Item 189: House on Dutcher Street (east side), 1903

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B189. June 1, 1903. Image depicts a view of the side of a house on the east side of Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is a two-and-a-half story wood clapboard building with shutters on all the windows. The porch in the front (on the left) is covered with ivy or a climbing vine. An expansive lawn surrounds the house; a freestanding clothesline is in the side yard, in front of a much smaller house or storage building. A dog lays on the lawn in the center. Dutcher Street would be on the left, out of sight in this image. This house was most likely constructed for Draper Company employees. Founders of the Draper Company, brothers George and Ebenezer Draper were responsible for creating an integrated, planned community with innovative employee housing and recreational spaces and events, in addition to employment. See Item 188, in this folder, for a view of this house and others on Dutcher Street (and the dog). Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.