Exhibit Tags: Paul Curtis House and Tufts University - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Black-and-white photograph of an untitled oil-on-board painting known as "College Hill from Medford," attributed to Benjamin Champney, ca. 1865 (Tufts University Permanent Collection AI 07400). The painting shows the Paul Curtis house and Ballou Hall of Tufts College in the distance, as seen from north of the Mystic River, ca. 1855.
Exhibit Tags:: Medford Tufts University paintings photographs Tufts DCA buildings Paul Curtis House Ballou Hall

Exhibit Description:: Oil on board painting of College Hill from across the Mystic River in Medford, pictured around 1856. The building on top of the hill is Ballou Hall, the first building of Tufts College. The white house in the foreground is the Paul Curtis House, which is said to be the house mentioned in Lydia Maria Child's poem "Over the River and Through the Woods." The Mystic River is in front of the Curtis house and is home to an old shipyard, possibly the Curtis shipyard.
Attribution:: Champney, Benjamin (attributed)
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of Tufts University Permanent Collection, AI 07400
Exhibit Tags:: paintings Paul Curtis House Medford Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection

Exhibit Description:: National Register of Historic Places paperwork for the Paul Curtis House submitted to the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Page 2 of 2.
Attribution:: Massachusetts Historical Commission
Attribution Statement:: J. Herzan and B.R. Pfeiffer. Paul Curtis House. National Register of Historic Places, 1976 (on file at Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston).
Exhibit Tags:: Paul Curtis House Medford Tufts University Lydia Maria Child documents

Exhibit Description:: Holiday card from the Fletcher School dean Jack Galvin and his wife Ginny. At the time they were living in the Paul Curtis House at 114 South Street, Medford, which was owned by Tufts University. (Note: The images of this card have been digitally rearranged.)
Attribution:: Fletcher School (Tufts University)
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: photographs Paul Curtis House Tufts DCA Tufts University Lydia Maria Child Medford buildings

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