Housing in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Negative no.A339. September 6, 1905. Image depicts a group of two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. The buildings' features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and lawns. An open field is in the foreground. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale, Massachusetts The houses are believed to have been designed by Peabody & Stearns. See Box 23, Negative 347 for an almost identical view taken September 29, 1905, and Box 131, Negative 99 for a broader view than seen here. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 1, Item 339 for print of this negative.