Hopedale House, 1905

Negative no.A343. September 8, 1905. Image depicts a four-story wooden boarding house surrounded by other single- and multiple-story residences. The building has one large and two smaller chimneys and a lightning rod. Shutters are installed at all windows. A front porch runs the length of the building and a climbing vine provides shade. A sign "Hopedale House" can be seen above the porch roof. A fire escape is visible on the left-hand end of the building. Trees are planted between buildings and in the background view. Founders of the Draper Company, brothers George and Ebenezer Draper were responsible for creating the integrated, planned community of Hopedale with innovative employee housing and recreational spaces, in addition to employment. See Box 15, Negative 186 and Box 22, Negative 334 for much closer views of Hopedale House and Negative 344, in this box, for the same view seen here but from more of a distance. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 343 for print of this negative.