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United Folding Box Company was formed in Holyoke during the 1920s.

They still exist over 100 years later. External LINK. They have only had two owners. The first was Henry Jarisch. The second is a joint firm.

Jarisch used United Folding Box Company and then later United Paper Box. The mill was at 528 Water Street. Jarisch was president and treasurer until his 1979 death. FINDAGRAVE

Sanborn map analysis

1884 map as the Union Manufacturers Company Paper Mill

1889 map as the Union Manufacturers Company Paper Mill

1895 map as the Connecticut River Paper Company (Powers Paper Co)

1915 map as the Riverside Mill number 3

1949 map as the United Folding Box Company

1956 map as the United Folding Box Company

Monadnock Trail in Holyoke

Monadnock Trail in South Hadley

At the Notch

trail to Bare Mountain

trail to Norwottuck Mountain and to the Robert Frost Trail

In the Middle Street and Shay Street quadrant:

989 South East Street in the early 1800s was the post office of this small neighborhood and had the Hiram Allen family living here. This is a federal era home. – FINDAGRAVE

1001 South East Street is the South Amherst School from 1900.

1025 South East Street is the Armstrong house from 1860. – FINDAGRAVE

In the Shays Street to Pomeroy Lane quadrant:

At 445 Shays Street is the Jonathan Dickinson home and barn from 1780 in Federal style. – FINDAGRAVE

At 324 Pomeroy Lane is the Enos Dickinson home and store / post office. – FINDAGRAVE

In the Middle Street to South East Street quadrant:

At 1055 South East Street is the house from 1742 in a Georgian style. – This is the house of Nathaniel Coleman

1067 South East Street is from 1770 and is now a parsonage for the South Congregational Church – FINDAGRAVE

1081 South East Street is from the 1800s – no history link

In the southeast section of the South East Street to Station Road quadrant:

At 1046 South East Street is the Munson Memorial Library

At 1066 South East Street is the South Amherst Congregational Church from 1825.

At 1072 South East Street is the Elisha Smith house from 1805. – FINDAGRAVE

In the northeast section of the South East Street to Station Road quadrant:

986 South East Street is the Amherst Town Farm and William Chaffee farm. The red barn to the far right is the town barn.

Outside the zone:

101 Middle Street has the Smith and Bridgman house from the early 1800s.

at 1230 South East Street is a Federal style building from about 1790

next to that is the Deacon Moody house at 1240 South East St

Sanborn maps did not extend to here.

Main Street Cemetery (Easthampton) is from 1845. It is on Main Street near Glendale Street. It has many old burials only because a much older cemetery was moved into here.

Williston Family in the Main Street Cemetery (Easthampton)

Catherine Wright is the oldest gravestone in Easthampton – Findagrave

Disinterments from the Old Center Cemetery LINK

Older Burials at the Main Street Cemetery (Easthampton)

FINDAGRAVE

Luther Clap

Seth Janes

Death House LINK

Lucy Pomeroy Clap

Miriam Hannum

Luke Packard

Cremation area

Ford plot

Ferry family plot

Maj Jonathan Clap

and spouse Submit Strong Clap

Lieut Asahel Clark

Benjamin Clap

Nonotuck Park is a large park in Easthampton Massachusetts. Two brooks flow through it – White Brook and Broad Brook. It has many features both within the park and just outside the park. Nonotuck Park was made in the year 1923.

Nonotuck Park –

Playgrounds

Toteman Nature Trail

FINDAGRAVE

the Frederick Kaczynski memorial is nearby

Baseball Fields

Pavilion

Galbraith Park –

Nashawanuck Pond – This is a reservoir since it is dammed and would not exist without being so. It was once called Upper Mill Pond.

External LINK on the pond

Brookside Cemetery – The cemetery is from about 1874. LINK

White Brook –

Mountain View School –

Daley Field – LINK

Broad Brook –

Neighborhood of the Park –

Water Lane – This street on the eastern side of Nashawanuck Pond had a boathouse, clubhouse, and a beach.

[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 LINK

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 LINK

stop 8 – Everett Street Village LINK

The Orchards Golf Course in South Hadley was founded in 1922. Joseph Skinner had the course made for his daughter.

The Skinner Silk Trail is a composite of the institutions that define the Skinner family of Holyoke and South Hadley. It follows the important sites that William Skinner and then Joseph Skinner created and lived in.

institution	location	TOUR LINK	External Link
Wistariahurst	Beech Street in Holyoke	TOUR LINK	link
Skinner Chapel	Maple Street in Holyoke	TOUR LINK (last stop only)	link
Holyoke Heritage State Park	Appleton Street in Holyoke	TOUR LINK	link
Skinner State Park	summit of Mount Holyoke the mountain	TOUR LINK	link
Mount Holyoke College	College Street in South Hadley	TOUR LINK	link
Orchards Golf Course	Silverwood Terrace in South Hadley	TOUR LINK	link
Orchards (home)	Woodbridge Street in South Hadley	TOUR LINK	link
Joseph Skinner Museum	Woodbridge Street in South Hadley	TOUR LINK	link
Williamsburg Historical Society	Main Street in Williamsburg	TOUR LINK	link
Skinner Silk Mill		TOUR LINK	link

Hadley Center Historic District

Forty Acres and Its Skirts Historic District

Porter–Phelps–Huntington House

Hockanum Rural Historic District

North Hadley Historic District

Hopkins Academy

NEIGHBORHOOD

Hockanum (neighborhood)

North Hadley Dam – Lake Warner Dam – Mount Warner Rd near River Road 1918 – there were prior small dams

First Settlers Monument 1952

Hartsbrook Farm

CEMETERY – LIST

CHURCHES

Parks and Lands

Podick – Cole – Szala Conservation Areas – 390 Sunderland Road – Eastman Brook and Swamp Brook flow through these areas – MAP

Chmura Road Trails – MAP – 105 Chmura Road – starts as a purple blaze

Conte Fish and Wildlife Refuge – MAP – off of 63 Moody Bridge Road

Dyer Conservation Area – MAP – 123 River Drive – part of the Porter Phelps Huntington homestead and museum – at the edge of the Forty Acres and Its Skirts Historic District

Mount Warner – MAP – take the Salamander Loop Trail – on Mount Warner Road near Stockwell Road