Sellen House
Title
Sellen House
Creator
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Description
A beautiful, large house with a group of men (fraternity members?) standing in front. Written on the back of photograph, "George Cook's girls school, Madam Barron music teacher; probably built by Dr. Sellon (William F.); bought for fraternity in 1874 from T. Hersey; new fraternity building dedicated in 1890; this house gutted by fire November 28, 1924; site of the famous water cure." Note: photograph date between 1874 and 1890.
Date
Circa 1880-00-00
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
13.4 cm x 20.2 cm
How to Cite this Item
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903, "Sellen House," in Digital Amherst, Item #451, http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/451 (accessed February 4, 2012).
Rights
This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
Item Type
Still Image
Subject
Fraternities; Alpha Delta Phi; Houses; Albumen prints
Relation
Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
Digital Format
image/jpeg
Digital Publisher
Jones Library Special Collections
Language
eng
Identifier
LOV0364; Folder: Amherst- Streets- Prospect and Maple- Buildings- Houses- Sellon House
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