Houses on Bancroft Parkway

Negative no.A159. 1901-1916. Image depicts two houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Both are substantial wood-shingled houses and both are most likely two-family residences. The house on the left is in the Dutch Colonial or gambrel style, while the house on the right has two front gables. Both houses have shutters at all the windows, some of which are closed. The unpaved road in the foreground curves to both the left and the right of the houses, with an area of large bushes planted between what may be driveways for each house. Electric poles line the road. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. See Box 14, Negative 179 for a virtually identical view, and Box 14, Negative 180 for a closer view of the house on the left. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 2, Folder 2, Item 159 for print of this negative.