Chestnut Hill

Suggested Reading

Purchase Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900 by author Sam Bass Warner, Jr. from our Amazon bookstore. Purchase Images of America - Newton by author Thelma Fleishman for the Newton Historical Society from our Amazon bookstore.

Browse more selections from the architecture section of our Amazon bookstore.

Suburban touring at its best!

Chestnut Hill is a classic streetcar suburb which developed as the railroad and streecar network expanded around Boston. By the early twentieth century, Chestnut Hill was considered to be suburban living at its best.

This walking tour explores the Newton portion of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood where you will walk among large Victorian mansions while learning its evolution from rural farmland to a modern suburb.

Chestnut Hill also features the campus of Boston College and the historic Chestnut Hill Reservoir with a finish at the new Metropolitan WaterWorks Museum.

Come along and discover this hidden enclave of interesting estates, important public buildings, and naturally, some lovely chestnut trees.