Jamaica Plain's Soldier's Memorials

Soldier's Monument (Civil War), Centre and South streets.



I've had this project in mind for a while, and over time I've chipped away at finishing it. My intention was to find all the soldier's memorials in Jamaica Plain and document them with photographs. The list is not yet complete, but I figured that I'd post what I had, and add those I've missed as I find them. I've chosen not to go to the American Legion and get a listing of locations. I'd rather find them as I walk the streets, making note of them as they deserve to be recognized. The memorials for individuals sit on the top of street signs, easily overlooked by harried commuters and pedestrians. They were certainly meant to be noticed by those who had them erected - the families and friends of the young men who left Jamaica Plain and never came home. Each had a story to tell, and each left a hole in the lives of their survivors. My father and two uncles left to fight in Europe and the Pacific, and all came home safe and sound. To those who lost loved ones, a sign overlooking a busy intersection could only have been small consolation, but a consolation nonetheless.




I've added in this memorial to firefighter John W. "Jack" Carlson of Engine Co. 28, from the "new" fire station on Centre street.


Walter street burial grounds Revolutionary War Memorial - Arnold Arboretum.




Revolutionary War Memorial - Soldier's Monument, Centre and South Streets.



Tollgate Cemetery - Irish War Veteran's Memorial



World War I World War II Memorial - Arborway and Centre Street



Tollgate Cemetery - Irish American War Veteran's Memorial




World War I Car Barn Memorial - Arborway at old MBTA headquarters.



Hyde Square - Dedicated to all those who gave their lives in the service of their country.



Lieut. Charles M. Toole - Arborway and South Street - under the Casey Overpass.


Grave of Charles M. Toole (honored in the plaque immediately above). Taken at Meuse Argonne battleground and cemetery by Jamaica Plain native G. Lucas.



Cpl. Joseph E. Johnson - Johnson (Green Street) playground. (Click on the picture to expand and read).




Walter Botolinski - Beethoven and Arcadia Streets.


PFC David C. Holden - Brookside Avenue and Montebello Road.




John P. McCartin - Call Street and Carolina Avenue.





Lieut. John T. Carr -Centre Street and Arborway.




Lieut. Edward J. Murray - Centre Street and Arborway.




Cpl Robert Englehart - Centre and Aldworth Streets.





Joseph Kelly - Centre and Forbes Street.





Hicks - Centre and Myrtle Streets.





Sgt. Robert R. Snow - Centre Street and Seaverns Avenue.



Sgt. John Paul Taillon - Centre and Walden Streets.




Felix J. Russo Jr. - Forest Hills Street and Brookley Road.



Robert M. Englehart - Heath and Schiller Streets


William A. Carly - Lamartine Street and Lamartine Place.





PFC. Robert Bachar - Lamartine and Oakdale Streets.




PFC George Kapinsky - Montebello Road and Marmion Street.





John J. O'Brien - South Street and Asticou Road.





Alexander Arredondo - South and St Rose Streets.




Daniel M. Kellett - South and Child Streets.





John J. McBride - South and McBride Streets.




Henry A. Pezella - Pond Street and Jamaicaway.





James McGuire - South and Prince Streets.




Lieut. Michael P. Vaughn - Centre and Hathaway Streets.





Horace Farnham - Elm and Newbern Streets.





Richard E. Cochran - Hyde Park Avenue and Walk Hill Street.






Bernard L. Russo - Centre and Ballard Streets.





Sean O'Connor - Centre and Dunster Streets.





Myron B. Whitcomb - Centre and Eliot Streets.




Matthew O. Gorman - Pond and Prince Streets.





Charles H. Nowell - Pond and Woodland Streets.




Chester Pagel - Walk Hill and Wachusett Streets.




Charles Franklin Briggs - Walk Hill and Wenham Streets.




Charles F. Barry - Washington and Burnett Streets.




William Gorman - Washington Street and Rossmore Road.


William E. Canary Memorial - Centre street and South Huntington avenue. Note the flagpole on the island at the fork in the road.




The base of the William E. Canary memorial - shown above.

JP Businesses - 1905

Just a couple of thoughts. First, what ever happened to magnetic healers? Also, what were Cuban chips?












OUR $3.00 LINE

OF

LADIES' BOX CALF BLUCHER CUT BOOTS

HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN PRICE TO

$2.50

VOGEL VOGEL VOGEL


130 GREEN STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN







Begin the New Year Right!

How?

Why, by having footwear in readiness for any weather. STORM RUBBERS, WARM OVERSHOES, and THICK-SOLED STREET SHOES all will be needed in quick succession during January. These can be found at reasonable prices at

Heerbrandt Shoe Co.'s

146 Paul Gore Street Jamaica Plain








FUN! FUN! FUN!

LET NO INNOCENT MAN ESCAPE

AT THE GREAT

MOCK COURT TRIAL

under the auspices of

BOSTON POST 200 G.A.R.

Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain

Wednesday evening, February 8th.

One of our most respected citizens will be charged with BREACH OF PROMISE. Regular court rules.Startling developments, Ludicrous situations, Local Hits. An evening of refined fun.

Prices 25, 50 and 75 Cents.

Open at 7:30 Court called at 8:00






G.L. GREENWOOD

MAGNETIC HEALER

19 Burr Street, off Spring Park Avenue.

Jamaica Plain

Office Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. except Sunday, Monday, Tuesday; evenings by appointment. Will call at patients home when desired.






MRS. PAULINE R. ORRICK

FRENCH DRESSMAKER

(Imported models).

8 Thomas Street Jamaica Plain.






Dr. John A. Watts

DENTIST

6 GORDON STREET JAMAICA PLAIN

Opposite Railroad Station.






L.W. SCOTT, D.D.S.

DENTIST

703 Centre Street Cor. Burroughs Street





Mrs. Priscilla Mayer

Dressmaker

15a Gordon Street Jamaica Plain





MISS ANNA H.B. ENGLISH

Vocal and pianoforte teacher

20 Spring Park Avenue, Jamaica Plain

Ladies' Orchestra for Receptions, Banquests, Dancing Parties, etc




Green Street Hand Laundry

103 Green Street

GEO. T. JAQUES, Proprietor

Telephone 266-4

Finest work and lowest prices in the city, all work called for and delivered.






I. HELLER

THE LADIES' TAILOR

94 Green Street, Room 2

Full line of Paris and New York models on Hand. Suits made to order in the latest styles.




--- MURDOCH ---

Have you tried our famous CUBAN CHIPS? They are delicious and fresh daily. Everything in the line of Candy home-made.

684 CENTRE STREET




Source: Jamaica Plain News, 1905

Lost Green Street

Cor. Green and Oakdale, 1905 (J.P. News)


Bromley, 1905 (BPL)


The picture above comes from an advertisement in the Jamaica Plain news for E.M. Fisher's Cold Blast Market. The store was at the no longer present corner of Green and Oakdale streets. It is now the corner of the Green Street playground, along the Southwest Corridor park and cross-corner to the Green Street Orange Line station. The store was featured two entries ago as the A.J. Ford Cold Blast Market, so apparently the name remained as management changed. In the map above, the building is owned by Gertrude C. Marsh. If you select the picture and blow it up to full size, you'll see that two trees grew up in front of the building, apparently right through an extended roof/awning over the sidewalk. This is the first picture I've ever seen of this building, so I though it was worth presenting on its own.

Builders And Contractors - 1899

CHAS. O'MALLEY,

House Painter and Decorator

NEAR BOYLSTON STATION.

Painting in all its branches. Ceilings whitened, tinted and decorated in designs of any period or style. First class work solicited from architects, builders and owners. Orders for jobbing attended to.






JAMES COCHRANE,

HOUSE PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER.

Ceilings painted and tinted.
Graining and glazing.

183 BOYLSTON ST., Shop:

Jamaica Plain 11 Elm st.






THOMAS MINTON,

CONTRACTOR.

Office: Hyde Park Av., Forest Hills.

Sand furnished for all descriptions of work, 50 cents a load at the bank on Keyes st., near Franklin Park. $1 a load delivered within reasonable distance. All orders promptly attended to.






CARRIAGE BUILDER,

C.C. CHASE,


Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing,

767 Centre St., opp. Greenough Ave.





ROWEN BROS.,

PLUMBING

Gas Fitting and Furnace Work.

Jobbing promptly attended to

45 GREEN ST., JAMAICA PLAIN

Agent for Glenwood Range, Hot Water Heating for Dwellings.

Connected by Telephone.






F.H. WILMARTH,

ELECTRICIAN

And

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

723 Centre St.





THOMAS O'LEARY,

Contractor,

Concrete and Asphalt Paving.

STREETS, DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BREWERY FLOORS, CELLARS, CARRIGE WASH STANDS.

Cor. Centre and Paul Gore Streets.

Jamaica Plain







JOHN H. TRAUB,

Painter and Glazier,

Estimates given on all kinds of Painting, Whitening and Tinting.

29 Goldsmith Street, Jamaica Plain.






Godfrey & Thomas

LICENSED

Plumbers and Gasfitters,

Tin Roofing, Donductor Work, Stove and Furnace Repairs.

769 Centre St., Jamaica Plain.

(Opposite Greenough Ave.)

B.F. Godfrey H. Thomas.

Telephone 210-3






J.T. BUTLER

Carriage and Sign Painter,

11 Burroughs St., Jamaica Plain.





Kimball & Jones,

Carriage Manufacturers.

Repairing in All its Branches

No. 11 Burroughs St.,

Jamaica Plain.






D. JOHNSON & CO.,

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.

Plans and Estimates Furnished at Short Notice.

LUMBER OF ALL KINDS ALWAYS ON HAND.

Jobbing of Every Description Promptly Attended To.

SHOP, No. 7 BURROUGHS STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN.

EDMOND J. HIGGINS.






GILMORE & McKAY,

Successors to John H. McKay

CARPENTERS,

Repairing of all Kinds Promptly Attended to.

Elm St., Cor. of Seaverns Ave.






PETER SCHNEIDER,

Carpenter and Builder,

14 Egleston St., Jamaica Plain.






MOSHER & YOUNG,

Carpenters and Contractors

89 Green St.,

Jamaica Plain.

Estimates made on New Work. Job Work Solicited.

Telephone Jamaica 139-2






F.G. RHODES,

SLATE, TIN AND GRAVE

ROOFER

Rear of 38 Oakdale St., Jamaica Plain





T.A. ROSS,

CARPENTER AND BUILDER

199 Green St., Jamaica Plain

Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to.






W.C. BATES,

Civil Engineer and Surveyor,

BARTLETT'S BLDG, JAMAICA PLAIN,

Contractor's and Mechanic's work Measured.






D.G. McDONALD,

CARPENTER AND BUILDER,

27 Keyes St.,

Estimates cheerfully furnished.






ALBERT A. AYERS,

Carpenter and Builder,

2 Starr Lane, off Centre St.,

Sash Blinds and Doors, 7 Green St.,

Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to.

Residence: 47 Holbrook St., Jamaica Plain.





JOHN J. FOLAN,

Plasterer and Stucco Worker,

Orders Promptly Attended To.

GREEN STREET JAMAICA PLAIN






Established 1872

M. GATELY,

MASON WORK OF ALL KINDS,

Jobbing Promptly Done - Estimates Furnished.

SHOP REMOVED TO 164 BOYLSTON AVENUE

Orders at 201 Green Street.

E.A. Brown's Store

Residence 14 Alden Place





JOHN J. FLYNN,

Contractor & Builder

17 Otis Street, Boston

Woolsey Block

Jamaica Plain.

Jamaica Plain Stores and Businesses - 1899

The following advertisements were taken from the Jamaica Plain News, February, 1899. The Hotel Morse is still there on Green street. The store that was on the corner of Jamaica and Woodman streets was in the first floor of the apartment building that still stands there. 3357 Washington street is across the street from the police station. John Gorman shoed horses in the lot beside the Our Lady of Lourdes hall on Brookside avenue. Woolsey square, on the west side of the Jamaica Plain train station at Green street, is long gone. Norcross & Myrick was at the present site of the post office on Centre street. 133 Green street is where condos now overlook the Green street playground. Keazer and Atherton's store was at Centre and Burroughs streets. A.J. Ford's, at 122 Green street, must have been where the playground is now. And finally, Trott's store sat at the corner of Centre and Thomas streets, where Dunkin Donuts now holds down the fort.



McLaughlin Brothers,

Upholsterers,

No. 181 Green street

Under Hotel Morse

Telephone 23-3





Save 10 per Cent. and buy your

Groceries, Provisions, Family Ales, Wines and Liquors.

Of J.W. Patterson & Co.,

Cor. Woodman and Jamaica Streets.






WHEN YOU EAT BREAD... EAT NOTHING BUT THE BEST

Go to the

GREEN STREET HOME BAKERY

and get a loaf of HOME MADE MILK BREAD

every Saturday afternoon at 4:30 and Sunday mornings.

Try our Coffee Cakes and English Buns.

JAMES STEPHENS, Proprietor.





WILLIAM T. MCLAUGHLIN CLARENCE W.MCGUIRE

W.T. McLAUGHLIN & CO.,

Wholesale and retail dealers in

FLOUR, HAY, GRAIN, AND MILL-FEED

Office and Storehouse: 3357 Washington st, cor. Green, Jamaica Plain

Telephone no. 199-3, Jamaica





JOHN GORMAN

PRACTICAL HORSE SHOER

Chronic Interfering and Over Reaching

Horses Promptly Remedied.

Lame Horses Treated.

---------------------------

Horses Sent For And Returned.

51 BROOKSIDE AVENUE JAMAICA PLAIN

Telephone 303




C.O. Bennett & Son.

Dealers in

PROVISIONS

Woolsey Square, Jamaica Plain




NORCROSS & MYRICK

GROCERS

Corner Centre and Myrtle Sts.

Jamaica Plain.

Connected by telephone.





CITY CASH PRICES

FOR

Meats, Fish and Provisions

AT

THE PEOPLE'S

MARKETING AND PROVISION STORE,

113 & 115 GREEN STREET,

All kinds of Poultry, Game, Fruit, Butter and Eggs.

TREDENNICK & COWLISHAW

Telephone Jamaica 107-3






FISH AND OYSTER

MARKET

The undersigned invites attention to his full supply of Providence River Oysters, as well as his stock of Fresh and Salted fish, which he will deliver at residences with the utmost promptness, and at reasonable prices as the quality of the goods will warrant.

Fancy oysters for parties will also be supplied to order, on the half-shell or otherwise. openers furnished when desired.

Clams in the shell or opened always on hand. The closest attention given to every order with which I may be favored.

W.F. FALLON

CENTRE STREET - JAMAICA PLAIN





INGRAM I. MARGESON

FIRST-CLASS PROVISIONS

Orders called for and goods delivered.

Cor. Green and Washington Sts.

Telephone 304-2





Keazer & Atherton

Groceries and Provisions

693 CENTRE STREET

Jamaica Plain Mass





A.J. FORD

Cold Blast Market

Provisions, Fruits and Vegetables

Fish & Oysters, Butter & Eggs a Specialty

122 Green Street, Jamaica Plain

Telephone 24-2





GEORGE P. TROTT

DEALER IN

BEEF, MUTTON, POULTRY,

GAME, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, ETC.

Orders called for and goods delivered.

757 Centre St, Cor. Thomas St. Jamaica Plain.

Jamaica Plain Vice

I've written about crime in 1870s Jamaica Plain, so it's only fair that I add this entry I found recently regarding a police action in the 1970s. The following is taken from a police report that made its way in to the records of the building permits department. What we have here is the intersection of technology and changing social norms that came out of the post-War years all across America. The location described below is now a popular restaurant at the top of McBride street near South street. I don't remember the event, although I'm sure I heard about it at the time. I also have no doubt that I would have known many of the five hundred (!) present. As the events are contemporary - or at least contemporary to those of us of my age - I've decided to leave out the names of those arrested. My how times have changed!




City of Boston - Police Department

Division 13

Date of Report: November 9, 1973

DRUGS ( ) GAMING ( ) PROSTITUTION AND VICE (X)


Location: 5 McBride street, J.P.

Date and time: November 6, 1973, 9:15 pm

Description of premises: One story wood and brick cafe.

Arresting and Searching Officers: Captains Bulens & Quinlan, Sergt. WT O'Brien, Dets. Smith & Bradley (13), Dets Miller & McCormick (VCU).

Crime(s) Charged: Exhibiting obscene film, allowing premises to be used, hindering & delaying investigator of BPD by refusing to open locked door, overcrowding of limit of 169 to 500 persons on premises, no license to exhibit film or conduct amusement at any time.

Property seized: $744.00 US Currency, 150 admission tickets, one closed circuit TV cassette reproducer by which film was displayed over TV receivers on premises.

At about 9:15 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 1973, within named police officers abetted by Search Warrant #03929, issued in West Roxbury Court, entered within described premises and found 500 persons, each having purchased admission tickets of $5.00 each, viewing obscene film entitled "Deep Throat" on TV receivers on the premises furnished by cassette reproducer seized on premises as evidence.

Wanted! Dead or Alive.

This entry comes from the Boston Public Library online collection of documents. They have scanned the original reward poster, but I'll just transcribe it for you here. Notice that by 1849, Roxbury had become a city. This is just two years before the referendum that created the Town of West Roxbury, with Jamaica Plain as its center. Henry A.S. Dearborn held various political offices before he became Mayor of the city of Roxbury. He was instrumental in the creation of Forest Hills cemetery and is buried there. We can only hope that the widow Shepherd was not handled roughly, and that the rascals were apprehended.



250 Dollars Reward!

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In conformity to an Order of the City Council of Roxbury of the 30th July, 1849, I hereby offer a Reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS for the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who broke into the Dwelling-House of the widow Abigail Shepherd, on Jamaica Plain, on the night of the 22d of July, 1849; provided, that the above reward shall not extend beyond the term of six calendar months from the date of the above named Order of the City Council.

H.A.S. DEARBORN, Mayor.

City of Roxbury, August 1, 1849

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Press of Jos. G. Torrey, City Printer.