Item 2266: Adin Ballou House, 1919

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2266. September 1919. Image depicts the Adin Ballou House on Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is a two-story wooden house with two chimneys, and both front and back doors. A wrap-around porch and set of steps join the front entry with a walkway to the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and climbing vines surround the porch and house. Ballou (1803-1890) was a prominent proponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism, and the founder (in 1842) of the Hopedale Community, a utopian community blending a factory town with a religious-based commune. George and Ebenezer Draper withdrew their 75% of the community stock in 1856 to establish the Hopedale Manufacturing Company. Ballou continued on as Universalist pastor until retirement in 1880. The house was moved from its original location in 1900 to Dutcher Street and the porch added to the building. See Box 2, Folder 3, Item 188 and Item 199 for views of the house in its original location at Peace and Hopedale streets. Original photograph by the Draper Corporation. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.