Item 347: Housing in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A347. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a group of two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. The buildings' features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and lawns. An open field 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 3, Folder 1, Item 339 for an almost identical view taken September 6, 1905, and Box 12, Folder 3, Item 99 for a broader view than seen here. 25 x 20.25 cm. Copy A.