Hyde mansion in winter - 1930. 32 Cordis Street

Title:: Hyde mansion in winter - 1930. 32 Cordis Street
Description:: Hyde mansion in winter - 1930. 32 Cordis Street. Built by Francis Hyde about 1801. The Hydes were manufacturers of soap and candles on the site of the present St. Mary's Church. There used to be a large garden running downhill, including many fruit trees, where the birds noted by Timothy Sawyer included song sparrows, bluebirds, yellow warblers, thrushes, occasionally a scarlet tanager, and the cuckoo and sometimes woodcocks in the lower part of the garden.
Photographer:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: photo by Wolcott Cutler
Date:: 1930
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Houses
Snow
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
High Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Reverend Wolcott Cutler
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-300-D1