Item 335: Housing in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A335. September 6, 1905. Image depicts a row of two-story brick buildings viewed from one end. These buildings were designed to accommodate two or more families. The building features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and small lawns in front. A freestanding clothesline can be seen in the side yard next to the end building. Some open space is in the foreground, with some trees on the left. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale, Massachusetts The houses are believed to have been designed by Peabody & Stearns. See also Box 12, Folder 4, Item 107 for a view of the end house and some houses on the right not visible here. 25 x 20.25 cm.