Item 172: House on Bancroft Parkway

Printed in 1974 from glass plate 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 Item 175 and Item 171, in this folder, for views of more houses on Bancroft Parkway, and Item 166, in this folder, for a view of the back yards of the houses on Bancroft Parkway. 25 x 20.25 cm.