CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS

Located six miles west of downtown Boston, 'Chestnut Hill' is a wealthy suburban village notable for its stately old houses, scenic landscape, and the historic campus of Boston College. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity. It encompasses parts of the town of Brookline, parts of the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury (which lie within the city of Boston), and part of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. (Chestnut Hill's borders are roughly defined by the 02467 ZIP Code.) The portion of Chestnut Hill located in Newton is designated as one of Newton's thirteen unincorporated villages. "Chestnut Hill" is not strictly a topographical designation; the name refers to a ''series'' of small hills that overlook the 135-acre (546,000 m²) Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
Because of the significance of its landscape and architecture, the National Register of Historic Places, in 1986, designated parts of Chestnut Hill as a historic district. Examples of Colonial, Italianate, Shingle, Tudor, and Victorian architectural styles are evident in the village's country estates and mansions. The Boston College campus is itself an early example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. While most of Chestnut Hill remained farmland well into the early twentieth century, the area around the reservoir was developed, in 1870, by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park in New York and of the Emerald Necklace in Boston and Brookline.

Contents

Points of interest in Chestnut Hill and environs

Other Schools

Religious

Retail Shopping

Social, Cultural and Recreational

Geographical

Transport

Famous Natives and Residents of Chestnut Hill

Points of interest in Chestnut Hill and environs

=== Boston College ===


★ Alumni Stadium, home of the Boston College Eagles Football team (Brighton, MA)

★ Conte Forum and Kelley Rink, home of BC basketball and hockey (Brighton, MA)

★ Burns Library, rare books and special collections at Boston College (Newton, MA)

★ Cardinal's Mansion, former residence of Boston's archbishops, now part of the Boston College campus (Brighton, MA)

★ McMullen Museum of Art, on the Boston College campus (Newton, MA)

★ O'Connell House, formerly the main house of the Louis K. Liggett estate, now the Upper Campus of Boston College. (Newton, MA)

★ "Tip" O'Neill Museum, a permanent exhibit in the O'Neill Library at Boston College that documents the life and career of the late Speaker of the House (Newton, MA)

★ St. Ignatius Church, on the Boston College campus (Brighton, MA)

Other Schools

★ Pine Manor College, a private women's college (Brookline, MA)

★ Beaver Country Day School, a private middle and high school (Brookline, MA)

★ Brimmer and May School, a private elementary, middle and high school (Brookline, MA)

★ Mount Alvernia Academy, a private elementary school (Newton, MA)

★ The Chestnut Hill School, a private elementary school (Newton, MA)

★ Ward Elementary School in the Newton Public Schools

Religious

★ St. John's Seminary (Brighton, MA)

★ Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal)

★ Longyear Museum, documenting the life of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Church (Brookline, MA)

★ Mary Baker Eddy Home, 400 Beacon Street, her historic last residence. (Newton, MA)

★ St. John's Seminary (Brighton, MA)

★ Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Newton, MA)

Retail Shopping

★ The Atrium Mall, an upscale shopping center (Brookline and Newton, MA)

★ The Mall at Chestnut Hill, an upscale shopping center (Newton, MA)

★ The Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, upscale stores, restaurants, and a movie theater (Brookline, MA)

Social, Cultural and Recreational

★ The Chestnut Hill Country Club and Newton Commonwealth Golf Club (Newton, MA)

★ The Country Club (Brookline, MA)

★ The Longwood Cricket Club, birthplace of the Davis Cup (Brookline, MA)

★ Reilly Memorial Recreation Center, a public ice skating rink and swimming pool (Brighton, MA)

Geographical

★ Hammond Pond, an extensive forest preserve and protected wetlands (Brookline, MA)

★ The Chestnut Hill Reservation

Transport

Chestnut Hill is served by three branches of the Green Line of the MBTA, Boston's light rail system. Stations include:

★ B Line: South Street, Boston College

★ C Line: Cleveland Circle

★ D Line: Reservoir, Chestnut Hill Ave

Famous Natives and Residents of Chestnut Hill

★ Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Church (Newton, MA)

★ Terry Francona, manager of the Boston Red Sox

★ Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, the first wife of Theodore Roosevelt, and mother of Alice Roosevelt Longworth

★ Louis K. Liggett, drugstore magnate (Newton, MA)

★ Leverett Saltonstall, Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and United States Senator (1945–1967)