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One of the earliest maps of Holyoke, as "Ireland, or 3 d Parish of Springfield", often corrupted as "Ireland Parish", 1827. While the earliest settlers of Springfield would largely be of Yankee English stock, the first of the residents of the 3rd Parish of West Springfield were Irish immigrants who began settling in the region before the construction of the dam and industrialization that ...
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,247. [ 14] Located 8 miles (13 km) north of Springfield, Holyoke is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area, one of the two distinct ...
James Amasa Clough (January 24, 1850 – May 22, 1917), often referred to as James A. Clough or J. A. Clough, was an American architect, carpenter, and contractor, who was active in New England, especially prominent in Western Massachusetts, and whose work shaped much of the architectural landscape of Holyoke during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Holyoke Mall location subsequently reopens as a Filene's. [178] 1996 – July 6: A memorial plaque is dedicated at the site of the 1946 Mount Tom crash, with many small pieces of the B-17 still being found by that time. [179] 1997 – Holyoke Gas & Electric launches its first fiber optics communications services. [77]
1. Pliny Jones Crafts (1844–1886) Roswell Parsons Crafts (September 17, 1822 – September 3, 1904) [4] [5] was an American businessman, politician, fire chief, and the second and sixth mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Born in Whately, Massachusetts, to Chester and Phila (née Jewett) Crafts, [6] he arrived in Holyoke at age 11, and after ...
Essex Street was laid out by 1870, but was not immediately developed. Its first phase of development was the construction of larger single-family houses such as the Newton House, built for executives of Holyoke's industrial concerns and local small-business owners in the 1870s.
Holyoke City Hall is the historic city hall of Holyoke, Massachusetts.It is located at 536 Dwight Street, on the south east corner of High Street and Dwight Street. Serving both as the city administrative center and a public timepiece for the industrial city's workers, construction began on the Gothic Revival structure in 1871 to a design by architect Charles B.
01040. Area code. 413. MACRIS ID. HLY.W. The Flats is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located to the east of the city center, adjacent to the downtown. Although it lies at one of the lowest elevations in Holyoke, its name derives not from topography but from the brick tenement "flats" which characterized its architecture throughout ...