Gen. Simon Elliot House

The General Simon Elliott House is located on a residential street in Brookline's Woodland-Heath area, at the western corner of Heath Street and Reservoir Road. A low stone wall runs along the street-facing edges of the property. The core of the house is a 1-1/2 story wood frame Greek Revival cottage, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Although the modern main entrance is on the left side as seen from the street, the original main entrance was on the street-facing south facade, sheltered by a single-story Greek Revival porch. The current main entrance is at the center of the left facade, sheltered by a rectangular Colonial Revival portico. Stylistic alterations to the exterior include Gothic-arched details, steeply pitched gabled dormers, and Colonial Revival window framing.[2]

The house was built in 1824 by General Simon Elliot, a Scottish immigrant who served in the American Revolutionary War. Elliot was a prominent local merchant as well as a mill and factory owner, whose daughter married Thomas Handasyd Perkins, and whose granddaughter married into Boston's prominent Cabot family. It is the oldest Greek Revival house in Brookline.[2]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts