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Stevens Memorial Building (Ludlow)

Ludlow High School was behind the 1910 edition of the high school. It was used as an elementary school from then until the late 1920s when the school was removed. The bell and the plaque were rescued and they are a memorial to the school. The base has a year of 1929 for the display. This first high school is from 1882 and was built by the Ludlow Manufactory Company. The top of the display has “Stone Marker and Bell from Original High School.” Bell is from Meneely’s of West Troy.

Inside of the Christ the King Church of Ludlow

Ludlow Post Office

Whitney Street Park (Ludlow)

Providence School of Nursing

To the east of the hospital was a home.  This home was bought by Harkins in 1872 for his family.  At first his sister, and then later his brother and parents lived there.  His brother Daniel had a dentist office in the home.  In 1912 the last of his family died and by the next year it was turned into a nurse’s home.  In 1916 a day care or nursery was started in the home.  This was the 10th nursery in the entire state of Massachusetts.  The nursery was started by the Saint Agnes Guild of Saint Jerome.  By 1919 it moved to the James Newton home on Chestnut Street. LINK

In 1900 the Providence School of Nursing opens at the Joseph Skinner home at the corner of Elm and Essex.  Skinner had moved to his summer home in South Hadley and donated his home to the hospital.  They used it to train and house the nurses.  The new Providence School of Nursing opened in 1938 at the same location and remained opened until 1971 (266 Elm Street).  The Providence Hospital moved to Northampton Street in 1958 and the old one torn down.

Providence Maternity Home in Holyoke

The Charles Ranlet home at the corner of Chestnut and Dwight (121 Dwight Street) became the Nurses’ Home in 1913.  Charles Ranlet was the president of the Hadley Falls National Bank.  The house would soon become the Providence Maternity Home. Thus this entire southern edge of the block was devoted to medical needs.

Next along the block was a dentist’s home.  It was between the Ranlet home and Holyoke Catholic.  This was the home of Daniel Murlless.  Murlless had his dentist office at the southwest corner of Maple and Essex which also functioned as a dental supply company.  He had many patents including ones for a dental dam and a dental bridge.

John Young Field

The John Young Field (LOCATION) was dedicated on May 18th 1986 to John Young a softball advocate.

The land was originally called Ranlet Parcel. It was purchased in 1908. This field was in 1917 given by the parks division of the city over to the playgrounds division. It was called the Beech Street Grounds or the Beech Street Playground.

This was considered to be an extension of MacKenzie Field. A softball diamond was built in the northeast corner of MacKenzie starting in 1953 and ending in 1954. Lights were added to this softball diamond in 1954.

Yankee Pedlar

The Yankee Pedlar (LOCATION) has gone through many changes in its history. Read the excellent BOOKLET by People’s Bank. The home was built in 1882 by John Hildreth. In 1955 Eugene Tambori turned it into an inn.

Parkview Street in Holyoke

This is the northernmost of the five parallel streets that are to the north of South Street. It is also the newest of those 5 streets. It has a fine view of the Mount Holyoke Range to the north and a fine view of the Mount Tom Range to the west.