description was copied from the original in the Hopedale Community Historical Society file at the Bancroft Library. It's a bit hard to imagine now, but evidently the picture shows the area that is just below the dam at Freedom Street. As Dutcher points out, that's a glimpse of the pond between the shop and the sawmill. Hopedale, Mass. August 10, 1917
Hopedale Mass. Dear Miss Sornberger:- I enclose a memorandum in regard to the photograph of the house built by the late Mr. Henry Lillie, one of the original members of the Hopedale Community. You will find Mr. Lillie mentioned on page 879 of Mr. Ballou's valuable work on the Milford Town History. Unfortunately, he says but little in regard to the family beyond the mere pedigree.
Frank Dutcher |