Walnut Street tour

Streets of Holyoke

Block 0 – Pulaski Park and St Kolbe Dr

Block 1 – Lyman to Hampden

61 Walnut is an 1870 tenement house. 63 Walnut is a 1882 home.

Block 2 – Hampden to Dwight

Block 3 – Dwight to Suffolk

736-740 Dwight St is a 1915 apartment block.

The Raymond (and then called the Amelia) is a 1904 apartment block at 123 Walnut Street.

At 129 Walnut is the William Cook building from 1891.

133-135 Walnut is from 1890.

137-139 Walnut is from 1891.

118 Walnut is from 1900.

120-126 Walnut Street is the Charles Johnson Block from 1885.

Block 4 – Suffolk to Appleton

Second Baptist Church of Holyoke

On June 24 1849 the Second Baptist Church of Ireland Parish started but did not have a church yet. The first building was at the corner of Main and Mosher and lasted from 1858 to October of 1863. The second building was at the same corner and was completed in April of 1865. The third building was on Appleton Street and is still there having been completed by October 20 of 1885.

Block 5 – Appleton to Essex

384-388 Appleton Street is from 1880.

179-183 Walnut Street is from 1890 and is called the Lawrence O’Neill Tenement House.

187 Walnut St is from 1860.

191 Walnut St is from 1890.

193-195 Walnut St is the same

199 Walnut St is from 1870.

The Colonial is at 209-211 Walnut St 155-159 Essex Streets was designed by Oscar Beauchemin. It has 20 apartments.

192 Walnut Street is the Walnut Street Rowhouse from 1879.

From 1913 is the 212 Walnut St 145-149 Essex Street building called the Lotus.

Block 6 – Essex to Cabot

Block 7 – Cabot to Hampshire

Block 8 – Hampshire to Sargeant

Block 9 – Sargeant to Franklin

Block 10 – beyond

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