Play Reading: ‘Sophia Hayden Deserves Better’

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join Jamaica Plain History Society on Zoom for a reading of the play Sophia Hayden Deserves Better by Stephanie Alison Walker. In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman from Jamaica Plain […]

Walking Tour of Green Street

Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center 640 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

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 […]

The Southwest Corridor Park: A Neighborhood’s Response to a Highway

Jackson Square T Stop 240 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

The Southwest Corridor Park was the result of protests about the creation of an eight lane highway running through Boston’s southwestern neighborhoods. Jamaica Plain’s residents played an important role in […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: Niu Raza

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: June 12 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Malagasy award winner and Boston-based singer-songwriter Niu Raza is known for her unique […]

Walking Tour of Woodbourne

Bethel AME Church 38 Walk Hill Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

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 […]

Eliot Schoolyard Concert: Dis N Dat Band

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Date: June 19 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, 24 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Formed in 1999 by 4-time Grammy-nominated Black Uhuru drummer 'Rangotan and 6-time steel […]

Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Jamaica Pond 507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain

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 […]

Walking Tour of Monument Square

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

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 […]

Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Developed as a suburb by General William Hyslop Sumner in the mid-nineteenth century, this National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The […]

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