48 Rockview Street - Jamaica Plain Single Family
Colonial Revival - Cape Style
Atop one of central Jamaica Plain’s hills sits this historic and unique single family home waiting for the next generation to discover.
UPDATE: This home sold in December, 2023 for $860,000 after receiving multiple offers in less than 7 days on market.
1326 sqft | 3+ beds | 1 bath | 6105 sqft lot
asking $849,000
As you crest the hill on Rockview in Jamaica Plain, there sits a custom 1930s historic home retained by the same family since it was first built. They don’t make them like they used to! And even when they did, they didn’t make them like this.
Click this image to read about 48 Rockview and its family history on the Jamaica Plain Historical Society’s page.
Imagine a standard “Cape” - a clapboard clad symmetrical 1 1/2 story structure with the characteristic steep pitched roof, central chimney, side gables, and central front door - then gussy it up with high-style Colonial
Revival architectural embellishments and refinement and you start to form the makings of 48 Rockview. Most noteworthy among the exterior ornamentation are the raised decorative quoins that give a dimensionality unexpressed by the humble corner board, and the multi-paned twelve-over-twelve double hung windows typical of a home built in the Federal or Colonial period.
But it is through the pilaster adorned threshold that you will find the most striking of decorative elements- a hand-painted fresco of four distinct scenes unified under one continuous blue sky done by the hand of the owner’s grandfather on the walls of the formal dining room.
The professional fresco painter of the family was even heralded by a 1922 Globe article as “one of the most noted [muralists] in the country.” Other decorative elements that bear the muralist's mark are embossed figures found in the vestibule and above the doors and windows. In addition to the formal living room and dining room, a more utilitarian kitchen occupies the first floor. A screened in enclosed porch on the back of the home leads down to a lovely yard.
On the upper level, millwork in the form of refined moldings and trim line the stairs, doorways and windows. Built-in bookcases and drawers, as well as alcoves and nooks give personality to the three bedrooms on the second floor. A tiled bathroom with a matching pink suite are a vintage find. An attic pull-down reveals headroom and expansion potential above.
And of course, there is the location. The hill that 48 Rockview sits atop is central to all of Jamaica Plain. For starters the home is very close to both Stonybrook Station and Green Street and with that also the Southwest Corridor Park and Bike Path which extends from Forest Hills into Copley Place. If you haven’t already explored Jamaica Plain and its many shops, restaurants, community centers, and green spaces, 48 Rockview is the perfect starting point!
Unusually High Gable & Attic Ceiling Height
Architectural Rarity
Top JP Location
Fresco Dining Room!
Lovely Lot
Blank Canvas
Open House Times
Thursday, November 16th - 9:30-11 am
Friday, November 17th - 1-2 pm
Saturday, November 18th - 12 - 1 pm
Sunday, November 19th - By appointment between 12-3 pm
Monday, November 20th - By appointment.
Useful Downloads
About the Home:
FAQ & Disclosures | Floor Plan
Mortgage Rate Sheet | MLS Page | Deed | Lead Paint Disclosure
Original Permit to Build | 2009 Roof Permit | Plot Plan from 1930 |
Additional Downloads:
Location, location, location
A Little About Jamaica Plain
For starters, locals call it JP. Once a vacation getaway for Boston’s elite merchants in centuries past, Jamaica Plain’s rolling hills are now home to a diverse and exciting fabric of community activism, an array of tasty restaurants and other small businesses, and many wonderful green spaces in and around the area. Surrounded by Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, JP is one of the greenest neighborhoods in Boston.
Boston Home Team Nearby Favorites*
Monumental Market - Pastries, coffee, lavender lemonade, anyone? Offering nut-free goodies. And, they carry vinyl!
Papercuts Bookstore - Eye catching window displays and a variety of books to browse.
Brassica Kitchen - The best restaurant in JP? It’s up there. Their fried chicken sandwich is sinful.
Fiore’s Bakery - A JP staple. Coffee, pastries, and solid sammies.
For Pizza we can’t pick just one: Same Old Place, Italian Pizza and Subs, Real Deal, Ideal? There are too many to list!
Arnold Arboretum - The crown jewel of Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, spanning almost 300 acres, this amazing collection of trees and woody plants is truly a magical place.
Allandale Farm - Just on the edge of Chestnut Hill & JP, Allandale Farm has a CSA, a produce & food supply store, garden supplies, and hosts events for adults and children (including hayrides during the Autumn).
Franklin Park Coalition, Spontaneous Celebrations and W.U.T.E, JPNDC, JP Local First
* Editor’s note: There are so many more tasty and cool spots in JP and if we listed them all, we’d be here all day. Once you buy this listing from the Boston Home Team, you’ll have all the time in the world to explore the neighborhood.
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