Loring Greenough House

Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the oldest community theater company in the United States; and an elegant 18th-century mansion that once served as the country’s first military hospital. Learn about the monument that commemorates fallen Civil War soldiers from West Roxbury and about Pauline Agassiz Shaw who established the class that became the model for free, public kindergarten education. We will visit a house dating to 1716 that once served as a tavern, the Eliot School dating back to 1689, the home of the first woman to graduate from MIT and the First Church Burial Ground.

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Our tours are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed.

Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? You can also find our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3cnCTVK71jtsjM9V_aa3qbRwBXeBZNrwxgp1Eo0LXHZev77-1iyI4EaCc_aem_AaCVYc_RlHCUkmOr4QARtnMUDXKUNu_dGDnqwVcsfmBaU03ZouP896w2LpBp4YEjUX9Xl13nif65l8fsdLc965Hx" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Monument Square

Jamaica Plain

Massachusetts

Walking Tour of Monument Square

Saturday May 11, 2024: Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the...

This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? All our tours are always&nbsp;available in an online app!&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetou...</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Saturday May 18, 2024: This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district...

Stony Brook

Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block the construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism.

All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide outside the T Stop.

Cannot make this time or date? Our tours are available online via an app as well: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Walking Tour of Stony Brook

Saturday May 25, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that...

Brendan Behan Pub

Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1890. You will also learn about the property currently housing the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center which was once a site of the Perkins School for the Blind. The tour will also walk through the Sunnyside neighborhood, the site of homes built by philanthropist Robert Treat Paine from 1889 to 1899 as a “worker’s utopia” for working families.

All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.

Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? We also have our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1QM59rINOCKP_iDdyo7CKBAXj8u8fbkrQmBX2LZRQlGCIYjDstnIm0fQo_aem_ATaxDafkiQAiyNfwA-HcDcRFaLH_v-61gcmu4kQEu3R0VsiCKDILujj5jBN3fvFtjtGmC81Ihw2Go7sO9pg9mho-" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Saturday June 1, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the...

Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center

Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although Green Street was subdivided as early as 1851 for stores, factories and houses, it was not extensively developed until the late 1870s with construction continuing until the early 1900s. The Bowditch School was completed in 1892, and early in the 20th century the United States Post Office moved from its location on Call Street at Woolsey Square to its new location at the corner of Green and Cheshire Streets.

All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.

Can't attend the in person tour? We also have all our JP Historical Society&nbsp;tours in an online app, so you can take them anytime <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3xgxSrvctD7kHeMgHOkKMgihUjwAh_ENBdbGTerVu7Pv0KtLe0n3rhFs8_aem_AYYONnaZPIvEDyRuqt5Y7Fbmw8lpLZ-5gQRnJ1XN-jen2_8CS4K8hc311Dnq0uJZqhCGD8nWIC-pVF9v1AwiHko8" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Green Street

Walking Tour of Green Street

Saturday June 8, 2024: Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential,...

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New England architecture with designs by local architects and builders. It also contains an unusual garden city model housing development by the Boston Dwelling House Company which was founded in 1912.

All JPHS tours are free to the public. Our tours are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed

Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? We also have our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2ZpLVQ-G7lgXoYKDxk5AhQBF6u6aUAIg1_xxTfcaTAAULzsNFwUcT_9F0_aem_AYKT06thltQeOdSDEW2NQ_qRetCJKWWcjKOBoyMSaeWotovtqZyZuE1O06Tun1kIdWrJ9_wbKnlt2ifuLxorcigA" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Saturday June 15, 2024: Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century...

Courageous Sailing at Jamaica Pond Boathouse

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond later was put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers such as Francis Parkman and James Michael Curley who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today.

This tour goes around the entire Pond and lasts 90 minutes. It will be canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the bandstand.

Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? Click on the Tours link on our website to find our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1P8a4mpOhx4gX0PIMPQmeWFh-M8XfWm1d7Qns_rUCf9KXQQej-QIOYrtM_aem_AXEMohQQgd19NzMfoUzdNdx1OzPrwjbvpSivteUMjoBlX_6xayo_WWpEPbrCbWOexTN06zLvfZLzNxcAjLMKZM9Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Local Event: Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Saturday June 22, 2024: Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of...

Saturday June 29, 2024: Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the...

This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? All our tours are always available in an online app! <a href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetou...</a>

Saturday July 6, 2024: This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district...

Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Boston Beer Company, the brewers of Samuel Adams. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block the construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood stands as a testament to the power of community activism.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide outside the T Stop.
Cannot make this time or date? Our tours are available online via an app as well: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Saturday July 13, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that...

Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1890. You will also learn about the property currently housing the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center which was once a site of the Perkins School for the Blind. The tour will also walk through the Sunnyside neighborhood, the site of homes built by philanthropist Robert Treat Paine from 1889 to 1899 as a “worker’s utopia” for working families.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? We also have our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1QM59rINOCKP_iDdyo7CKBAXj8u8fbkrQmBX2LZRQlGCIYjDstnIm0fQo_aem_ATaxDafkiQAiyNfwA-HcDcRFaLH_v-61gcmu4kQEu3R0VsiCKDILujj5jBN3fvFtjtGmC81Ihw2Go7sO9pg9mho-" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Saturday July 20, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the...

Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although Green Street was subdivided as early as 1851 for stores, factories and houses, it was not extensively developed until the late 1870s with construction continuing until the early 1900s. The Bowditch School was completed in 1892, and early in the 20th century the United States Post Office moved from its location on Call Street at Woolsey Square to its new location at the corner of Green and Cheshire Streets.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Can't attend the in person tour? We also have all our JP Historical Society tours in an online app, so you can take them anytime <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3xgxSrvctD7kHeMgHOkKMgihUjwAh_ENBdbGTerVu7Pv0KtLe0n3rhFs8_aem_AYYONnaZPIvEDyRuqt5Y7Fbmw8lpLZ-5gQRnJ1XN-jen2_8CS4K8hc311Dnq0uJZqhCGD8nWIC-pVF9v1AwiHko8" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Saturday July 27, 2024: Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential,...

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New England architecture with designs by local architects and builders. It also contains an unusual garden city model housing development by the Boston Dwelling House Company which was founded in 1912.
All JPHS tours are free to the public. Our tours are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the location listed
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? We also have our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2ZpLVQ-G7lgXoYKDxk5AhQBF6u6aUAIg1_xxTfcaTAAULzsNFwUcT_9F0_aem_AYKT06thltQeOdSDEW2NQ_qRetCJKWWcjKOBoyMSaeWotovtqZyZuE1O06Tun1kIdWrJ9_wbKnlt2ifuLxorcigA" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Saturday August 3, 2024: Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century...

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond later was put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers such as Francis Parkman and James Michael Curley who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today.
This tour goes around the entire Pond and lasts 90 minutes. It will be canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the bandstand.
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? Click on the Tours link on our website to find our tours available in an online app! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1P8a4mpOhx4gX0PIMPQmeWFh-M8XfWm1d7Qns_rUCf9KXQQej-QIOYrtM_aem_AXEMohQQgd19NzMfoUzdNdx1OzPrwjbvpSivteUMjoBlX_6xayo_WWpEPbrCbWOexTN06zLvfZLzNxcAjLMKZM9Y" rel="nofollow">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours</a>

Saturday August 10, 2024: Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of...

Saturday August 17, 2024: Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the...

This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder and the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.
All tours are free to the public and are offered on dates shown. Tours last between 60 and 90 minutes and are canceled in case of heavy rain. No reservations are required, just meet the guide at the starting location.
Cannot attend on Saturdays at 11:00? All our tours are always available in an online app! <a href="https://www.jphs.org/onlinetours" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jphs.org/onlinetou...</a>

Saturday August 24, 2024: This National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The district...

Local Event: Wallking Tour of Stony Brook

Wallking Tour of Stony Brook

Saturday August 31, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that...

Saturday September 7, 2024: Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the...

Saturday September 14, 2024: Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential,...

Saturday September 21, 2024: Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century...

Gretchen Grozier

Boston

Suffolk County

MA Patch Team

Boston Metropolitan Area

JP resident since 1999
President of the JP Historical Society


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Norfolk County

Brookline

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West Roxbury

South End

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Beacon Hill

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Cambridge

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Neal McNamara 

Newton

Commonwealth Chorale: The Dream Unfinished

Sunrise of Newton Hiring Event for Caregivers and Nurses

Event on Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 6:30pm

Commonwealth School Virtual Info Session for Fall 2025 Admission

Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music, for a tribute to Queen!

Brookline SmartSummers Theater Arts Program, a part of Brookline Adult &amp; Community Education, is celebrating its twentieth summer this year! Join us for 2- 6 weeks this summer!&nbsp; Email <a href="mailto:theaterartscamp@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theaterartscamp@aol.com</a>
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Brookline SmartSummers Theater Arts Program

Brookline SmartSummers Theater Arts Program, a part of Brookline Adult & Community Education, is celebrating its twentieth summer this year!  Join...

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