Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
Historic property identities and maritime neighborhood context. The 1940 document pages concern Henry H. Richards and his lumber business; they are not house photographs. No unverified photograph is assigned to Hedgehurst or Harborview.

id: WHSC-001
title: H. H. Richards Lumber Company in the 1940 town history
kind: Historical documents
date: 1940
summary: Printed page 28 describes the Water Street lumber company, its dockage, employment, and 1939 liquidation.
url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse/page/n97/mode/1up
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut; Church Press, 1940. Scan: Allen County Public Library / Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: copyright not renewed, per repository’s Stanford-database check. Authentic printed document, not a photograph of a house. Repository notes photocopied book and irregular pagination. Selected scan leaf visually checked against printed page number; full page retained without synthetic restoration. Original downloaded scan is in originals.
file: images/whsc-001.webp
text_file: texts/whsc-001.txt
institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WHSC-002
title: Religious meetings in Henry H. Richards’ home
kind: Historical documents
date: 1940
summary: Printed page 72 records weekly religious meetings in Henry H. Richards’ home before 1868. It does not specify the address.
url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse/page/n197/mode/1up
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut; Church Press, 1940. Scan: Allen County Public Library / Internet Archive.
notes: Public domain in the United States: copyright not renewed, per repository’s Stanford-database check. Authentic printed document, not a photograph of a house. Repository notes photocopied book and irregular pagination. Selected scan leaf visually checked against printed page number; full page retained without synthetic restoration. Original downloaded scan is in originals.
file: images/whsc-002.webp
text_file: texts/whsc-002.txt
institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WHSC-003
title: H. H. Richards homes and waterfront businesses
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2022-08-17
summary: Address-level identification and a photograph of 81 Main Street.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-198/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Dan Shine, August 17, 2022. Modern photograph has no reuse license displayed; link only. Gives the clearest distinction among the three properties. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: WHSC-004
title: History of West Haven, Connecticut
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1940
summary: 1940 town history with commercial and household context.
url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Internet Archive / Allen County Public Library metadata states copyright was not renewed, citing the Stanford database. See printed pages 28, 58, and 72. Scan pagination differs from printed numbering. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: WHSC-005
title: The old sawmill and the Richards lumber yard
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2017-07-19
summary: Local account of the supply of wood for houses and shipbuilding.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-10/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Useful contextual research; not a photograph or independent identification of any of the three houses. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: ED-L-SC-ADD-001
title: H. H. Richards home at 81 Main Street
kind: Photographs
date: Undated photograph; published August 17, 2022
institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
summary: The home at 81 Main Street connects the Richards family’s domestic setting to its Water Street lumber and shipyard businesses.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-198/
credit: West Haven Voice; Dan Shine column, contributor not individually credited
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Image-level expansion of WHSC-003. Timestamp in filename is not verified camera date. Do not call H. H. Richards the unrelated Captain John M. Richards of Hedgehurst. Reuse: Link only; no reuse license
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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external_image_url: https://westhavenvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/historian_s-corner-HH-Richards-House-Mary-Ann-Starkes-House-81-Main-St.-2022_06_17-14_33_11-UTC.png
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id: ED-L-SC-ADD-002
title: West Haven Machine Company at Elm and Water streets
kind: Photographs
date: Undated historical photo; published August 17, 2022
institution: Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
summary: The factory view documents the working waterfront near the Main Street homes.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-198/
credit: West Haven Voice; Dan Shine column
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Context photograph, not a sea captain’s house. Image-level expansion of WHSC-003. Exact historic capture date unknown. Reuse: Link only; no reuse license
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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external_image_url: https://westhavenvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/historian_s-corner-West-Haven-Hack-Saw-Shop-2021_01_07-15_08_57-UTC.jpg
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