Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury:: Thwing House
GUSN-195185
An exterior view of the three-story, Italianate home of merchant Supply Clap Thwing at 175 Highland Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A central tower containing the main entrance projects from the front façade of the house and extends its crown beyond the roof line. Three people stand at the front door of the house, while a fourth person wearing a top hat leans on the street wall and a fifth person rests on the sill of a second-story window.
mansard roofs
towers (building divisions)
Second Empire
merchants
top hats
single-family dwellings
exterior views
hedges
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000330
AccessID 506
Other identifier HNEDID-000330
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0570.001
1865
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Thwing, Supply Clap, 1798-1877
Highland Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury:: Thwing House
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