1925
Maker: Sanborn Map Co..
Antique hand colored map showing Wards 52 and 53, part of Brookline, Massachusetts, from the Brookline Mass. Atlas by the Sanborn Map Company of New York, 1925. Ward 52: Streets shown in this map are School, Aspinwall, Hurd Rd., Harvard, Prospect, and Washington. The landmarks in this ward are St. Mary of the Assumption Church, St. Mary's High School, Convent of St. Joseph's, a Parochial school with hall, the Brookline Post No. 11 American legion, Orange Hall on Prospect St., the Pierce Grammar School, the Pierce School, the Board of Selectmen and Police Station, and the Public Library built in 1912. The other buildings in this ward are a mixture of stores, workshops, and dwellings or flats. Reverse side of this map shows Ward 53 of Brookline. Streets shown on this side are Thayer, Prospect, Davis Av., Washington, Harvard, and Boylston. The landmarks in this ward are the Town Offices and Town Hall, the First Presbyterian Church, and the B & A Rail Road. The other buildings in this ward are a mixture of stores, workshops, and dwellings or flats. This map was added to and corrected over time to update buildings and streets. There are small rectangles of paper with updates glued to the page and the updates were recorded and signed in a table at the front of the atlas. Fair Antique condition; page is wavy, few pencil marks from updates, some light toning at edges, edge has red leather atlas tab and an imprint from another atlas tab. Pencil marking can potentially be removed. Approx. 26.5" x 18".
Item Number: MAS1570