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Stone Store, corner of Walnut Ave. and Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Modern: Unmounted: 1890s

GUSN

GUSN-195167

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Description

An exterior view of a two-story stone commercial building at Walnut Avenue and Warren Street in Ward 21 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The first floor is occupied by various businesses including Peter A. Riley, plumber, 8 Walnut Avenue; Farley, plumber; and John Melville Haynes, upholsterer and cabinetmaker, 13 Walnut Avenue. Lewis W. and H. F. Morse, grocers, probably occupy the front store on the first floor, with a sign promoting "cold soda 5 cents." Highland Hall occupied 185-191 Warren Street. In December 1905, the Joseph Warren Lodge 18 of the International Order of Odd Fellows remodeled the space as their lodgerooms. In the second-floor front windows, there is a "rooms to let" sign. Arched windows and doorways with keystones comprise the side façade. Both stories of the front façade contain triple arched windows with keystones. Quoins adorn the corners of the structure.

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Descriptive Terms

voussoirs
keystones
skylights
mercantile buildings
stone (rock)
plumbers
cabinetmakers
upholsterers
exterior views
call boxes
commercial buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000311
AccessID 488
Other identifier HNEDID-000311

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0050.001

Date Notes

1890s

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Riley, Peter A.
Haynes, John Melville
Morse, Lewis W.
Morse, H. F.

Subjects

Walnut Avenue (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Warren Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Modern: Unmounted: 1890s

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