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The North High Street District walking tour booklet is available from me. They cost $8 for a black-and-white stapled copy. Each additional copy after that is $5 more when shipped together. For a color copy, the cost is $13 and each additional copy in color is $10.

Email me from my contact page for details. The booklets that you order will be mailed to you via USPS so I need a physical address. Other booklets are available at the BOOKLET page.

Follow the tour HERE

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

Rainfall amounts at White Reservoir in inches

			1957	1958
Jan			1.69	6.14
Feb			1.42	3.87
Mar			1.28	3.38
Apr			3.05	6.24
May			3.35	3.46
June			2.48	2.13
July			2.32	4.48
Aug			1.60	4.01
Sep			1.37	4.88
Oct			2.92	4.10
Nov			4.77	3.75
Dec			7.69	1.39
			33.94	47.83

Rainfall Amounts at Ashley Pond in inches by the months

					1957	1958
Jan					1.66	5.11
Feb					0.97	2.29
Mar					1.74	3.17
Apr					2.82	6.74
May					2.59	3.27
June					2.35	3.30
July					2.03	5.82
Aug					2.98	4.34
Sept					2.57	6.39
Oct					3.07	4.19
Nov					4.69	3.44
Dec					4.99	1.45
					32.46	49.51

Modern Architecture since 1900 by Curtis

A Field Guide to American Houses by McAlester

Photographers – A Source Book for Historical Research by Peter Palmquist

A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers 1839 to 1900 from Picton Press from year 1993 (the Holyoke section is from page 281 to 288)

Architectural Styles of Europe and America by Paradis

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society

Under Quabbin (video)

Wood and Weather Drums – my nephew’s drum renovation store

Citrus Sky Boutique – my sister has a store for children’s clothing

Historic New England’s Architectural Style Guide

Grave Plot Tenders (External Link)

One Place Study

Paola Ferrario art

Holyoke Creative Arts Center

Victory Theater

Holyoke Civic Symphony

Hitchcock Center (Amherst)

Gail Olmsted

Amherst Center Cultural District

Massachusetts Postal Research Society

Pioneer Valley Fern Society

Veterans Graves

The Riverview Machine Company was in Holyoke at least from 1965 to 1991. They were at 102 Cabot Street and their name is still on the building. Donald B Charbonneau was president and treasurer.

The mills of South Hadley

Industrial Power Houses of South Hadley – Leo Labonte

Stony Brook Paper Company – mills in South Hadley but office was at 10 Crescent Street in Holyoke.

Carew Paper Mill

Height of the water at the Whiting Street Dam in feet

height	1917	1944
Jan	17’3	18’1
Feb	17’1	17’3
Mar	16’1	17’2
Apr	21’2	19’1
May	20’1	21’4
June	20’1	20’7
July	21’3	20
Aug	20’6	18’5
Sep	19’2	17’3
Oct	17’1	16’8
Nov	17′	16’3
Dec	17’8	16’11