7-9 Newcastle Road

This brick multi-family house was built in 1900 and rises three stories to an asphalt roof.

The 1916 Bromley Atlas shows Charles Bolles as the owner of this house.

The 1925 City Directory lists Edward Kenney, a cutter; John Kenney, a machinist; Margaret Kenney, a teacher at the Theodore Lyman School in East Boston; Thomas Kenney, a storeman in the Boston & Albany Railroad's engine house in Allston; and Thomas Kenney Jr, a machinist, as residents of 9 Newcastle.

The 1925 Bromley Atlas shows T.J. Kenney as the owner of this house.

In 1930 this house was owned by Thomas Kenney, a 62-year old from Ireland who worked as a storekeeper for the Boston & Albany Railroad. Thomas lived in 9 Newcastle with his 60-year old Irish wife Nora and their five children: 35-year old Thomas Junior, a machinist for the Boston & Albany Railroad; 31-year old John, a machinist for the Boston Elevated Railroad; 27-year old Mary, a clerk for the Boston Elevated Railroad; 25-year old Edward, an electrician for the Boston & Albany Railroad; and 23-year old Alice, an operator for the Boston & Albany Railroad. 7 Newcastle was rented for $40 a month by Robert Harvey, a 55-year old odd jobs laborer from Canada. Robert lived with his Canadian wife and two daughters. The building was valued at $10,000.