Item 351: Town Hall, 1906

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A351. May 31, 1906. Image depicts a three-story stone building situated on a street corner. The building was designed by architect Fred Swasey of Milford and built in 1886; it appears to be in the Romanesque style, somewhat similar to that of H. H. Richardson. The building has two chimneys and a gabled roof with decorative ironwork running along the upper edge. There are three entrances at the front; two women and one man pose in front of the entrance between windows that read "Post Office." Another man leans against the building in one of the other entrances. A horse-drawn cart or wagon is partially in view on the street on the left; "Hopedale" is printed on the top edge of the cart. See also Box 12, Folder 4, Item 160. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm.