Item 334: Hopedale House (boardinghouse)

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A334. 1904-1906. Image depicts a four-story wooden boardinghouse viewed from across the road. The building has one large and two smaller chimneys and a lightning rod. Shutters are installed at all windows (many of them closed). A front porch runs the length of the building although it is somewhat obscured in this view by bushes and trees. A sign "Hopedale House" can be seen above the porch roof. A fire escape is just barely visible on the left-hand end of the building. A lawn leads to an unpaved street beyond which (in the foreground) is open space and some trees. Trees surround the building in the background. 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 Item 186 for another, earlier view of Hopedale House and Box 3, Folder 2, Item 343 and Item 344 for views from more of a distance. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.