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Boston used to have a lot of trolley barns
By adamg on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 12:44pm
![Old car barn in Boston](https://www.universalhub.com/files/styles/main_image/public/new/oldcarbarn_0.jpg?itok=tqDfHSPW)
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
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Egleston Square
I don't know why, but my gut says that. Before the elevated, of course.
Sullivan Square
Bigger picture says "Boston Elevated Railway". I'm guessing that this was where the MBTA is rebuilding the sea wall now, possibly before the massive station there.
Dudley
Just a quick guess for Dudley.
Jamaica Plain?
Looks a lot like this view from the opposite angle. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/16093397348/
Maybe
My first thought was that you had nailed it, but then I considered that most BERY architecture was probably similar. Also, the configuration of the waiting room is different from shot to shot - two windows to left of door in one, one on either side in the other.
Better your guess than mine, though. Maybe the waiting room was rebuilt. I have nothing better for a guess.
Suldog
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New Haven Rail
Back Bay Station just east of Dartmouth Street
The Answer!
Thanks for playing, folks! This is the Jamaica Plain Car Barn on South Street. We're dating it ca 1903-1906. The car barn was built in the 1890s, but this photo shows a later addition, built in the early 1900s.