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First Baptist Church, Somerset St., Boston, Mass., 1854-1877

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Somerset St.: Photo

GUSN

GUSN-194823

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Description

A view up Somerset Street on Beacon Hill in Boston shows the front façades of town houses, a street light, and two wagons. At the top of the street, the steeple and part of the front façade of the First Baptist Church at 12 Somerset Street can be seen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

residential districts
spires
façades
churches (buildings)
hills
side (positional attribute)
Gothic Revival
steeples (building components)
town houses
exterior views
Baptist
street lighting luminaires
streetscapes
religious buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000102
AccessID 127
Other identifier HNEDID-000102

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.047

Date Notes

1850s-1880s

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

city life
Somerset Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Somerset St.: Photo

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