The intersection of Columbia Road and Richfield Street was designated a hero square for Walter R. White
https://www.cityofboston.gov/veterans/herosquares/view.aspx?id=1100
Walter was a past commander of the Francis Kane Post of the American Legion of Dorchester. He was a World War I veteran, who died in 1933. Walter had owned the South Boston Motor Mart. He lived in Cambridge at the time of his death.