Now and Then - Hopedale Center

This early view of Hopedale center shows a Hopedale
Stable building in the foreground and the Hose House,
the Bancroft house, the Harrison Block, the George
Draper house and, faintly, the town hall, the William F.
Draper house and the Warren Dutcher house

This map was drawn in roughly the same era
that the picture above was taken. Click on it to
go to a larger version of it.

A - Joseph and Sylvia Bancroft house
B - Lilla (Bancroft) Bracken Pratt house
C - Almon Thwing house
D - Now the site of the Bancroft Memorial Library
E - Harrison Block
F - Town Hall
G - George and Hannah Draper house
H - Original Unitarian Church
I - House on what is now the Community House
block, moved to Hope Street near Centennial Drive.
J - General William F. Draper house
K - Warren and Malinda Dutcher house

This map shows Hopedale at about the time
of the photos above - c. 1890. Click on the
map for one that shows more of the town.

The original Unitarian Church, built in 1860; razed
and replaced with the present one in 1898.

An early post card view of the town hall.

The Community House - 1923. The George and
Hannah Draper house was razed, and other houses
and barns were moved or razed to make the entire
block available for the Community House.

Depot Street, the G&U station and the house
that became the American Legion Home.

The American Legion Home at the corner of
Hopedale and Depot streets was originally the Home
School of the Hopedale Community. This picture was
taken in 1982, shortly before it was moved.