Yet Another View of the Branson Boarding House

[John Fazio]

(08-26-2015 10:19 AM)BettyO Wrote:  Seems all we get are "slivers" of what the Branson boarding house looked like (not that it matters much, anyway!) but it is interesting.....and this sketch of the Western National Bank built in 1881 beside the then still standing boarding house, corner of Eutaw and Fayette Streets (which would be torn down in 1887-1888 so that the new Eutaw Savings Bank could be relocated and built) shows the left half of the three story, brick Federal style boarding house; home to the Branson family and Powell.....

Now I'm curious as to the long window or door shown on the far left side of the sketch and wonder if it existed in the time of the Branson's tenure

Betty:

I don't think there is enough there to go on. Something is usually better than nothing though. It looks like a door to me.

John