Loring Greenough House

Name: Loring Greenough House
Address: 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130, US
Telephone: +16175243158
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Loring Greenough House

Built in 1760, the Loring Greenough House is a preserved historic home and event venue in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. The 39 bus stops out front.

The house is located within a 10-minute walk of the Green Street stop on the Orange Line. Built in 1760, the Loring Greenough House is a colonial gem in the heart of Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Community gathering place and event venue. The Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club is a non-profit, volunteer-run educational and social organization dedicated to improving the lives of our neighbors throug

h historical, cultural, and educational activities. The Club, founded in 1896, preserves the Loring-Greenough House, its grounds, and collections for the people of Jamaica Plain. The site is wheelchair accessible; for more information please visit
www.loring-greenough.org. The Loring-Greenough House is open throughout the year for various events and JPTC programs, and welcomes all for house tours Sundays, April to November, from 1pm-3pm. From January through March, house tours are by appointment only: email [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 617-524-3158. We ask a donation of $5 per adult, $2 per school-age child. The Club encourages scholarship and its collections are available to any individual who schedules an appointment. You can explore the Loring Greenough House’s online object collection here: https://loringgreenough.pastperfectonline.com/

01/10/2025

Recently engaged? Looking to celebrate with a special engagement party for family and friends? The Loring Greenough House offers a charming and inviting setting to start your journey together. Reach out today to explore the wonderful options we have for your celebration! (📸 Gina Brocker Photography)

12/19/2024

We received a delightful email from Allandale Farm asking if we would be so kind as to give their last length (75 feet!) of fresh garland someplace to hang. As you stroll down South Street, enjoy the festive swags along our fence courtesy of our farm in the city! Thank you for the generous holiday donation, Allandale! We will see you in the spring. 🌲

12/11/2024

Last weekend wrapped up our outdoor events for 2024. We want to thank JP Dental and The Village Works for sponsoring our Winter Market and Hive for always bringing the drinks and fun. (St Johns will be on the Lawn selling trees this coming weekend while supplies last!)

12/10/2024

In the final month of the 100 for the 100th campaign, we are highlighting Harriet Avis Manning Whitcomb—a community leader, philanthropist, historian of Jamaica Plain, and centenarian. Born on September 8th, 1838 in the Beacon Hill section of Boston, Harriet soon after moved with her family to JP where she would live the rest of her long life.

On January 5th, 1871 she married Austin Fuller Whitcomb, a wealthy merchant from Vermont, she was 33 and he was 39 at the time. They lived in a stately and well-furnished house in the southwestern part of JP, where they raised three daughters together. Sadly, two of Harriet’s daughters died young. Her husband, Austin, died in 1892 at the age of 60.

As a widow of means, Harriet had the time and money to involve herself in a number of philanthropic organizations and community betterment projects. She was a charter member of the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club when it was founded in 1896. She remained an active member until her death in 1941 at the age of 102! She wrote “Annals and Reminiscences of Jamacia Plain”, published in 1897, which is still considered a preeminent history of the Neighborhood today. In her later years, she dressed in a manner—depicted in the above photograph of Harriet—that often drew comparison to Queen Victoria, an association she leaned into happily by all accounts.

Want to support the work of the LGH Collections?

You can transcribe meeting minutes here: https://fromthepage.com/loring-greenough-house/jamaica-plain-tuesday-club-meeting-minutes

Donate $19.24 here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2BLRW8YKQBNQQ

Donate $100 here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=E5NENNW7PJD2S

12/06/2024

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW! ☃️ We may not have these sparkly, frosty conditions tomorrow (photo from last year) but we still hope you will come down for a festive ❄️Holiday Open House❄️ (Sat 12/7 11am - 4pm) and the start of our final weekend of Winter Market with . Tour the first floor, shop local artisans, make a craft (11am - 2pm), visit with dancers (12 - 1pm), and grab a drink outside (11am - 5pm). And the Banic family will be selling ornaments to benefit the House gardens! will be selling trees outside. 's enchanted trolley will be stopping by at 3pm to light the Monument Christmas tree. 🌲 Full details on our website and Facebook! Winter Market is sponsored by .dds and !

12/03/2024

It's Giving Tuesday! Please consider showing your support for the Loring Greenough House today! Your donation will go towards the preservation of the house, built in 1760, and grounds, cared for by dedicated volunteers. https://loring-greenough.org/annual-appeal-2024/

11/30/2024

Winter Market with Hive starts tomorrow! Join us 11/30, 12/01, 12/07, and 12/08 from 11am - 5pm for warm drinks, festive vibes, and holiday shopping! Sponsored by JP Dental and The Village Works! Bundle up and come on by!

11/27/2024

We are thankful for the amazing community around the LGH! If you are too, please consider supporting our community events by contributing to our Annual Appeal. https://loring-greenough.org/annual-appeal-2024/

11/26/2024

Found 11/26/2024. If this is your lunch bag, it is waiting for you on the bench under the bulletin board.

11/22/2024

The Loring Greenough House Annual Appeal for 2024 begins today. We encourage you to support the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, the nonprofit that cares for the LGH, as it begins its second century of stewardship. Our organization is women-founded and volunteer-run. Please consider showing your support before the year is out. Visit: tinyurl.com/LGHouseAA-2024 to donate.

Address

12 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA
02130

Telephone

+16175243158

Website

http://loring-greenough.org/

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In 2021, your financial donations made it possible for us to purchase software to catalogue our collections online and we have been busy! Now, you can explore the Loring Greenough House’s online object collection (https://loringgreenough.pastperfectonline.com). Thank you for helping to make the LGH Collections more accessible! Next up: we are scanning and transcribing meeting minutes from the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club (JPTC). Founded in 1896, the JPTC is a volunteer-based organization that stewards the Loring Greenough House. Please DM us if you are interested in volunteering to digitize archival material!

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Built in 1760, the Loring Greenough House is a colonial gem in the heart of Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Community gathering place and event venue. The Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club is a non-profit, volunteer-run educational and social organization dedicated to improving the lives of our neighbors through historical, cultural, and educational activities. The Club, founded in 1896, preserves the Loring-Greenough House and its grounds for the people of Jamaica Plain. The Loring-Greenough House is open throughout the year for various events and JPTC programs, and welcomes all for house tours Sundays, April to November, from 1pm-3pm.

Visit our Events Calendar here on Facebook or on our website to learn about upcoming programming.

From January through March, house tours are by appointment only: email [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 617-524-3158. We ask a donation of $5 per adult, $2 per school-age child.

The site is wheelchair accessible.