Scott's Woods Historic District

Scott's Woods is a semirural residential district of about 123 acres along Hillside Street in southern Milton, running from Randolph Avenue to the Blue Hills Reservation. It takes its name from the Scott family, believed to have settled the area in the early 18th century. The district contains 88 resources, 73 percent of which contribute to its character. Most are modest one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half-story wood houses, along with barns and garages, set on one- to four-acre lots behind fieldstone walls. Their styles span 1713 to 1932 and include Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival. One First Period house, the Bernard Capen House, was moved from Dorchester in 1909. The area was settled by independent farmers, and several families, including the Kennedys and Tuckers, ran bakeries. The Thayers operated a floriculture business from 1879. Suburban subdivision of farmland began in the early 1900s and was completed after World War II, but few period buildings have since been lost or significantly altered.