Lincoln Street of Holyoke has many pretty houses.
The best manner to tour this street is to start at Kennedy Park. At the southeast corner of the park is the former Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church.
stop 1 – Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church
read stop 9 at this LINK
stop 2 – Kennedy Park
stop 3 – Azro Coburn house
A one block walk up Lincoln Street from the park in a westerly direction is a fine way to view some nice homes. At 98 Lincoln Street is the Azro Coburn house from 1908. He owned the Coburn Trolley Company in Chicopee that made many of the tracks in this city.
stop 4 – James Ramage
At 104 Lincoln Street is the James Ramage house from 1895. He would own the Franklin Mill.
stop 5 –
At 110 Lincoln Street.
stop 6 – John Williams
At 118 Lincoln Street is the John Williams house from 1893. This is a Queen Ann Victorian home. John was a carpenter and painter with Doane in a Holyoke store. They started the Doane and Williams paint store.
stop 7 – William Wilson
At 126 Lincoln Street we find the William Wilson house from 1894. He was a papermaker at the Wilson and Smith Paper Mill.
stop 8 – Duncan McCorkindale
At 132 Lincoln Street is the Duncan McCorkindale house from 1894. He was a worker at the Parsons Paper Mill and from 1902 until in the 1930s his family lived here. FINDAGRAVE
stop 9 – Robert Sanderson
At 136 Lincoln Street in 1895 the Robert Sanderson house was built. This is a Queen Anne house.
stop 10 – Jens Madsen
At 162 Lincoln Street from 1892 is the Jens Madsen house. He lived here from 1903 to well into the 1940s. For a very long time Madsen had a company called the Anker Printing. Madsen at first lived on Canal Street in South Hadley and was the town’s clerk.
stop 11 – James Morrill
In 1892 at 170 Lincoln Street a nice Queen Anne house was built. James Morrill owned it. He owned a pharmacy on High Street. FINDAGRAVE
stop 12 – Trolley
Notice the wide curved corner which is quite atypical of Holyoke’s streetscape. This is since the Highlands Trolley Line run along Lincoln Street. And now let’s head back eastward on the outside of Lincoln Street.
stop 13 – Robert Johnson
At the top of the street, the Johnson houses are side by side. Robert’s house is to the right and his son’s Charles’ house is to the left. They owned an insurance company on High Street. His house is my 5th installation of my series called A House in Holyoke through Time. HOUSE
stop 14 – 151 Lincoln Street is from 1880
stop 15 – Charles Alderman
At 147 Lincoln Street is the Alderman house from 1895. Charles worked as a superintendent of the Hampden Glaze Paper Company.
stop 16 – William B Whiting
William B Whiting was at 127 Lincoln Street and is from 1894 – The Whiting family owned many enterprises in Holyoke and served the city in many ways. William B Whiting owned a coal business in the city and his son owned a large paper mill.
stop 17 – John Bishop
111 Lincoln Street is from 1896. John Bishop was a goods dealer on High Street. Find the Bishop Block here – LINK
stop 18 – Hoit Farr
Hoit Farr was at 107 Lincoln Street is from 1896 was a member of the Farr Alpaca Mill ownership. FINDAGRAVE
And now we are back to the park.