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These are all Glass Slides made by Franklyn Hitchcock, resident of Worthington. The numbers on each slide refer to the numbering system used by Hitchcock. This is 1. Worthington, Mass. and Vicinity B.C. - 1947 (not scanned)

Black and white glass slide: 'Lyceum Hall' (#1). This building was used as a library (before 1916), as a school house (The Corners School), the Worthington Library, he Grange Hall, and as the Health Center building before it moved to Old North…

Black and white glass slide: 'Pierce Tavern and the Lafayette Elm' (#32). The Pierce (also Peerce) Tavern(also Lafayette Hotel) was on the site now occupied by the Worthington Library. Purportedly Lafayette stayed overnight at the inn during his…

Black and white glass slide 'Peru Congregational Church'
(#19). Located on Rte. 143 in Peru.

Black and white glass slide: 'Unidentified Road.' (#107).

Black and white glass slide: The Creamery (#23). The Creamery was built in 1894 and is currently a private home at 734 Huntington Road. It was a cooperative with 100 shares sold at $25/share. Milo Bates (1868-1936) was the butter-maker.

Black and white glass slide titled: Dr. Whitcomb's Home' (#L30). Austin E Whitcomb (1908-1973) was the son of Mary Dodge. The house is located at 190 Witt Hill Road, known also as 'Cemetery Road.'

Black and white glass slide: Old Dodge House (#24). The property is now 21 Ring Road later owned by Walter Wright and Sara Buie.

Black and white glass slide: Curtis Home (#13). This property later owned by Mary Kartashevich on Chester Road' (West Street).

Black and white glass slide: South Worthington Mill (#27). Unknown photographer, ca. 1908. This property later owned by George Dodge.

Black and white glass slide: Brewster Store,Worthington Center. . This is numbered 35. This property is on the corner of Harvey Road and Huntington Rd. (Rte 112)

Black and white glass slide: The barn at the rear of the Hewitt house at 4 Sam Hill Road. The house was originally built by pioneer Daniel Hewitt in the 1790s and expanded and modernized by his son, Cyprian Parsons Hewitt and his wife, Adelia…

Glass slide showing three golfers with their golf clubs. Slide is numbered 39. There is a woman golfing in a long white dress. The Golf Club was founded in 1905 and served as one of the amenities offered by the Lafayette Lodge.

Black and white glass slide: The front porch of the Hewitt House at 4 Sam Hill Road. The house was originally built by pioneer Daniel Hewitt in the 1790s and expanded and modernized by his son, Cyprian Parsons Hewitt and his wife, Adelia Benjamin…

Glass slide. Photograph of the Worthington Golf Club, founded in 1905. Formerly the Benton House. This is number 38. The Benton home became the Golf Club in 1905. It is located on Ridge Road overlooking Worthington Corners.

Glass slide: Town Hall. This is numbered 37 The town hall, located on Huntington Road (Rte. 112) in Worthington Center, was built in 1855 in the Greek Revival style. The telephone poles and lines serving the town are visible. There were roads on…

Black and white glass slide: Front view of Stevens Mill and Dam in Stevensville, along the Chesterfield Road (Rte. 143). . Buildings are covered with snow. This slide in numbered is 72. It was probably taken around 1908.

Glass slide: shows backview of Stevens Mill and Dam. It is numbered 73. The Stevens family were early Worthington settlers and ran the mill and workshop that provided wooden hoops for a variety of uses.

Black and white glass slide showing the Eugene Stevens House. . This slide is numbered 71. It dates from around 1908

Glass slide: Aaron and Cullen Stevens House, Stevensville. Aaron Stevens, Jr. (1816-1899) and Sophronia Stone (1816-1910) were the parents of Cullen Stevens (1854-1930) . This is numbered 70. The image dates from ca. 1908.