The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ;TKAi>. 321 must be borne in mind was then the only free thoroughfareconnecting Boston with the eountrv, toll being taken on theMill-dam. that the Roxbury end of the Tremont Road couldonly be completed through private subscriptions. Thesewere procured through the energetic efforts of Watson Goreand Guy Carleton, aided by John Parker and a few otherwealthy men. The opening of this new road was of greatbenefit, and relieved Washington Stre
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ;TKAi>. 321 must be borne in mind was then the only free thoroughfareconnecting Boston with the eountrv, toll being taken on theMill-dam. that the Roxbury end of the Tremont Road couldonly be completed through private subscriptions. Thesewere procured through the energetic efforts of Watson Goreand Guy Carleton, aided by John Parker and a few otherwealthy men. The opening of this new road was of greatbenefit, and relieved Washington Street, which up to thatperiod had been overcrowded with country teams. .V projectto extend this road to Jamaica Plain across Heath Street,which would have been of practical benefit to the town, wasdefeated by Mr. Lowell, through whose beautiful grounds itmust necessarily have passed. A few years respite onlywas gained by his opposition, for in a very few years thetrack of the Boston and Providence Railroad was laid throughits entire extent. The old Gore homestead, described in the book of kv Housesand Lands as containing four acres west of Stony liORB HOMESTEAD. bounded on the wav leading to the Landing-Place and Tide-Mill, was on the southwest side of Tremont Street, justbeyond the railroad crossing, and extended to Parker Watson Gore, the last of the name to occupy the home-stead, enlarged it and added a piazza. The old tan-pits andhollow adjacent writ; filled up, and in their place were21 322 GORE FAMILY. laid out an elegant fish-pond and a charming garden andgrounds. A brick block now covers the site of the Gore house,which was taken down in 1876. The name is perpetuated byGore Avenue, which traverses a part of the old estate. John Gore, the founder of this family in New over in 163a, and settled in Roxbury, where he was formany }-ears clerk of the writs, and died on June 2, , his widow, afterwards married Lieut. John Reming-ton, of Re
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