16-18 WALK HILL ST. UNIT 8
JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
SOLD: $330,000.00
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The historic century-old Firehouse, a renown landmark in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood creatively condo-converted in 2004, features 13 hip units. The building is located just minutes away from the Forest Hills Orange Line station in one of Boston's hottest neighborhoods, providing easy access to downtown Boston, Back Bay, Longwood Medical Area, Northeastern, Wentworth and many universities. With a 92 for a "walkability" score, the location offers great shops, restaurants, and breweries, and it's in "dog-heaven" with many parks nearby such as the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the Bussey Brook Meadow.
Available for sale is Unit 8, the most desirable top-floor corner unit, the second largest dwelling in the building. This sunny condo preserves the building’s original charm with exposed brick walls, high ceilings, and hardwood floors. Open concept floor plan with a tiled bathroom and refinished floors. Its compact kitchen includes maple cabinets, granite countertop, stainless steel appliances and an island with electric cooktop and built-in oven-microwave combo. Generously-sized hallway closet. Ample storage locker, bike racks and free laundry in the basement. A front door intercom connects to your phone!
A great opportunity for owner occupant or investor with a professional off-site management company in place, solid rental history and low condo fees including heat, hot water, laundry appliances free in the basement, master insurance, water, sewer, landscaping, and snow removal!
HISTORICAL
DETAILS
The firehouse was built in 1910 and Chemical Company 13 was organized here on July 29, 1910. Chemical 13 was assigned the first new motorized fire apparatus in the city’s history. All other apparatus was either horse-drawn or had been converted from horse-drawn to motorized.
Chemical 13 was disbanded on December 10, 1921 and Engine Company 53 was organized in its place on that date. Ladder Company 10 moved in on May 25, 1954 and stayed until April 27, 1955.
Engine 53 was designated Engine-Squad 53 on September 21, 1954, when the Fire Department initiated the Engine-Squad concept. Five engine companies were designated as Engine-Squads to provide more flexibility for Rescue-Squad fire duty. Engine Company 53 was changed to Engine-Squad 53 on that date.
On April 4, 1956 Engine-Squad 53 was moved to 4246 Washington Street in Roslindale Square, quarters of Engine 45, and was designated Engine-Squad 45. Engine 45 was moved to the former quarters of Engine-Squad 53 and was designated Engine 53.
The Engine-Squad concept was phased out during June and July, 1969.
On June 11, 1959, Engine 53 moved to a new firehouse at American Legion Highway and Canterbury Street in Roslindale, along with Engine-Squad 45 and Ladder 16. The firehouse at 16 Walk Hill Street was closed.
THE BUSSEY BROOK
MEADOW
The Bussey Brook Meadow serves Harvard University and science as a permanent site for monitoring spontaneous urban ecology. In addition to aiding recent studies conducted by researchers from a number of universities including the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Arboretum has also become a participatory member in ULTRA (Urban Long-Term Research Area) exploratory projects funded by the National Science Foundation and USDA Forest Service.
The 24 acres that make up Bussey Brook Meadow–a 24-acre parcel of the Arnold Arboretum located between the Forest Hills MBTA Station and the Arboretum’s South Street Gate–are preserved with minimal human interference as a site for research into the complex interactions that characterize urban environments. Protected through the Arboretum’s indenture and not subject to loss from future development, this “urban wild” supports studies in a range of disciplines, generating abundant data about the ecological functioning of a modern city.
A walk down the Blackwell Footpath in the Arboretum’s Bussey Brook Meadow presents opportunities to observe a spontaneous wildflower meadow, a flourishing wetland, and a diversity of both native and introduced plants and animals. In 1996, the Arboretum Park Conservancy partnered with the Arboretum to preserve this landscape, assembled from neglected parcels of land that formerly belonged to the MBTA, the City of Boston, and Harvard University. Under the current management regimen, the meadow serves as a site where Arboretum scientists and visiting scholars can document long-term changes in plant succession and measure ecosystem functions including vegetation structure, wildlife abundance, phenology, and biogeochemical cycling.
FOREST HILLS
HISTORICAL CEMETERY
FOREST HILLS CEMETERY is one of the finest examples of the garden cemetery in the United States. It was founded in 1848 to provide a magnificent park-like setting to bury and remember family and friends. Set among the important jewels of Greater Boston’s “Emerald Necklace”— the linked collection of parks and green spaces (the “jewels”) that ring the city — Forest Hills Cemetery is a treasure trove of natural splendor and man-made beauty. In recognition of its unique qualities, Forest Hills Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
More than 275 rolling acres is the setting for art, sculpture, memorials and architecture that are admired around the world. And throughout the landscape, carefully cultivated bushes, trees and plantings contribute to an atmosphere that is both restful and arresting… an enchanting combination that celebrates the living, while commemorating the deceased. It is no wonder Forest Hills Cemetery was named one of the “1000 Greatest Places” in Massachusetts.
Forest Hills is indeed a special place. Wooded heights and shaded valleys alternate from side to side. There are grassy slopes and shaded lanes, a waterfall and fountain — and in the center of things, a serene lake surrounded by mature trees providing dappled shade, as well as comfortable seating from which to laze away a summer afternoon.
The famous and lesser known are at rest here — at peace in a truly beautiful setting. From the beginning in 1848, Forest Hills has been the resting place for some of the community’s most outstanding citizens, honored for service to their country, or for their success in politics, literature or the arts and sciences. It is also a resting place for every citizen, of any origin or accomplishment.
Today, Forest Hills is still an active burial ground, and is also a historic site, an open-air museum, and a 275-acre greenspace and arboretum. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, the distinctive Victorian landscape design features meandering paths, scenic vistas, and lovely lake Hibiscus. Many prominent historic, cultural and civic figures are buried here, including the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, suffragist Lucy Stone, poets Anne Sexton and e.e. cummings, playwright Eugene O’Neill, and sculptor Martin Milmore.
Forest Hills Cemetery continues to be the choice of prominent and significant Americans, 170 years since its founding.