Historic New England

Methodist Church and playground of Roxbury Latin School with view of burial ground off Kearsarge Ave., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the Warren Cemetery on Kearsarge Avenue and the rear and side of the Winthrop Street Methodist Episcopal Church on Winthrop Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. After a fire in 1868, the First Church of Roxbury built this church on Winthrop Street, which was dedicated in 1869. The Boston Lati...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195187

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.001

Robert McCullagh, grocer, 2706 Washington St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the mercantile building that houses several businesses and lodgings at 2700 to 2714 Washington Street at the intersection with Dale Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The photographer, Henry L. Hadcock, included his own pharmacy at 2704 Washington Street in the photograph. Robert ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195188

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.002

Casey's Market, 2677 Washington St., Roxbury, Mass.

The New Roxbury Market, known also as Casey's Market, at or near 2677 Washington Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts is seen in the image. Workers in aprons, children, and onlookers stand on the sidewalk looking toward the camera. Signs in front of the store promote the groceries and provisions on sale...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195189

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.003

Marble Block, Cedar St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of a block of Second Empire marble row houses at 28-46 Cedar Street, between Hawthorn Street and Thornton Street, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The three-story buildings are designed in pairs and have double entrances. The window frames are incised with floral tracery and decorated wit...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195190

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.004

Huse House on Moore St.[?] and Dale Street, Roxbury, Mass., undated

An exterior view of a three-story, Second Empire house and two matching three-story, folk Victorian houses on Dale Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The edge of Washington Park, now Malcolm X. Park, can be seen across Dale Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195191

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.005

John Lew's House, corner of Waumbeck St. and Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front and side façades of the John Lew House at the corner of Waumbeck Street and Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The house is a two-story saltbox with an attic. Short shrubs line the front of the house and flower baskets sit on the railings at the front door. A street lamp st...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195192

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0030.002

Warren St. Presbyterian Church, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of Roxbury Presbyterian Church at 328 Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The cornerstone was laid on July 17, 1891 and the services were first held on April 6, 1892. The church is constructed of Roxbury puddingstone excavated from the site with red granite trimmings. A gabled ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195193

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.009

Nahum Ward House, corner Ward and Parker Streets, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The 1895 Bromley map gives the owner as Francis J. Ward. A person by that name was president of the N. Ward Co., a glue manufacturing concern, and member of the City Council. The house is two stories high and has an entrance with two doors. A picket fence surrounds the property with vines covering ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195194

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0590.001

William House, Walnut Ave., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the William House on Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The house is two stories high with a gambrel roof. The projecting doorway is upheld by two Doric columns, at the sides of which trellises support vines. The corner of the front porch of the neighboring house can be see...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195195

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.TMP.009

Buena Vista, Buena Vista St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of Buena Vista, the mansion of Isaac Fenno and his wife Almira Blake Fenno on Buena Vista Street (also known as Buena Vista Avenue) in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The three-story Queen Anne home has several turreted towers and a side porch with balcony. The stable can be seen behind th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195196

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0290.002

Southwest view of the Old State House as it looked in 1793, Boston, Mass.

The image is a photomechanical print of an engraving by Samuel Hill of the Old State House in Boston. This image was issued in the periodical, "The Massachusetts Magazine", in July 1793. The view is from the southwest. The streets are bustling with pedestrians, carts, and wagons.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195198

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7520.001

Exterior view of Porter's Hotel, 1974-1980 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

An exterior view from across Massachusetts Avenue of Porter's Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also known as Porter's House, Zachariah B. Porter's hotel became famous as the home of the Porterhouse steak. The building is three stories high and has two entrances. Several workers repair the shingles...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195199

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0060.001

Birth place of Franklin, in Milk St., Jan. 6, 1705-6, O.S., as reproduced at the Fair of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Decr. 25, 1858

A lithograph of the historical re-creation of Benjamin Franklin's birthplace at 17 Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts, which was exhibited as part of a benefit fair for the building fund for the Boston Young Men's Christian Association that was held on December 21 to 30, 1858 at the Boston Music H...

Date: 1858

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 195200

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2550.001

Exterior of Old Ship Church, Hingham, Mass., with horse and carriage

A stereograph of the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The view is from across the street up the driveway to the side of the church. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof. A man hol...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195202

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.006

Exterior view of Old Ship Church, Hingham, Mass., with Rev. Joseph Richardson in foreground

A stereograph of the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The view is from the beginning of the driveway up a rise to the side of the church. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof. A g...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195203

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.007

Exterior view of Old Ship Church, Hingham, Mass.

A stereograph of the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The view is from across the street up a rise to the side of the church. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof. A picket fence ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195204

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.008

Ruins of the Bank of North America, Devonshire St., after the Boston Fire

Two men sit on the ruins of the Bank of North America at 75 Franklin Street at the intersection with Devonshire Street that was destroyed in the Great Fire of Boston on November 9-10, 1872. The remaining sections of the structure are surrounded by rubble. Other devastated buildings can be seen in th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195205

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0470.001

Front elevation of an unidentified house designed by Joseph Hayward, ca. 1850

A slide of an elevation viewed from the east of a house possibly for the Ames family in North Easton, Massachusetts. The drawing is in ink and watercolor on heavy paper. Joseph Hayward designed the house in the Gothic Revival style with crenelated parapets and towers.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195206

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.006

Christmas card, depicting a woman holding floral bouquets, undated

A young woman wearing a blue bodice, a yellow skirt, a hat with pink and blue ribbons, and pink shoes adorns the cover of this Christmas card. She holds a bouquet of flowers in each hand. Intertwined sprays of flowers decorate the edges of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195211

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.002

Christmas card, depicting a young girl sleeping on a purple pansy, undated

Christmas card with a design of a girl sleeping on a purple pansy with a background of clouds enclosed in a decorative border. The card bears the name of Marcus Ward & Co. in the lower left corner, which was a paper and stationary company that became succesful at printing greeting cards in the late ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195212

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.003

Christmas card border design, undated

The design for the border of a Christmas card. In the center of the design is a child in red and white-striped swaddling clothes with outstretched arms within a blue circle with radiating lines that may be the figure of the Christ Child. Floral festoons extend on either side of the central figure. "...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195213

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.004

Carlton's Wharf, East Boston, Mass., 1880s

Two sailing ships are moored at Carlton's Wharf in East Boston, Massachusetts. The view is of the bows of the ships at low tide.

Date: 1880s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195009

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0850.0020.002

Maverick Square, East Boston

Passengers await trolley cars at the station in Maverick Square, East Boston, Massachusetts. A trolley car is parked at the station. The entrance to the East Boston Tunnel is behind the station. On December 30, 1904, the Boston Elevated Railway Company opened the tunnel, the first underwater subway ...

Date: ca. 1918

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195010

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0850.0020.003

View of the Cottage Club and Pier from Terrace Gables, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the Cottage Club and Pier from the Terrace Gables hotel across Grand Avenue in Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts. William Tobey built the Dutch Colonial style, gambrel-roof structure after the original Casino was destroyed by fire in 1909. The building also included a post office a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195011

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.005

Exterior view of the John Robbins House, 144 Great Rd., Acton, Mass.

In this distant exterior view, the John Robbins House, the carriage house, and barn at 144 Great Road in Acton, Massachusetts are pictured. Cows stand in a pasture enclosed by a stone wall before the house.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195016

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0020.0050.001

Exterior view of the Riedesel Mansion, corner of Brattle and Sparks Sts., from 140 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

An exterior view from across Brattle Street of the house known variously as the Riedesel Mansion and the Sewall-Riedesel House at the corner with Sparks Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Baron Riedesel commanded the troops from Brunswick, Germany hired by the English to fight in the Revolutionary ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195017

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0160.001

Looking down Riedesel Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

A view down Riedesel Avenue to the intersection with Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Snow covers the ground and the gabled roof of a Shingle-style residence. A horse-drawn trolley car is seen on Brattle Street. Baron Riedesel commanded the troops from Brunswick, Germany hired by the Engl...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195018

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0160.002

Employees at work tables

A group of nine male workers stand next to or lean on work tables in a factory. Several of the men wear aprons. There are small animal skins and patterns on the tables. This may be a factory of the shoe and boot manufacturing company, Field Bros. & Gross, of Montello, Brockton, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195019

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0450.0050.001

Exterior view of the Berkeley Villa/Martha Codman Karolik House, Newport, Rhode Island, undated

A woman stands on the balcony of the Berkeley Villa/Martha Codman Karolik House in Newport, Rhode Island. The house was designed by Martha Codman's cousin, the architect Ogden Codman.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195020

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0290.0250.001

Design for a cottage for Henry C. Bowen, Esq.

Architect Joseph Collins Wells designed Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut for Henry Chandler Bowen. These north front and east front elevations and first and second floor plans were drawn in ink and pencil with watercolor on a single sheet.

Date: ca. 1846

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195025

Ref. Code: AR001.USCT.3350.001

Town houses of James M. Beebe & Gardner Brewer House, covering the John Hancock Estate on Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

This presentation drawing depicts the front elevation of the French Renaissance double town houses at 29-30 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant as the homes of James M. Beebe (30 Beacon Street) and Gardner Brewer (29 Beacon Street). The John Hancock House had b...

Date: 1864

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195028

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.010

Set of architectural drawings of Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass., 1875

1 set of 17 architectural drawings

Date: 1875

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195029

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0800.001

Framing plan of the Thomas Wigglesworth House, Manchester, Mass., Feb. 9, 1889

This framing plan is for the ocean view of a summer cottage designed for Thomas Wigglesworth by Gridley James Fox Bryant at 9 Old Neck Road in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The design combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements. The drawing is dated February 9, 1889.

Date: 1889-02-09

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195031

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0600.001.002

Bird's-eye perspective of the garden, The Hague, Hamilton, Mass., ca. 1915

This watercolor on paper bird's-eye perspective drawing shows the estate and garden of Alexander Cochrane, known as The Hague or The Farm, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. Arthur Shurcliff designed the garden. Cochrane was a chemical manufacturer and businessman. A wall surrounds the garden on two sides,...

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195032

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0450.001.001

Set of architectural drawings of the John McCarthy and William Kallady Houses, Roxbury, Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1897

1 set of 9 architectural drawings

Date: 1897-01-26

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195033

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.002

First floor plan of the John McCarthy and William Kallady Houses, Roxbury, Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1897

This first floor plan is for two triple-deckers on Calumet Street in the Parker Hill neighborhood of Roxbury in Boston, Massachusetts. The architects, Samuel Rantin & Son, designed the dwellings for John McCarthy (154 Calumet Street) and William Kallady (152 Calumet Street).

Date: 1897-01-26

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195034

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.002.002

Presentation drawing of an unidentified brick cottage bungalow, designed by Frank Chouteau Brown, location unknown, 1912

These presentation drawings depict a brick cottage bungalow designed by Frank Chouteau Brown. The ink and pencil on trace drawings include a front and side rendering; first and second story floor plans; and a front sectional elevation. There is information about the cubic area of the house and estim...

Date: 1912

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 195035

Ref. Code: AR003.003.001

Set of architectural drawings of the Mrs. Arland A. Dirlam House, Stoneham, Mass., 1935

1 set of 18 architectural drawings

Date: 1935

Collection: Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection

GUSN: 195037

Ref. Code: AR006.TMP.001

Perspective drawing of an unidentified house, designed by David J. Abrahams, location unknown, 1940s

David J. Abrahams, whose office was located at 260 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, designed the International-style suburban house depicted in this presentation drawing rendered in colored pencil.

Date: 1940-1949

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195038

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.004

Design for an unidentified house, location unknown, 1920s-1950s

This is a preliminary drawing for an unidentified International-style suburban house.

Date: 1920-1959

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195039

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.005

Fourth of July celebration, Walpole, N.H.

A crowd of people celebrate July Fourth on the Common of Walpole, New Hampshire in 1874. They seem to be crowding around some person or activity. Some participants watch from horse-drawn carriages. The front façade of the First Congregational Church of Walpole at 15 Washington Street, built in 1833...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195043

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.018

Portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett

This cabinet card presents a portait of author Sarah Orne Jewett in profile, taken at Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington Street in Boston.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195045

Ref. Code: PC004.01.J.0700.01

Portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett with book

This portait shows Sarah Orne Jewett in profile reading a book while seated at a table, on which sits a small vase of flowers.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195046

Ref. Code: PC004.01.J.0700.02

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the gabled front façade of the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, at 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. A car is parked at a meter in front of the house, and another car is parked in a driveway next to the house. Jonathan Corwin served as a magi...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195048

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.051

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, at 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Corwin's grandson's widow remodeled the house with a gambrel roof in 1746 and Ge...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195049

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1510.001

Four exterior views of the Old Witch / Corwin House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This is a composite of four exterior views of the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, at 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The first image is a reproduction of an 1819 Samuel Bartoll...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195050

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.001

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, and the single-story apothecary George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856 on 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195051

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.002

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, and the single-story apothecary George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856 on 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts from the North Street side. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during t...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195052

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1500.001

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem

This is a reproduction of an 1819 Samuel Bartoll painting of the Jonathan Corwin House on 310 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Joanthan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The original painting is in the Peabody Essex Museum.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195053

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.003

Exterior view of Baptist church on Brighton Ave., Allston, Mass.

A trolley car passes by the Brighton Avenue Baptist Church (1857-1931) on Brighton Avenue in the Union Square neighborhood of Allston. The signs on the car read: "Corner Coolidge [word illegible] Brookline Village"; "Oak Square [word illegible] Huntington Avenue"; "Pops concert"; and car number 3215...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195054

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0070.001

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