House on Bancroft Parkway

Negative no.A172. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of a house on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is probably a duplex, as Hopedale housing built for Draper Company employees was not generally larger than a duplex. It has a porch on either side and is a substantial two-story wooden clapboard dwelling. Another house can be seen to the right, partially blocked by trees and bushes in the foreground. The street curves around to the right. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. See Negative 175 and Negative 171, in this box, for views of more houses on Bancroft Parkway, and Negative 166, in this box, for a view of the back yards of the houses on Bancroft Parkway. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 2, Folder 2, Item 172 for print of this negative.