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Identifier
2018-087
Title
Harry Day Pease home, Huntington Road, Worthington Center
Subject
Houses and Barns
Description
Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘Residence of H. D. Pease, Worthington, Mass. ‘. (#16). Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample book was produced during the 1920s when H. B. Thrasher was living and working in Florida. The images are undated but are probably quite a bit earlier, ca. 1910-1915 or so. Also included are sepia photographs from the Archer Fitzgerald collection that show the surrounding landscape and the garage.
The Harry Day Pease house was built by his father, Chauncy Pease. according to the entry in Forty Houses: 'This is one of the most elaborately decorated houses in Worthington. It was built soon after1888 by Pease, a New York City piano manufacturer, in a style described as late Gothic Revival, that by then had become outdated. Architect designed, the summer home reflected, with its wide, single story veranda, tennis court, and croquet ground, the taste and lifestyle of a wealthy manufacturer of the Gilded Age. The house has five gable ends, a rear, one-story ell, and a square, flat-roofed tower. Exterior
wall cladding is polychromed. There is patterned stick and shingle work. Tower and gable-end windows are tall, narrow, and paired, with cut-out pointed arches above each. The house is roofed with metal shingles, and boxed cornices enclose rafter ends. In recent years the house has been professionally restored. Grounds are planted with apple trees.' It is owned in 2018 by the Pollard family.
The Harry Day Pease house was built by his father, Chauncy Pease. according to the entry in Forty Houses: 'This is one of the most elaborately decorated houses in Worthington. It was built soon after1888 by Pease, a New York City piano manufacturer, in a style described as late Gothic Revival, that by then had become outdated. Architect designed, the summer home reflected, with its wide, single story veranda, tennis court, and croquet ground, the taste and lifestyle of a wealthy manufacturer of the Gilded Age. The house has five gable ends, a rear, one-story ell, and a square, flat-roofed tower. Exterior
wall cladding is polychromed. There is patterned stick and shingle work. Tower and gable-end windows are tall, narrow, and paired, with cut-out pointed arches above each. The house is roofed with metal shingles, and boxed cornices enclose rafter ends. In recent years the house has been professionally restored. Grounds are planted with apple trees.' It is owned in 2018 by the Pollard family.
Type
Still Image
Format
8.9 x 14.0 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in)
Creator
Herbert B. Thrasher for postcard, remainder unknown
Date
ca. 1915
Publisher
Sample book postcards donated in 2018 by Barbara Batura and Marjorie Candiano, H. B. Thrasher's grand-nieces. They received it from their brother, Roy. E. Johnson Jr.
Date Available
2018-12-22; 2024-07-05
Is Part Of
Box 09
Medium
Electronic
Coverage
Worthington - Worthington Center
Mediator
db, item created 12/22/2018
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Still Image - Black and White Postcard
Physical Dimensions
8.9 x 14 cm
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