Pill Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts | |
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Neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Massachusetts |
| County | Norfolk |
| City | Brookline |
| ZIP Codes | 02445 |
| Area code | 617 |
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Pill Hill Historic District . (Discuss) Proposed since February 2024. |
Pill Hill, also known as "High Street Hill," [1] is a neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, and part of Greater Boston.
Pill Hill became part of Brookline in 1844, when it was annexed from Boston. [2]
Noted abolitionist Samuel Philbrick lived in Brookline at 182 Walnut Street during the mid-19th century. [3] His home eventually became a stop for the Underground Railroad. [3]
Like other Pill Hills in the United States, Pill Hill in Brookline was nicknamed for the large numbers of doctors in the neighborhood. [1] That was likely due to its proximity to hospitals in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston. [4] "High Street Hill" is the older and more formal name for the neighborhood. [1] The neighborhood has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Pill Hill Historic District. Pill Hill is one of seven Local Historic Districts in Brookline. [5]
Pill Hill is centered along High Street, but also includes Allerton Street and Cumberland and Pond Avenues, and Hawthorn, Glen and Edgehill Roads.
Pill Hill immediately borders other Brookline neighborhoods, including Brookline Village to its north and the historically working-class neighborhood known as The Point ("Whiskey Point") [4] to its south. Pill Hill also lies adjacent to Olmsted Park and Leverett Pond to its east (part of Greater Boston's Emerald Necklace park system); parkland which in turn borders the Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill.
The neighborhood is also near Route 9, a major Massachusetts highway.
| Climate data for Brookline, MA | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 72.0 (22.2) | 70.0 (21.1) | 89.0 (31.7) | 94.0 (34.4) | 97.0 (36.1) | 100.0 (37.8) | 104.0 (40.0) | 102.0 (38.9) | 102.0 (38.9) | 90.0 (32.2) | 83.0 (28.3) | 76.0 (24.4) | 104.0 (40.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 36.0 (2.2) | 39.0 (3.9) | 45.0 (7.2) | 56.0 (13.3) | 66.0 (18.9) | 76.0 (24.4) | 82.0 (27.8) | 80.0 (26.7) | 72.0 (22.2) | 61.0 (16.1) | 52.0 (11.1) | 41.0 (5.0) | 58.83 (14.91) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 25.0 (−3.9) | 31.0 (−0.6) | 41.0 (5.0) | 50.0 (10.0) | 60.0 (15.6) | 65.0 (18.3) | 65.0 (18.3) | 57.0 (13.9) | 47.0 (8.3) | 38.0 (3.3) | 28.0 (−2.2) | 44.08 (6.71) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30.0 (−34.4) | −18.0 (−27.8) | −8.0 (−22.2) | 11.0 (−11.7) | 31.0 (−0.6) | 41.0 (5.0) | 50.0 (10.0) | 46.0 (7.8) | 34.0 (1.1) | 25.0 (−3.9) | −2.0 (−18.9) | −17.0 (−27.2) | −30.0 (−34.4) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.36 (85) | 3.38 (86) | 4.32 (110) | 3.74 (95) | 3.49 (89) | 3.68 (93) | 3.43 (87) | 3.35 (85) | 3.44 (87) | 3.94 (100) | 3.99 (101) | 3.78 (96) | 43.9 (1,120) |
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Brookline falls under the USDA 6b Plant Hardiness zone. [6]
The most commonly reported ethnicities/ancestries in Pill Hill are Irish (20.7%), various Asian ancestries (14.6%), English (6.7%), Italian (6.5%), and Russian (6.1%). Additionally, 2.4% of those living in Pill Hill have Spanish ancestry. [7]
17.9% of Pill Hill residents are foreign born. [7]
The most common language spoken in Pill Hill is English, spoken by 72.9% of households. Other languages spoken in the neighborhood include Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and French. [7]
Pill Hill is mostly residential but also has places of commerce, particularly operating along Boylston Street/Route 9.
The Pill Hill neighborhood of Brookline has various examples of Victorian architecture. [8]
Pill Hill's close proximity to Brookline Village, allows for easy access to the MBTA's Green Line D-train at Brookline Village (MBTA station). Additionally, Pill Hill is in close proximity to the Green Line E-train line in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, notably the Riverway stop.
Both D and E lines of the MBTA's Green Line have service to downtown Boston.
Pill Hill is also served by MBTA bus service. [11]
The local public school is the William H. Lincoln School.
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton lies to the west of Brookline. Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a hamlet in Boston, known as Muddy River; it was incorporated as a separate town in 1705.
Fenway–Kenmore is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. While it is considered one neighborhood for administrative purposes, it is composed of numerous distinct sections that, in casual conversation, are almost always referred to as "Fenway", "the Fenway", "Kenmore Square", or "Kenmore". Furthermore, the Fenway neighborhood is divided into two sub-neighborhoods commonly referred to as East Fenway/Symphony and West Fenway.
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is best known for being home to Boston College and a section of the Boston Marathon route. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity. It is located partially in Brookline in Norfolk County; partially in the city of Boston in Suffolk County, and partially in the city of Newton in Middlesex County. Chestnut Hill's borders are defined by the 02467 ZIP Code. The name refers to several small hills that overlook the 135-acre Chestnut Hill Reservoir rather than one particular hill.
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The C branch, also called the Beacon Street Line or Cleveland Circle Line, is one of four branches of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line light rail system in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area. The line begins at Cleveland Circle in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston and runs on the surface through Brookline along the median of Beacon Street. Reentering Boston, the line goes underground through the St. Mary's Street incline and joins the B and D branches at Kenmore. Trains run through the Boylston Street subway to Copley where the E branch joins, then continue through the Tremont Street subway to downtown Boston. The C branch has terminated at Government Center station since October 2021.
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Boylston Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the city of Boston, Massachusetts and its western suburbs. The street begins in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, forms the southern border of the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, runs through Back Bay and Boston's Fenway neighborhood, merges into Brookline Ave and then Washington Street, emerging again contiguous with Route 9 out to where it crosses Route 128, after which it becomes Worcester Street.
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Carl Fehmer was a prominent German-American Boston architect during the 19th century.
The Hotel Adelaide is a historic apartment house at 13–21 High Street in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1875, it is one of the earliest known examples of a duplex-style apartment house, in which the individual units occupy space on two floors, connected by a private staircase. The building and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Pill Hill Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Boylston Street, Pond Ave., and Acron, Oakland and Highland Roads in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Hartwell and Richardson was a Boston, Massachusetts architectural firm established in 1881, by Henry Walker Hartwell (1833–1919) and William Cummings Richardson (1854–1935). The firm contributed significantly to the current building stock and architecture of the greater Boston area. Many of its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kilham & Hopkins was an architectural firm in Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1899 or 1900 by its founding members, Walter Harrington Kilham and James Cleveland Hopkins. The firm later became Kilham, Hopkins & Greeley after William Roger Greeley joined the firm in 1916, and Kilham Hopkins Greeley and Brodie after Walter S. (Steve) Brodie joined the firm in 1945.
Fort Hill is a 0.4 square mile neighborhood and historic district of Roxbury, in Boston, Massachusetts. The approximate boundaries of Fort Hill are Malcolm X Boulevard on the north, Washington Street on the southeast, and Columbus Avenue on the southwest.
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