[Park in Millside Park.]
Lower Mill Pond is a reservoir in Easthampton that has old mills and workers’ homes along it. The Williston Mill is still there but has added to it the Hampton Mills. Along the western edge of Lower Mill Pond is the former West Boylston Mills. The first workers’ homes New City are bounded by Emerald Place, Ferry Street, and Parsons Street. The second workers’ homes Hampton Terrace are off Pleasant Street between the Pleasant Green and Terrace View. The third workers’ homes Everett Street Village are on Everett Street and Grant Street.
Williston Mill lasted from the 1840s to 1892
Easthampton Spinning from 1892 to 1899
West Boylston Mill from 1899 to 1933
Hampton Mill 1903
stop 0 – Lower Mill Pond
stop 1 – Back of the West Boylston Mills
| mill | starts | ends | becomes |
| 1 | 1902 | Advertising Corp of America | |
| 2 | 1931 | ||
| 3 | 1901 | Paragon Rubber / American Character Doll | |
| 4 | 1907 | mostly Lesnow | |
| 5 | 1912 | ||
| 6 | 1916 | Stanley Home Products | |
| 7 | 1916 | wastehouse | |
| 8 | 1916 | storehouse | |
| 9 | recent |
stop 2 – Front of the West Boylston Mills
stop 3 – Hampton Terrace and Pleasant Green
Most of these homes are from 1920.
| street | built | ||
| Ridgewood Terrace | 1922 | ||
| Pleasant Green East | 1920 | ||
| Pleasant Green West | 1920 | ||
| Hampton Terrace | 1865 and 1903 | ||
| Arlington Street | 1909 | ||
| Berkeley Street | 1909 and 1910 | ||
| Pleasant Street | 1865 and 1920 | ||
| Terrace View | 1922 |
stop 4 – Williston Mill
stop 5 – Hampton Mills
stop 6 – Lower Mill Pond Dam and the Broad Brook
The Broad Brook is dammed at this location. Thus Lower Mill Pond is a reservoir. After the power system was changed, the water is diverted into the tunnel to the right and meets the powerhouse there. In the 1800s the tunnel was far to the left and went under the Williston Mills.
stop 7 – New City
The oldest homes are 1860s and are located on Ferry, Emerald, and Lincoln. When West Boylston arrived they made more in 1903 – on Harrison and Oakdale. Later in 1920 more were made – on Dartmouth, Exeter, Federal, and Clinton.
This schoolhouse started in 1902 as the Hampton Mills School but in 1908 became the
Parsons Street School. It was doubled in size in 1913.
| street | built | houses | |
| Emerald Place | 1865 | ||
| Harrison Avenue | 1903 | ||
| Lincoln Street | 1865 | ||
| Ferry Street | 1865 | ||
| Oakdale Street | 1903 | ||
| Dartmouth Street | 1917 | ||
| Exeter Street | 1917 | ||
| Federal Street | 1917 | ||
| Clinton Street | 1917 |
stop 8 – Everett Street Village
This Everett Street area was constructed in 1917 to 1918 as homes for mill workers.
| Sanborn | ||||
| 1884 to 1902 | all nothing | |||
| 1910 | nothing | nothing | nothing | New City |
| 1916 | WB Mills | WB Mills | Ferry St Mills | New City |
