Boston Free Hospital for Women, Nurse’s Residence // 1908

Located behind the former Boston Free Hospital for Women in Brookline, this charming yellow brick building employs materials and design elements of its neighbor, but was designed and built by different architects nearly a decade later. Built in 1908 as a nurse’s residence this handsome building was crucial to the expansion and growth of the women’s hospital here, providing much-needed living space for employees of the hospital who worked around the clock to provide some of the highest-quality medical care in the Boston area. Designed by the firm of Coolidge & Carlson, the nurse’s residence employs intricate limestone detail