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Title	Morton F. Plant estate under construction at Eastern (Avery) Point, Groton.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Avery Point (Conn.) Groton (Conn.)
Topic	Building sites Construction workers Dwellings Stone buildings
Topic-Person	Plant, Morton F., 1852-1918
Theme	Infrastructure Lifestyle
Description	View of a large stone mansion under construction, identified as the Morton F. Plant estate, Eastern (actually Avery) Point, Groton. Men, probably construction workers, can be seen on the building and next to a horse and wagon in front of the house.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The Plant mansion, Branford House was built at Avery Point in 1903-1904 by Morton Plant, successful railroad, steamship and hotel businessman. The estate was turned over to the state in the 1930's. The Coast Guard used it for training during World War II. It became the Southeastern Campus of the University of Connecticut (later renamed University of Connecticut at Avery Point) in 1969. Avery Point is just east of Eastern Point. Taken by E.A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.
Date created	1904.
Physical format	1 photograph : gelatin glass negative ; 8 x 10 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1976.171.206 File name: IMG0059-2322.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Scholfield Collection.
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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