Now and Then - Adin Street

This statue of General Draper once stood on

the grounds of his home.

for more

about the mystery of the missing statue.

General Draper High School

, built on

the grounds of the general's mansion.

Hopedale Junior-Senior High School

Graceland - The Warren and Malinda Dutcher house at 14 Adin Street.

Oakledge - The Frank and Martha Dutcher house at 34 Adin Street.

The house above was built for

Charles and Frances (Draper)

Colburn. Later it was the home of Frances's nephew,

and his family. It was razed long ago (probably in the

1930s) and

is now the site of

Memorial School

.

The

George Albert and Jessie Preston Draper

home above, (66 Adin Street) was

replaced in 1935 with the house below by B. H. Bristow Draper, Jr. The new

residence, and possibly the original house on the site, was named Griffin Gate.

Above - The home of

Gov. Eben Sumner and Nannie Bristow Draper

. 55 Adin Street

Below -

, 55 Adin Street. In 1925,

Eben Sumner Draper, Jr

. razed the home of his parents and

had the one shown below built. The paragraph from the

National Register Nomination

, further down this

page, says that it was the home of the governor's other son, B.H. Bristow Draper. However, according to

numerous newspaper articles and the town street listings, it was Eben, Jr's home, not Bristow's.

Three photos above - Urncrest, the William Lapworth house - 85 Adin Street.

Above - The home of Eben Draper Bancroft and Leila Coburn Bancroft.

Below - The site now. Adin Street on the left and Steel Road goes toward the right.

Above - The Crossways, the home of

B.H. Bristow and

Queena Sanford Draper

at 105 Adin Street.

Below - The home

in 2014.

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