E. Hills house, probably Plainville .
PhotographerPhotographed by
Northern Survey Company
Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionLarge second empire Victorian house with a mansard roof, corbeled chimney caps, a tower, a bow window and a porch. There are cast iron balconies on the second floor and other decorative ironwork on the roof and porch. Brackets support the roof and porch. Although it is winter, the outlines of a formal flower garden are clearly visible in the lawn in the foreground. A sculpture of a dog is in the right foreground. Neatly trimmed evergreen shrubs are in the yard.
Object number2000.191.224
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.Subject Note: Probably the Edwin Hills house in Plainville. Edwin Hills (1842-1909) was the head of the E. H. Hills Manufacturing Company.
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