Looking over Peace Street toward Dutcher. Just to the right of center, you can see the lot where the gym was later built.
Dutcher at the corner of Hope Street.
William H. Barney’s Stanley Steamer, by his house at 35 Dutcher Street.
The Corner of Dutcher and Social streets. Doll carriage and horrible’s parade the night before the annual Draper field day.
The year 1910 marked radical changes in the block between Chapel and Social Streets, when houses fronting on Hopedale Street were moved away and construction of the new Main Office was started. At the upper end of the lot, at the corner of Chapel and Dutcher, was a white cottage in which a lady, a Mrs. Adams, I believe, had a 100th birthday. On the other corner, where the fire house now stands, was a rather shaky-looking old barn, and across the street from that was a small shop where one could obtain a sketchy meal prepared by Miss Annabel Jenkins. I had ham and eggs there daily while lodging with Mr. and Mrs. Bates at 88 Dutcher Street before occupying the Bancroft Park house. Charles Merrill, Hopedale As I Found it.
From the same 1907 book of business ads as above. Possibly the shoe store was in the little building between the restaurant and the house that you can see in the picture of the doll carriage parade.
Hitching ring on the wall across from the Dutcher Street School.
The Adin and Lucy Ballou house, moved from Hopedale Street to 66 Dutcher Street in 1900.
Charles Austin was the Draper housing superintendent. He also sold tires from his house.
Harlan Hart operated a shoe repair business at his house on the corner of Dutcher and Dennett streets, and as seen above, probably later at the corner of Dutcher and Social streets.
The Parkside Farm was first a dairy farm operated by the Henry family at 200 Dutcher Street. In later years, it became a poultry farm. The photo below shows a rescue operation taking place when a horse became stuck in the mud near the farm. It was finally pulled out after eleven hours.
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