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.
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.
Skiing in Anniversary Field (Holyoke)
Beginning in 1937 the top of the hill was developed into a ski area. In 1938 skiing officially commenced on the slope of Anniversary Hill. This would become known as Ski Run. This was the first city owned ski run in Western Massachusetts. The smaller slopes on the northerly side were used by younger people.
A downhill run of from 1000 feet to 400 yards was possible from the top of Anniversary Hill Park to the bottom in the Bowling Green area of Anniversary Field. Easthampton Road was off to the side until the mid-1960s so it was a clear run. The ski lift was a old car’s axle that had a chain running around it and then had a long rope attached to that. In 1940 during construction of the ski run, an observation platform was added at the top of the hill. It was 100 feet long and 35 feet deep and was of stone construction. A 1952 statement in the city register states that activity is declining at the ski slope but that small slopes on the north face of the hill were being used by youngsters for sledding and skiing.
At some point of time between 1915 and 1946 the Dwight Street Extension was put in.
Dillon Avenue is to the right of the ski run in the image.
