Item 349: Houses in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A349. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a two-story brick building designed to accommodate multiple families. The building is the end unit of what is probably a string of attached townhouses. A street lamp and stone wall are in view along the street. Building features include chimneys and shutters at each window, and some Tudor-style timbers decorating the gable. The building has a small lawn that reaches to the sidewalk in front. 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. 25 x 20.5 cm.