The home at 81 Main Street connects the Richards family’s domestic setting to its Water Street lumber and shipyard businesses.
Evidence, credit & reuse: 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
Source: West Haven Voice; Dan Shine column, contributor not individually credited
Cite this item
Silent Grounds Collective, Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes, SGC-WHSC-032, ED-L-SC-ADD-001, “H. H. Richards home at 81 Main Street.” Source: West Haven Voice; Dan Shine column, contributor not individually credited. https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-198/. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.