Bowman House
Item Information
- Title:
- Bowman House
- Description:
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House at 28 School Street, as photographed from the driveway of 21 School Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
- Date:
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[ca. 1880–1895]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Glass negatives
- Location:
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Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library
Archives & Special Collections - Collection (local):
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Bridgewater, Massachusetts Glass Plate Negatives
- Subjects:
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Houses
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Bridgewater
- Extent:
- 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8s45qh850
- Terms of Use:
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- Notes (historical):
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The house at 28 School Street was occupied at one time by the Dr. Calvin Pratt family and later by the Dr. A.F. Hunt family. The house at 21 School Street, with the grand driveway, was built around 1830 by Edward Mitchell, proprietor of the Bridgewater Inn. In the 1870s the house was occupied by the pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Reverend Theodore Wright. By the 1890s the house was owned by Joseph Bowman, owner of Bowman’s Express.
- Identifier:
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VMC022-002
