Item 177: Houses on Bancroft Parkway

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A177. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of several houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts All are substantial, two-and-a-half-story wood-shingled houses done in different architectural styles. The house on the far right is a basic Colonial; the house next to it has two substantial gables with Tudor-style timbering as decoration. The two houses in the background can be seen in close-up in Item 169, in this folder. A horse and wagon can be seen in front of one of those background houses. The trees are in leaf and some bushes have been planted next to one of the houses. A fire hydrant is on the street, which is wide and unpaved. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. See Box 2, Folder 3, Item 184 for a view of the same section of the street taken from the opposite end, showing more of the houses on what is the left-hand side of the street here. 25 x 20.25 cm.