A Massachusetts and Boston Landmark, the Loring-Greenough House is a historic building in the Sumner Hill area of Jamaica Plain . Constructed in 1760, the house served as the home of British Commodore Joshua Loring. The house is historically significant, having served as a headquarters of the Colonial forces as well as a military hospital during the Battle of Bunker Hill. After the revolution,...
The Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club is a community-based 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 historic Loring-Greenough House (built in 1760) and its grounds for the people of Jamaica Plain. The site is wheelchair accessible; for more information...
The Loring-Greenough House is a jewel of a preserved Georgian country mansion set on two acres of landscaped grounds in the center of one of Boston’s greenest neighborhoods, Jamaica Plain. The authentic vintage surroundings are the perfect setting for a modern-day wedding, anniversary party, holiday fête — or any one of life’s special occasions. Gathering amidst the elegance of the 1760s estate...
Built as a country estate and farmstead by Commodore Joshua Loring in 1760, the Loring Home
served during the American Revolution as a commissary, hospital and headquarters for Colonial
Troops. It was the family home for four generations of the David Stoddard Greenough family from 1780 until its conversion by the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club to a historic house museum in 1926.