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Exterior view of house at 5 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Residential: Soule photographs: Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-194927

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Description

This exterior view shows the front façade of a large house at 5 Melville Avenue in Dorchester. A cupola with a spire on top sits on the roof and projects over the eaves with a railing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bell-shaped
Queen Anne Style
front (positional attribute)
single-family dwellings
exterior views
street lighting luminaires
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000160
AccessID 238
Other identifier HNEDID-000160

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0060.002

Date Notes

ca. 1889-1894

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Bradley, Winslow and Wetherell (Architect)
Soule Photograph Co. (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Wetherell, George Homans
Bradlee, Nathaniel Jeremiah, 1829-1888
Winslow, Walter

Other Organizations

Bradlee, Winslow, and Wetherell

Subjects

Melville Avenue (Dorchester, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Residential: Soule photographs: Unmounted

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