CLICK on the small pictures within the last column of the grids to get a much larger picture.
- This is part of the Holyoke Heritage Trail so after visiting here get back onto the trail.
- Low cost booklets for this tour can be found at the BOOKLETS page.
- Streets of Holyoke
- Private GROUP TOUR (COSTS) is two hours long for this High Street and Neighborhood walking tour. Also a one or two hour indoor presentation can be given.
- A free public tour comes up every year generally in the fall.
- A self-tour is available for anyone using the maps and text seen below. – LOCATION
A green text in the title of each block means that it contributes to the National Register. Yellow means that it does NOT contribute.
This district is 4 and a half blocks long starting in the south at a point half way between Essex and Appleton Streets to in the north at Lyman Street. The best way to tour the street is by walking on the eastern sidewalk and looking at the western edge buildings from Essex Street to Lyman Street. Then tour the other side of the street by walking on the western sidewalk and looking at the eastern edge buildings from Lyman Street to Essex Street. To do this park near the back of the Congregational Church.
| notes | LINK | ||
| Western Side of High Street between Essex and Appleton Streets | LINK | ||
| Western Side of High Street between Appleton and Suffolk Streets | LINK | ||
| Western Side of High Street between Suffolk and Dwight Streets | LINK | ||
| Western Side of High Street between Dwight and Hampden Streets | LINK | ||
| Western Side of High Street between Hampden and Lyman Streets | LINK | ||
| [Now cross the street so that you are on the western sidewalk and heading south.] | |||
| Eastern Side of High Street between Lyman and Hampden Streets | LINK | ||
| Eastern Side of High Street between Hampden and Dwight Streets | LINK | ||
| Eastern Side of High Street between Dwight and Suffolk Streets | LINK | ||
| Eastern Side of High Street between Suffolk and Appleton Streets | LINK | ||
| Eastern Side of High Street between Appleton and Essex Streets | LINK |
Highlights on the remainder of High Street that is either to the north or south.
Highlights on the remainder of High Street.
The North High Street Historic District is a beautiful zone in urban Holyoke. There are retail stores and residents here mixed with government and theatres. The Caledonia and the City Hall buildings are within the North High Street Historic District but are also on the National Register by itself.