Dickenson and Clark Paper
Sanborn 1895 map – gone
Sanborn 1915 map – gone
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Daniel O’Connell
Daniel O’Connell’s Sons – office 480 Hampden Street and a yard on Meadow Street in Chicopee.
general contractor
road builders
masons
graders
Sanborn map analysis
Sanborn 1895 map – their home is at 188 Hampden Street
Sanborn 1915 map – work is at 480 and home is at 522 Hampden due to renumbering
Dandy Rolls
C H Smith a dandy roll maker of the hollow truss type.
North Chestnut Street School and William Whiting School
North Chestnut Street School and William Whiting School (1910)
contains high school 1852 to 1862
Sanborn map analysis
Sargeant Street School
Morgan School
Morgan School was built in 1901.
The modern Morgan School seems to have been constructed on March 2 1990.
Sanborn map analysis
Sanborn 1895 map – not there yet
Saint Thomas the Apostle Cemetery of West Springfield
The Saint Thomas the Apostle Cemetery of West Springfield is on Kings Highway. FINDAGRAVE
Patrick Phelan
James Tyrrell – FINDAGRAVE
Amable Savaria – FINDAGRAVE
Agnes Contri has two gravestones
Chapel – from 1929
Jewish Cemeteries
B’Nai Jacob Cemetery
Beth El Cemetery
Beth Israel Cemetery
Congregation Kodimoh Cemetery
Church Street and its Neighborhood (Chicopee)
Church Street (Chicopee)
Edward Bellamy (1850 to 1898) – FINDAGRAVE – wrote Looking Backwards in 1888. He also wrote Equality in 1897. Lastly there was a booklet called The Religion of Solidarity.
Grove Street
Grove Street has a former mill housing unit.
Polish Home Association Building
| address | style | ||
| George Buckland | 1835 | 71 Church | Greek Revival |
| George Rumrill | 1846 | 81 Church | |
| Edward Bellamy | 1830 | 91 Church | |
| Amos Jones | 1840 | 99 Church | |
| Andrew Hubbard | 1837 | 109 Church | |
| Jonathan Carpenter (Samuel Alvord) | 1838 | 117 Church | |
| Chicopee Manufacturing Company Boarding House | 1830 | 25 Grove Street | Federal |
| Polish Home Association Building | 1926 | 33 Grove | |
| Fisk | 154 Grove |
George Buckland at 71 Church
George Rumrill at 81 Church
Edward Bellamy
Amos Jones at 99 Church
Andrew Hubbard at 109 Church
Arthur MacArthur Memorial – FINDAGRAVE
First Baptist Church – LINK
Uniroyal – US Rubber (1940) – Fisk Rubber (1898) – Spaulding and Pepper (1895)
Main Street
Sanborn map analysis:
Works Progress Administration – Projects in Holyoke
Works Progress Administration – Projects in Holyoke
There have been about 80 WPA projects in Holyoke.
Scotts Tower
MacKenzie Field
Saint Brigid’s Cemetery of Hadley
Saint Brigid’s Cemetery of Hadley
stop 1 – Gates
In Memory of James and Mary White AND Mary and Alice White.
Stop 2 – White family
Stop 3 – Arthur Victor Petit
Petit would die in France after World War 1 most likely during guard duty. Death January 8 1919. FINDAGRAVE
Stop 4 – Polish Section
Stop 5 – Babies
This is the baby section for infants that were never baptized.