History of Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

• 1638 - Brookline is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1705 - Brookline is incorporated.
  It separated from Cambridge and Roxbury.
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
•  1838 - FIRE AT BROOKLINE.
  On Sunday, between the hours of worship, the house owned and occupied by Capt. Benj. Bradlee, on the Worcester turnpike, in Brookline, with all the outbuildings, excepting the barn, were totally destroyed by fire, the furniture being practically saved. The fire took from one of the chimneys, and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1839 - Brookline
  Brookline, Massachusetts
  Norfolk county. This delightful town is connected with Boston by the mill-dam across Charles river bay; one of the most beautiful and expensive avenues leading to the city. It is distant from Boston about 5 miles S.W. and from Dedham 5 miles N.N.E. Incorporated, 1705....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1845 - BROOKLINE. [Pop. 1,365. Inc. 1705.]
  Brookline so called, it is supposed, because separated from Cambridge and Roxbury by Brooks, was once a part of Boston, and called Muddy River.
  
  In 1821, it was connected with Boston by the Mill Dam, or Western Avenue, on which is one of the best roads in the country.
  
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• 1848 - Brookline
  This town, before its incorporation in 1705, belonged to Boston, from which it was separated by a bay formed by Charles river. Wood, the author of "New England's Prospect," in describing &ston and other places in the vicinity, in 1633, says- "The inhabitants of this place, [Boston] for their...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Brookline
  Brookline, a post-township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, 5 miles S. W. from Boston, with which it is connected by a mill dam across Charles River bay. Population, 2516.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
• 1859
  BROOKLINE, a township of Norfolk co., in the state of Massachusetts, 4 m. SW of Boston. It presents a diversified and richly cultivated surface, and is adorned with may fine villas. Pop. 1,365.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
•  1888 - The wire works of Morse & Whyte at Brookline, Mass., burned on the 24th. Loss $50,000; covered by insurance.
  
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  December 1, 1888
  
  
• Brookline Massachusetts, 1890
  Brookline is a wealthy and beautiful suburban town on he southwestern side of Boston, lying like a wedge between the Back Bay section and the Brighton district of that city. Its northeastern point almost reaches the Charles River, while its broad southwestern end abuts in equal extent against the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Brookline
  Brookline, brook'lin, a post-township and village of Norfolk co., Mass., is about 4 miles S.W. of Boston, and is bounded on the N.E. by the estuary of Charles River. It is the terminus of the Brookline Branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad, is intersected by the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - MOTORMAN BLAMED.
  Justice Drew of Brookline filed with the Clerk of Courts in Dedham yesterday his report of an inquest into the cause of the death of Frank Knox of Brookline, who was struck by an outward-bound car of the Boston Elevated Railroad Company in Brookline, March 16, and died the next day.
  
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  Railroad Station and Holtzer Cabot Electric Co.
  
  "...Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company was started in 1875 in Brookline as the Holtzer Co. Charles W. Holtzer began the company to make simple electrical devices like doorbells, burglar alarms and electrical lighters for illuminating gas..." www.jphs.org
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  Free Hospital for Women, from Parkway, Brookline, Mass.
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  Brookline Public Bath Building, Brookline, Mass.
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•  1901 - WORKMAN KILLED. Pasquale Paccillo Fell Down an Elevator Well in an Unfinished House on Beaconsfield Terrace.
  While working on the third floor of the unfinished Beaconsfield Terraces, in the rear of Marguerite Circle, near Beacon Street, Brookline, early yesterday, Pasquale Paccillo, a laborer, fell down the elevator well and was instantly killed. Paccillo lived at 29 North Square, this city, with his wife ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1915 - BROOKLINE WOMAN RUN OVER BY CAR Quick Work of Motorman Saves Life of Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy.
  Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy, an elderly woman residing at 1589 Beacon street, Brookline, is suffering from severe injuries sustained yesterday when she was struck by an inward bound car on Beacon street, opposite Jordan Steps, shortly after noon. It was the quick work of the motorman that saved her from...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1916
  Brookline, a banking post-township (town) and village of Norfolk co., Mass., is about 3 miles SW, of Boston, and is bounded on the NE. by the estuary of the Charles River. It is on the Boston and Albany R. and connected with Boston by electric tramway. Here are numerous elegant villas and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1920 - December 19 - 1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
  
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