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Elm Hill Chambers apartment house, Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass., undated

Description

The Elm Hill Chambers apartment house is seen at 530-566 Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The apartment house is comprised of two three-story, brick buildings, which have matching towers at the corners of the buildings. The building containing 548 Warren Street is the address of Dr. Harry B. Levine, MD, whose signs can be seen in the first floor window to the left of the entrance and also on the base of the tower. To the right of the entrance there is a sign for Dr. Frederick W. Christopher, dentist, in the window and also on the base of the tower. An ambulance, with a siren on the driver's side, and a red cross sign next to the rear license plate, is parked in front of the building. Elm Hill Park is to the right of the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

façades
apartment houses
brick (clay product)
dentists
physicians
rustication
signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
exterior views
ambulances
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000302
AccessID 479
Other identifier HNEDID-000302

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 8 1/4 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.006

Date Notes

1917-1920s

Image Dimensions

8 1/4 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Clark, William T. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Levine, Harry B., Dr.
Christopher, Frederick W., Dr.

Subjects

Elm Hill (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Elm Hill Park (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
towers
Warren Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

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