Willimantic Street Drawings (Baby Lane/Valley St.)

Scroll

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Windham Textile and History Museum

An image of the first house on the street of Baby Lane/Valley Street. Four Tenement House owned by Mr. Harry Boss.: An image of the first house on the street. It is a colonial-style house as seen from the front, with two chimneys, one on each side. It is a two-story house with a shingled roof and five windows on the front of the second story. The door is on the center of the first floor with two windows on either side of the house. In front of the house, there is a Fence that extends towards the next house on the left. Below the fence is some text. " Four Tenement House; owner Mr. Harry Boss. In the bottom left corner, the street is labeled as "Baby Lane now Valley Street."
An image of the first house on the street of Baby Lane/Valley Street. Four Tenement House owned by Mr. Harry Boss.

An image of the first house on the street. It is a colonial-style house as seen from the front, with two chimneys, one on each side. It is a two-story house with a shingled roof and five windows on the front of the second story. The door is on the center of the first floor with two windows on either side of the house. In front of the house, there is a Fence that extends towards the next house on the left. Below the fence is some text. " Four Tenement House; owner Mr. Harry Boss. In the bottom left corner, the street is labeled as "Baby Lane now Valley Street."

Name/Title

Willimantic Street Drawings (Baby Lane/Valley St.)

Entry/Object ID

2023.52.1

Description

This is a street drawing out of a collection of street drawings of Willimantic done by John Little Leonard. This drawing covers Baby Lane which is now called Valley Street as it appeared in 1860. These are pencil drawings on a scroll of brown wrapping paper. The buildings shown in this scroll are the Four Tenement House owned by Mr. Harry Boss, Randolph Robinson's house, Mr. Morse's house, Mr. Green's house, Mr. Randall's house, and Deacon NA Starns' house.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Subject

Willimantic, Baby Ln, Valley St.

Subject Place

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Context

John Little Leonard (1954-1930) created a series of drawings of Willimantic streets as they stood in 1860. The specific date at which these drawings were completed is unknown though it was likely in the late 19th century. Some of these drawings were done looking at the houses while others, in cases where the houses had changed, he drew from memory. Leonard was an only child. He married Fanny Babcock and died on Jan. 31 (his birthday) in 1930. Leonard was a florist and pharmacist who owned his own shop. The sketches were on brown wrapping paper, drawn in pencil.

Collection

Lucy Crosbie Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John Little Leonard

Role

Artist

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Location

Location

Room

Archives

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Permanent

Date

December 16, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Dec 16, 2023

Created By

Eves, Jamie

Create Date

December 16, 2023

Updated By

Eves, Jamie

Update Date

December 16, 2023