Item 350: Two houses in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts, 1905

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A350. September 29, 1905. Image depicts two two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. Building features include chimneys and shutters at each window. Each residence has a small lawn that reaches to the sidewalk in front. A grassy field is in the foreground view. The house on the left is a two-family; the house on the right appears to be a multiple-family. Glimpses of similar housing can be seen behind these units. 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.