Ballou Park with statue of Adin Ballou, 1903

Negative no.B67-A. Image depicts Ballou Park, sometimes referred to as Adin Ballou Park, showing flowering trees, bushes, park benches (on either side of the statue and in the left background), and a bronze statue of Adin Ballou, the founder of the Hopedale Community. The statue was unveiled in October 1900 and is located on the Ballou property; it was the gift of Gen. W. F. Draper. In 1900 the Ballou house was moved from this site and the park established. In the foreground is an unpaved street with trolley tracks; another unpaved street runs off it into the right background. See also Box 22, Negative 330 and Box 25, Negative 399. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 8 x 10 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 12, Folder 3, Item 67 for print of this negative.