Walnut Street tour

Streets of Holyoke

Block 0 – Pulaski Park and Saint Kolbe Drive LINK

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

General LINKS for Many Topics

Architectural Styles of Europe and America by Paradis

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society

Under Quabbin (video)

HG&E Photos

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

Amelia Box Window Restoration LINK of Holyoke

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

American Canals

Rainfall amount at Whiting Street Reservoir

Rainfall amount at Whiting Street Reservoir as measured in inches.

rain19161917192419341944194719571958
Jan1.653.424.414.031.773.481.613.30
Feb4.562.772.183.512.342.951.302.21
Mar2.533.880.892.524.912.591.672.96
Apr3.151.755.906.384.344.903.346.11
May2.884.173.664.500.815.181.932.06
June7.014.211.956.324.723.313.112.05
July5.162.931.491.922.934.572.926.10
Aug2.465.303.544.082.232.672.462.73
Sep5.930.645.5811.724.894.302.485.61
Oct1.006.680.462.702.012.572.723.71
Nov3.410.743.453.584.706.203.803.10
Dec2.992.742.234.703.272.757.971.45
totals35.3141.39

Holyoke by Constance Green

The book Holyoke by Constance Green is a fine book and required reading for all who like Holyoke history.

1 – farms

2 – cotton lords

3 – local industry (1859 to 1873)

4 – community problems (1859 to 1873)

5 – paper city (1873 to 1893)

6 – rise of the trusts (1893 to 1903)

7 – labor (1873 to 1903)

8 – management and labor (1903 to 1922)

9 – government (1873 to 1927)

10 – schools

11 – religion (1850 to 1922)

12 – social life

13 – civic conscience