Doorway from the Elihu White House

This imposing doorway was originally the front entrance of the Elihu White house in Hatfield, a small town north of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its vine-carved pilasters — with tulips and rosettes in the pilaster caps — and its pediment with large scrolls terminating in rosettes are characteristic of the exuberant architectural carving found on the doorways of mid-eighteenth century houses in the Connecticut River Valley. Similar carving is also found on furniture from the area.