Buildings of New England – Exploring New England and showcasing amazing architecture and history one building at a time!
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Description: Exploring historic and modern photos of New England and the Northeast
The former home of newspaper publisher Isaiah Thomas, seen from Court Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, around 1895. Image from Picturesque Worcester (1895).
The scene in 2021:
The house in the right-center of first photo was built around 1782 as the home of Isaiah Thomas, the prominent printer and newspaper publisher of the Revolutionary era. It was originally located on Main Street, where the former Worcester County Courthouse now stands, but it was moved back from the road around 1843, in order to make way for the construction of the courthouse.
Buildings of New England – Exploring New England and showcasing amazing architecture and history one building at a time!
Memories of Blue – Notes on films from a design point of view.