The Loring-Greenough House, located in Jamaica Plain, a suburb of Boston, MA, was built in 1760 by British commodore Joshua Loring who fled the country at the onset of the Revolutionary War. The house was used as a wartime hospital and later acquired by the Greenough family. The house is a certified Massachusetts Historic Landmark because of its connections with the American Revolution and its value as an example of Colonial architecture. The Mansion with adjoining carriage house is the last of the country estates in Jamaica Plain.

A phased program of stabilization and restoration for the Loring-Greenough House and property called for reconstruction of porches, construction of an entrance walk and new foundations for the carriage house. This program also included landscaping and rehabilitation of garden plantings in the north yard. Archaeological testing was conducted to identify cultural resources that would impacted by the proposed project and to search for evidence of early garden features that could be used to guide landscape restoration. The first phase of research focused on the house, porches, walkway installation and foundation work in the carriage house. The second phase focused on the temporal assessment of existing planting beds and identification of historic planting features.

Archaeological Site Examination, North Yard of the Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain , Massachusetts. 2004.