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Learn About Stony Brook, Jamaica Pond, Sumner Hill and More During JPHS Neighborhood Walking Tours

By David Ertischek on May 29, 2025

Learn About Stony Brook, Jamaica Pond, Sumner Hill and More During JPHS Neighborhood Walking Tours

Jamaica Plain has a rich history and you can learn more about individual neighborhoods such as Hyde Square, Sumner Hill, or Stony Brook through Jamaica Plain Historical Society’s spring/summer walking tours.

Celebrate the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail in Jamaica Plain on March 15

Celebrate the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail in Jamaica Plain on March 15

By David Ertischek on March 10, 2025

To celebrate Women’s History Month the Jamaica Plain Historical Society is hosting a presentation by the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail on March 15.

No One Hurt in Fire of 12-Sided National Register Historic Places Home on Cranston Street

No One Hurt in Fire of 12-Sided National Register Historic Places Home on Cranston Street

By David Ertischek on February 24, 2025

Boston Firefighters knocked down a fire in a historic Jamaica Plain home on February 20, and thankfully no one was hurt.

Learn About Documenting, Collecting Wild Plants with Historical Society and Arnold Arboretum on Feb. 8

Learn About Documenting, Collecting Wild Plants with Historical Society and Arnold Arboretum on Feb. 8

By David Ertischek on February 3, 2025

Documenting and collecting wild plants is alive and well in 2025, and you can learn about plant exploration and diversity with an expert from the Arnold Arboretum on Feb. 8.

Check Out Photos from Jamaica Plain Schools of Yore

Check Out Photos from Jamaica Plain Schools of Yore

By David Ertischek on September 10, 2024

As the school year is now upon us, and surely photo day is coming up soon. Let’s take a look back at these (mostly) black and white photos of Jamaica Plain schools’ students from decades ago. See anyone you know?

Check Out These B&W Photos of JP with Horse Drawn Carriages, Centre Street as a Dirt Road, and More

Check Out These B&W Photos of JP with Horse Drawn Carriages, Centre Street as a Dirt Road, and More

By David Ertischek on June 17, 2024

Can you recognize some of the locations in these old black and white photos from the Jamaica Plain Historical Society website?

Learn About History of Slavery at the Loring Greenough House on June 10

Learn About History of Slavery at the Loring Greenough House on June 10

By David Ertischek on June 6, 2024

Recent research uncovered more details that in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the families living at the Loring Greenough House and farming their estate used the labor of enslaved and indentured people.

Don’t Try to Harvest Ice from Jamaica Pond, Instead Learn About History of Harvesting Pond Ice

Don’t Try to Harvest Ice from Jamaica Pond, Instead Learn About History of Harvesting Pond Ice

By David Ertischek on January 22, 2024

Before modern refrigerators produced ice, people had to gather ice where it naturally formed — like from Jamaica Pond.

Photos: Construction of the Southwest Corridor Rail Lines from 1980s

Photos: Construction of the Southwest Corridor Rail Lines from 1980s

By David Ertischek on September 18, 2023

The Southwest Corridor rail lines were constructed in the early 1980s. Check out these photos from back then that include construction of the rail lines, English High School, views of downtown, and more.

Take a Summer Tour with Jamaica Plain Historical Society (P.S. They’re Free)

Take a Summer Tour with Jamaica Plain Historical Society (P.S. They’re Free)

By David Ertischek on July 13, 2023

Have you wanted to know more about the neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain? Then you should take one of the free tours offered by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society this summer.

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