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On Monmouth Street and Monmouth Court in the Longwood section of Brookline. 1876-77 townhouses designed by J. Pickering Putnam for the Amos Adams Lawrence Trust. On the map from 1891 they are on the eastern side towards the Boston city line. Amos Adams Lawrence was the well known industrialist who turned Abolitionist in the 1850s and partially funded John Brown. He paid New Englanders to move to Kansas so that Kansas would remain a free state. His money started the University of Kansas, located in Lawrence. The architect teamed up with George Tilden on the designs for some of these houses, especially the ones on the western side. Putnam was an author and sort of an architectural engineer who wrote books on perfecting fireplaces and plumbing. I’ve always loved loved these townhouses…! Right at the beginning of the Aesthetic Movement they combine eclectic design with bold detailing. I’ve included a Putnam designed townhouse in Back Bay as another example. #mansardmonday #archi_ologie @archi_ologie #townhouse #brooklinema #jpickeringputnam