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Exterior view of the Meeting House Hill Firehouse (Engine No. 17). Parish St., Dorchester, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Massachusetts - Dorchester - Modern, public and commercial bldgs and streets - Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-194924

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Description

This exterior view shows the front façade of the firehouse of Engine No. 17 and Hook and Ladder No. 7 on Parish Street on Meeting House Hill in Dorchester. The fire station is designed in the Second Empire style and the hook and ladder barn has a gambrel roof.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gambrel roofs
fire stations
carriage houses
Second Empire
exterior views
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000156
AccessID 235
Other identifier HNEDID-000156

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0090.002

Date Notes

1905-1915

Places

Meeting House Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968 (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston (Mass.). Fire Dept.
Engine Company 17 (Boston, Mass.)
Hook & Ladder Company 7 (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Parish Street (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Massachusetts - Dorchester - Modern, public and commercial bldgs and streets - Unmounted

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