This area of Jamaica Plain was developed as a suburb by General William Hyslop Sumner in the mid-nineteenth century. Sumner Hill is a National Historic District and includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The tour includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder as well as the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists.
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