. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... gton Elm under which he first took command of theAmerican Anny. Christ Church, built in 1760, and the adjoining buryingground, which dates from 1636, are also on Garden St. Nearthe cemetery fence stands one of the many milestones set upby Governor Dudley, with the inscription: Boston, 8miles, 1734. There was no bridge across the Charles belowCottage Farms at that time. Now Boston is eight minutesinstead of eight miles from Cambridge. Craigie-Longfellow House. On Brattle St., just beyondthe buildings of the E
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... gton Elm under which he first took command of theAmerican Anny. Christ Church, built in 1760, and the adjoining buryingground, which dates from 1636, are also on Garden St. Nearthe cemetery fence stands one of the many milestones set upby Governor Dudley, with the inscription: Boston, 8miles, 1734. There was no bridge across the Charles belowCottage Farms at that time. Now Boston is eight minutesinstead of eight miles from Cambridge. Craigie-Longfellow House. On Brattle St., just beyondthe buildings of the Episcopal Theological School. Built byJohn Vassall in 1759, it was occupied by Washington in 1775-6,was owned by Dr. Andrew Craigie in 1791, and became thehome of Longfellow in 1837. Elmwood, the home of James Russell Lowell, standsamong beautiful trees on Elmwood Ave., between Brattle andMount Auburn Sts. Cooper-Austin House, one of the most interesting buildingsin Cambridge, is the oldest in the city. It stands on LinnaeanSt., near the Harvard Botanic Gardens. It was built in 1657. Orchard House—ConcordPage 104 96 RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE and is remarkably well pre-served . It is now the property ofthe Society for the Preservationof New England Antiquities. A car on Mount Auburn one to Mount AuburnCemetery. Brookline, often called therichest town in the world, is alsoone of the most beautiful. Itprefers to retain the town formof government, although largerthan a great many cities. It isa place of trees and lawns andcontains the residences of someof Bostons miost prosperousbusiness and professional has many fine estates thatare not seen from any of thecar lines running through Village (HuntingtonAve. or Ipswich St.), Beacon St.,and Commonw^ealth Ave. carlines run through distinctlydifferent parts of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir passes most of the water usedin Boston. On Harvard St. is the quaint old Devotion House,
Size: 2031px × 1230px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkchicagorand
