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Halliday's Collection of Photographs of Old and Historic Buildings in New England

1893

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Collection Summary

Creator:Halliday, William H., photographer.
Title:Halliday's collection of photographs of old and historic buildings in New England
Dates:1893
Physical Description:85 photographs in 2 volumes
Call Number:Photo. Coll. 150
Location:In the Massachusetts Historical Society Photo. Archives.
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of two volumes of photographs of historic homes and buildings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, taken by the photographer William H. Halliday.

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Collection Description

Two volumes of photographs of historic homes and buildings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, taken by the photographer William H. Halliday. Subjects include the Adams house in Quincy, Mass.; the Paul Revere house in Boston; the Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne homes in Concord, Mass.; and the Saltonstall House in Ipswich, Mass., among many others. Both volumes were owned by Sarah Lawrence Brooks and are inscribed with her name.

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Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in the order in which they appear in the volumes.

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Acquisition Information

The William Halliday collection of photographs were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Emily Lewis in December 2003.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

VolumePhoto #Contents
Vol. 1#150.1Bernard Capen House, Washington Street, opposite Melville Avenue, Dorchester. Built 1632.
Vol. 1#150.2Saltonstall House, Ipswich, Mass. Built 1633.
Vol. 1#150.3Gov. Craddock House, Medford, Mass. Built 1634.
Vol. 1#150.4Craddock Farm House, Wellington, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.5Fairbanks House, Dedham, Mass. Built 1636.
Vol. 1#150.6Hill House, North Saugus, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.7Ellery House, Gloucester, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.8Blake House, Cottage Street, near Five Corners, Dorchester, Mass. Built 1640.
Vol. 1#150.9Doten House, Plymouth, Mass. Built 1657.
Vol. 1#150.10Alden House, Duxbury, Mass. Built 1653.
Vol. 1#150.11Standish House, Duxbury, Mass. Built 1665.
Vol. 1#150.12Howland-Carver House, Plymouth, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 1#150.13Jacobs House, Danversport, Mass. Built about 1650.
Vol. 1#150.14Rebecca Nurse House, Danvers, Mass. Built in 1692.
Vol. 1#150.15John G. Whittier House, Haverhill, Mass. Built about 1680.
Vol. 1#150.16Joseph Peaslee House, Haverhill, Mass. Built about 1670. The old Garrison House.
Vol. 1#150.17Old Stone Garrison House (formerly called the Pierce House), Newbury, Mass. Built about 1650.
Vol. 1#150.18Tavern on the Shawshine River, Bedford, Mass. Built ca. 1650.
Vol. 1#150.19Newgate-Yeamen Garrison House, Revere, Mass. Built ca. 1650.
Vol. 1#150.20Birthplace of John Adams, Quincy, Mass. Built prior to 1735.
Vol. 1#150.21Quincy Mansion, Wollaston, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.22Old Manse, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.23Royall Mansion, Medford, Mass. Built about 1725.
Vol. 1#150.24Old tavern, Norfolk Street, Dorchester, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.25Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass. Built 1690.
Vol. 1#150.26Hosmer House, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 1#150.27Minott House, Concord, Mass. Built 1680.
Vol. 1#150.28Barrett House, Concord, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 1#150.29Garrison House, South Sudbury, Mass. Built ca. 1660.
Vol. 2#150.30Barker House, Pembroke, Mass. Built 1628.
Vol. 2#150.31Pierce Homestead, Dorchester, Mass. Built 1635.
Vol. 2#150.32Pratt House, Chelsea, Mass. Built ca. 1656.
Vol. 2#150.33Roger Williams House, Salem, Mass. Built 1631.
Vol. 2#150.34Boardman House, North Saugus, Mass. Built 1650.
Vol. 2#150.35Aspinwall House, Brookline, Mass. Built 1600.
Vol. 2#150.36Lynde House, Washington Street, Wyoming, Mass. Built ca. 1675.
Vol. 2#150.37Noyes House, Newbury, Mass. Built 1645.
Vol. 2#150.38Old stone mill, Newport, R.I. Built by Benedict Arnold, 1660.
Vol. 2#150.39Page Homestead, Bedford, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.40Bacon Homestead, Bedford, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.41Sir William Pepperell House, Kittery Point, N.H. Built 1685.
Vol. 2#150.42Gov. Banning Wentworth House, Little Harbor, Portsmouth, N.H.
Vol. 2#150.43Gov. Bradstreet House, North Andover, Mass. Built ca. 1667.
Vol. 2#150.44Vassaill Mansion, Quincy, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.45Ruggles-Adams House, Quincy, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 2#150.46Old Powder House, Somerville, Mass. Built prior to 1720.
Vol. 2#150.47Black Horse Tavern, Winchester, Mass. Built 1742.
Vol. 2#150.48Warner House, Portsmouth, N.H. Built 1718.
Vol. 2#150.49Old Quincy House. Built ca. 1680.
Inscription: "Birthplace of Dorothy Q. 'Mistress Hancock'/ Now known as the 'Peter Butler House'."
Vol. 2#150.50Hartt House, Hull Street, Boston, Mass. Built 1724.
Vol. 2#150.51Thoreau House, Prince Street, Boston, Mass. Built 1727.
Vol. 2#150.52Paul Revere House, North Square, Boston, Mass. Built 1676.
Vol. 2#150.53Wells House, Salem Street, Boston, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 2#150.54King's Chapel, Boston, Mass. Built 1749.
Vol. 2#150.55Old South Church, Boston, Mass. Built 1730.
Vol. 2#150.56Christ's Church, Boston, Mass. Built 1723.
Vol. 2#150.57John Hancock House, Boston, Mass. Built 1737.
Vol. 2#150.58Galloupe House, Hull Street, Boston, Mass. Built 1724.
Vol. 2#150.59Munroe Tavern, Lexington, Mass. Built 1695.
Vol. 2#150.60Hancock House, Lexington, Mass. Built 1698, enlarged 1734.
Vol. 2#150.61Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass. Built 1690.
Vol. 2#150.62Wadsworth House, Cambridge, Mass. Built 1726.
Vol. 2#150.63Longfellow's home, Cambridge, Mass. Built 1759.
Vol. 2#150.64Judge Joseph Lee home, Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass. Built prior to 1665.
Vol. 2#150.65Old Church, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.66Ralph Waldo Emerson home, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.67Wayside, Nathaniel Hawthorne home, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.68Thoreau residence, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.69House at Merriam's Corner, Concord, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.70Joesph Putnam House, Danvers, Mass. Built ca. 1650.
Vol. 2#150.71Sarah Osburn home, Danvers, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 2#150.72Page House, Danvers, Mass. Built 1750.
Vol. 2#150.73Pratt-Green House, Revere, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.74Col. Samuel Johnson home, North Andover, Mass. Built prior to 1771.
Vol. 2#150.75Dalton Mansion, Newburyport, Mass. Built 1723.
Vol. 2#150.76Gen. Brickett home, Haverhill, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.77Fountain Tavern, Medford, Mass. Built 1725.
Vol. 2#150.78Gov. Brooks House, Medford, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.79Gov. Bellingham-Carey Mansion, Chelsea, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.80Col. Baldwin residence, North Woburn, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.81Birthplace of Count Rumford, Woburn, Mass.
Vol. 2#150.82Apthorp Palace, Cambridge, Mass. Built 1760.
Vol. 2#150.83House in which Gen Joseph Warren passed the night [no location identified].
Vol. 2#150.84Stevens House, Andover, Mass. Built 1660.
Vol. 2#150.85Crafts House, Tremont Street, Roxbury, Mass. Built 1707.

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Preferred Citation

Halliday's collection of photographs of old and historic buildings in New England, Photo. Coll. 150, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Adams family--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Quincy--Photographs.
Brooks, Sarah Lawrence, 1845-1915.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Concord--Photographs.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Concord--Photographs.
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 --Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs.
Saltonstall family--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Ipswich--Photographs.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Concord--Photographs.

Subjects:
Dwellings--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Dwellings--New Hampshire--Photographs.
Dwellings--Rhode Island--Photographs.
Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Historic buildings--New Hampshire--Photographs.
Historic buildings--Rhode Island--Photographs.
Photograph albums.

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Collection processed by Megan K. Friedel, February 2004.
Encoded by Kathleen J. Barker, Feb. 2004


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