Item 324: House on Bancroft Parkway, 1904

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A324. House on Bancroft Parkway, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, [1904-1906. Image depicts a substantial two-family house on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is a two-and-a-half story wood-shingled residence with two entrances in the front and a gable on each end. All the windows have shutters; there are two chimneys visible. Bushes (some flowering) have been planted in the yard, along with two trees, and there are flower boxes on the railing of the porch. The unpaved street runs in front of the house in the foreground; note the hitching post in the center left foreground. This house was constructed for Draper Company employees. 25 x 20.25 cm.