Box 2
Contains 36 Results:
Campville Road #140
Asa Hopkins house, built about 1810. Later owners included Edward Hopkins, Nathan Frence, Robert & Betsy Cooley. The photograph, ca. 1890, shows the front and north side of the house with a group of people by a fence in the front.
East Litchfield Road #182
Built in 1776. A few of the owners were Eaton Jones, Mary M. Jones,, Melville Wooster,and Ward & Mosse Heinrich.
Knife Shop Road - Northfield Knife Shop pond
Photograph of the Northfield Knife Company's pond.
East Litchfield Road - East Chestnut Hill District School
Dr. Peck, in 1913, donated this small black & white photograph of the East Chestnut Hill District School. It was located on East Litchfield Road and closed in 1935.
Chestnut Hill Road site - Chestnut Hill District School
In 1913, Dr. Peck donated these two small black and white photographs to the Historical Society. On the back of one is written "Old Chestnut Hill [school]" and it appears the building had been used as an outbuilding or barn. The second photograph "Chestnut Hill" is a newer building. On an 1874 map, this district school was located in the intersection of the current Chestnut Hill Road and West Chestnut Hill Road. The school was closed by 1921.
East Litchfield Road #43
Photograph at the northeast corner of Fern Ave. and East Litchfield Road of a house, built about 1737 and once part of Echo Farms. The house was moved north from the corner after the time of the photograph. Owned in 2012 by Raymond & Fran Devlin.
Headquarters Road #11 - Milton Academy
Photographs of the Milton Academy founded in 1856 by Rev. George A. Harrison as later used as a blacksmith shop. On the same property as the later Milton District School.
Headquarters Road - Headquarters Cemetery
A black and white photograph of Headquarters cemetery taken after the the tornado on July 10, 1989. Many of the trees have been damaged.
Knife Shop Road site of #14
Black and white photograph labelled on the back as the Catlin house. Interior view with 4 people in a parlor.
Camp Hill Road #18
Built in 1806 by Jacob Turner as an inn, this house was acquired by John Catlin in 1842 who ran a private academy there. It remained in the Catlin family until 1931 and was occupied by James P. Catlin and Laura Catlin. Owned by the Sherwoods from 1947-1955 and then William W. Bassford.