. The Greene family in England and America, with pedigrees. one where the summer-house of Francis stood, another on the Greeneestate, with a small valley between the two, andprobably a third on the adjoining Phillips Hill was, therefore, a short ridge nearly par-allel to Somerset Street, with an abrupt descenttoward Tremont Street and Tremont Row, and asomewhat gentler descent toward Bowdoin from the east, we should find TremontRow (then called Tremont Street) considerablyhigher than it now is, and rising from Howard Street(formerly Southacks Court)
. The Greene family in England and America, with pedigrees. one where the summer-house of Francis stood, another on the Greeneestate, with a small valley between the two, andprobably a third on the adjoining Phillips Hill was, therefore, a short ridge nearly par-allel to Somerset Street, with an abrupt descenttoward Tremont Street and Tremont Row, and asomewhat gentler descent toward Bowdoin from the east, we should find TremontRow (then called Tremont Street) considerablyhigher than it now is, and rising from Howard Street(formerly Southacks Court) toward what is now thecast entrance of Pemberton Square. Dr. Shurtleifsestate was lower than Mr. Lloyds, which, in turn,was lower than Mr. Greenes. Mr. Greenes mansion house stood on land aboutfifteen leet higher than the street, but it was at thebottom of the steep descent of the hill, which roseabruptly behind it in four or five terraces. The crestof the hill on the Greene estate was about sixty-fivefeet above the present elevation, while the centre of. oh-ce UJ CD O THE FAMILY OF GREENE. 59 the enclosure* in Pemberton Square has been cutdown about fifty-five feet. The Francis summer-house is said to have been seventy feet above thepresent level of the land on which it stood. Fromthe crest of the hill the Green estate descended to-ward Somerset Street, where a cutting, some twentyfeet deep, had been made when the street was laidout in 1801. At the beginning of this century, thesteep sides of the hill were nearly bare of trees, al-though several large English elms upon the very topof the hill served as landmarks to vessels enteringthe harbor. At the bottom of the hill, near thehouse, there were doubtless many trees. The gar-dens seem to have been laid out, and the terracesbuilt, by Mr. Greene. In the Book of Possessions, compiled soon afterthe settlement of Boston, the larger part of theGreene estate is set down as belonging to the Cotton, second pastor of the First
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