson Historic District encompasses a residential area on the west side of Brookline Village in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Waverly, Emerson, and Cypress Sts. · NPS record #85003257
Davis, Robert S., House
Built about 1859 for the scion of a locally prominent family, it is one of the town's best-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003259
Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, House
The house was built in 1844, by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, later a mayor of Boston, and is one of the earliest buildings to survive from his Linden Park project, the first residential subdivision in Brookline. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003260
Devotion, Edward, House
The house is owned by the town and administered by the Brookline Historical Society as a historic house museum. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78002835
Douglass, Alfred, House
It was built in 1910 as servant quarters for the Fernwood estate of Alfred Douglass. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003261
Elliot, Gen. Simon, House
Built in 1824, it was one of the town's oldest examples of Greek Revival architecture, owned by several prominent residents. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003262
Emmett Cottage
Emmett Cottage is a historic cottage in Brookline, Massachusetts, directly behind Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003263
Fernwood
Fernwood is a historic estate house at 155 Clyde Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
155 Clyde St. · NPS record #85003264
Fire Station No. 7
Fire Station No. 7, also known as the Washington Square Station, is a historic fire station at 665 Washington Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
665 Washington St. · NPS record #85003265
Fisher Hill Reservoir and Gatehouse
The Fisher Hill Reservoir and Gatehouse are historic elements of the public water supply for the Greater Boston area. [Wikipedia]
Fisher Rd. between Hyslop and Channing Rds. · NPS record #89002254
Francis, Dr. Tappan Eustis, House
The Dr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003267
Fuller, Peter, Building (also Cadillac Building)
The Peter Fuller Building is a historic commercial building located at 808 Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
808 Commonwealth Ave. · NPS record #85003269
Goddard, John, House
It is one of the few 18th-century houses in Brookline, important for the role it and its owner played in the American Revolutionary War during the Siege of Boston in 1776. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003270
Graffam Development Historic District
The Graffam Development Historic District is a residential area located in the American town of Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Abbottsford Rd., Babcock St., Manchester, and Naples Rds. · NPS record #85003271
Green Hill Historic District
The Green Hill Historic District encompasses historical cross-section of residential housing in Brookline, Massachusetts, dating from the 18th century into the mid-20th century. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Warren St., Sargent Rd., and Cottage St. · NPS record #85003272
Hammond Pond Parkway
Hammond Pond Parkway is a historic parkway in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Hammond Pond Parkway · NPS record #04000250
Harris, John, House and Farm (also Allandale Farm)
The main farm house, built c. 1778 and extensively remodeled in 1976, is one of Brookline's few 18th-century houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003246
Heath, Charles, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1855–56 by Charles Heath, a member of one of Brookline's wealthiest families of the 19th century. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003273
Heath, Ebenezer, House
The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1794 by John Heath for his son Ebenezer and daughter-in-law Hannah (Williams) Heath. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003274
Holyhood Cemetery
Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Heath St. · NPS record #85003275
Hotel Adelaide
The Hotel Adelaide is a historic apartment house at 13–21 High Street in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
13--21 High St. · NPS record #85003276
Hotel Kempsford
The Hotel Kempsford is a historic apartment house at 72 Walnut Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
72 Walnut St. · NPS record #85003277
House at 105 Marion Street
It is significant as a well-preserved local example of the Second Empire style of architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003278
House at 12 Linden Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003279
House at 12 Vernon Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was designed by Tristram Griffin and built in 1890 for William Boynton, a Boston flour merchant. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003280
House at 12-16 Corey Road
The townhouses were designed by Arthur H. Bowdith, a prominent local architect, and built in 1896 for Alan Arthur and Gardiner Shaw, two real estate agents. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003281
House at 155 Reservoir
It is significant as a well-preserved Greek Revival house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003282
House at 156 Mason Terrace
The 2–1/2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1888–90, and has classic Queen Anne and Stick style details, including a turret with polygonal roof, porch with Stick decorations, and the variety of gables and projecting sections that typify Queen Anne styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003283
House at 19 Linden Street
It is a well-preserved local example of Greek Revival styling, and the best-preserved survivor of a residential subdivision developed in the 1840s. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003284
House at 25 Stanton Road
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003285
House at 38-40 Webster Place
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003286
House at 4 Perry Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003287
House at 44 Linden Street
The 1+1⁄2-story house was built in 1874 by Solomon Eaton on land that was owned for many years by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003288
House at 44 Stanton Road
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1864–65 by James Edmonds. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003289
House at 5 Lincoln Road
The two houses were essentially identical in their original construction; 25 Stanton underwent some modification in the 1870s. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003290
House at 53 Linden Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1843–44 by John Faxon. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003291
House at 83 Penniman Place
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003292
House at 89 Rawson Road and 86 Colburne Crescent
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003302
House at 9 Linden Street
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1843 for Isaac Rich, a partner in a successful merchant firm and a co-founder of Boston University. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003293
Houses at 76-96 Harvard Avenue
The houses at 76–96 Harvard Avenue are historic rowhouses in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
76--96 Harvard Ave. · NPS record #85003294
Jackson, Thaddeus, House
Built in 1820, it is one of Brookline's older surviving houses, unusual because it was built in the Georgian style, then already out of fashion. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003295
Kilsyth Terrace
The Chateau-style townhouses were designed by J. Williams Beal and built in 1892. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003296
Linden Park
Linden Park is a small municipal park at Linden Place and Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The triangular park was created in 1843 as one of several parks in the Lindens subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, which was the first residential subdivision created in Brookline. [Wikipedia]
Linden Pl. and Linden St. · NPS record #85003297
Linden Square
Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Linden Pl. · NPS record #85003298
Longwood Historic District
The Longwood Historic District is roughly bounded by Chapel, St. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Chapel, St. Marys, Monmouth, and Kent Sts. · NPS record #78000460
Lynch-O'Gorman House
The house features the typical high-style Queen Anne profusion of shapes and texture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003299
Milestone
Boylston St. · NPS record #85003300
Milestone
Harvard St. · NPS record #85003301
Murphy, William, House
The William Murphy House is a historic house located in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003303
Olmsted Park System
The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km2; 450 ha) chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Encompassing the Back Bay Fens, Muddy River, Olmsted (Leverett Park), Jamaica Park, Arborway, and Franklin Park · NPS record #71000086
Orrock, Rev. John, House
The Rev. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003304
Paine Estate
The mansion on the expansive estate was built by Walter Channing Cabot for his daughter Ruth and son-in-law Robert T Paine, a nephew of Robert Treat Paine Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003305
Perkins Estate
The property was part of the summer estate of the Cabot family, originally belonging to Thomas Handasyd Perkins; the present main mansion house was built in the 1850s to a plan by Edward Clarke Cabot for his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Perkins Cabot. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003306
Pill Hill Historic District (also High Street Hill)
The Pill Hill Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Boylston Street, Pond Ave., and Acron, Oakland and Highland Roads in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Boylston St., Pond Ave., Acron, Oakland and Highland Rds. · NPS record #77000187
Reservoir Park
Reservoir Park is a historic park on Boylston Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Boylston St. · NPS record #85003307
Richmond Court
Richmond Court is a historic apartment complex at 1209–1217 Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1209-1217 Beacon St. · NPS record #85001575
Ritchie Building
The Ritchie Building is a historic industrial building at 112 Cypress Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
112 Cypress St. · NPS record #85003308
Roughwood (also Pine Manor College)
It is currently the main campus of Messina College (formerly known as Pine Manor College). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003309
Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and Convent
Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and Convent is a historic church complex at 67 Harvard Street, and 3 and 5 Linden Place, in Brookline, Massachusetts in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Wikipedia]
67 Harvard St. and 3 and 5 Linden Pl. · NPS record #85003311
Saint Paul's Church, Chapel, and Parish House
The Gothic Revival church building was designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1851-52, and is the oldest surviving religious building in the town. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003312
Saint Paul's Rectory
The 2+1⁄2-story Jacobethan stone house was built in 1886 to a design by Peabody and Stearns. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003313
Sargent's Pond
Sargent's Pond is a man-made 3-acre (1.2 ha) pond on Sargent Road in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Sargent Rd. · NPS record #85003314
Second Unitarian Church (also Temple Sinai)
The Second Unitarian Church is a historic church and synagogue building at 11 Charles Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
11 Charles St. · NPS record #85003315
Spurr, Eliphalet, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003316
St. Mark's Methodist Church
St. [Wikipedia]
90 Park St. · NPS record #76000268
Standish, James H., House
Built c. 1874–75, the 2+1⁄2-story house and carriage barn are rare surviving examples in Brookline of elaborate Stick style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003317
Toussaint, Winand, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003319
Town Stable
The Town Stable is a historic municipal public works building at 235 Cypress Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
235 Cypress St. (formerly 237) · NPS record #85003320
Tuckerman, William F., House
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003321
Twitchell, Ginery, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003240
Walnut Hills Cemetery
Walnut Hills Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Grove Street and Allandale Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Grove St. and Allandale Rd. · NPS record #85003241
White Place Historic District
The White Place Historic District is a historic district on White Place between Washington Street and Davis Path in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
White Pl. between Washington St. and Davis Path · NPS record #85003243
White, Benjamin, House
Much of the interior finish was lost during interior remodelling in the 1940s, but the exterior has retained much of its 18th and 19th century trim. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85003242
Other towns in Norfolk County
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