Item 336: Prospect Heights, units 7-14, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A336. September 6, 1905. Image depicts a view of units 7 through 14 at Prospect Heights in Milford, Massachusetts The units are connected townhouse style, with eight separate entrances (two are double, the others are single), and are made out of brick. The entire building is two stories with a small window visible in the third story on each end. There are chimneys on each end, in the middle, and two in the rear. Another set of connected townhouses can be glimpsed on the right. Grass plots line the front, separated by walkways to each entrance. A large grassy area is in the foreground. 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 Box 2, Folder 1, Item 119 for what appears to be another view of these same units, and Box 3, Folder 2, Item 346 for what appears to be an almost identical view taken September 29, 1905. 25 x 20.25 cm.