symbols for eight houses. There was no town sewage at that end of Union Street, which explains the little squares behind each of the houses. As the Draper Company needed more room for expansion, more facilities were built over the parts of Social Street and Union Street that were west of Hopedale Street, and seven of the houses were relocated to Freedom Street, where they became known as the Seven Sisters. The eighth house was moved just a few feet, to the bend of Cemetery Street. For more on this, see the paragraphs from the National Register Nomination near the bottom of this page. |
This picture was probably taken not many years after the move. The tracks of both the G&U Railroad and the Milford & Uxbidge Street Railway Company can be seen. Just two of the sisters appear. The dormers in the middle of each look the same as in the 1901 photo. |
This picture, showing the sisters when they were still on Union Street, and four of the outhouses, is from one of the Bancroft Library's glass negatives, taken by Edwin Darling. |
feet. Judging by the map, the hundred yards or so of Union Street extending over toward Bancroft Park was renamed Cemetery Street after Union Street west of Hopedale Street was discontinued. |
Three of the Seven Sisters in 2010. |
Now and Then - The Seven Sisters Memories of living in the Seven Sisters by John Cembruch Beverly Orff Now and Then Menu National Register Nomination Menu HOME . |
right was converted to a single family home some years ago. |
You can see the Seven Sisters all lined up on the left side of this 1947 aerial view. Click here to see more of the aerials. |
National Register Nomination. It was done in 2001 by preservation consultant Kathleen Kelly Broomer for the Hopedale Historical Commission. |