Lincoln Street – Canal Days

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.

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At 110 Lincoln Street is an 1880 home.

[Williams Street crosses here.]

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

[Howard Street crosses here.]

stop 9 – Robert Sanderson

At 136 Lincoln Street in 1895 the Robert Sanderson house was built. This is a shingle style Victorian house.

At 140 / 142 Lincoln Street about 1910:

and at At 144 / 146 Lincoln Street about 1910:

and at 150 Lincoln Street:

[Arlington Street crosses here.]

and at 156 Lincoln Street is a Queen Anne home

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. This is a shingle style Victorian house.

at 166 Lincoln Street is from 1900:

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

at 176 Lincoln Street is a 1910 house:

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

At 171 Lincoln Street:

At 165 Lincoln Street:

At x Lincoln Street:

At x Lincoln Street:

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. This is in the shingle style.

At x Lincoln Street in the Queen Anne style:

At 135 Lincoln Street:

At 131 Lincoln Street:

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. The house is in a shingle style.

at 123 Lincoln Street is a shingle style:

at x Lincoln Street

at 115 Lincoln Street is a Queen Anne:

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 – The house is a Queen Anne with a wrap around porch.

stop 18 – Hoit Farr