Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): x preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested HPCA# 7851 - previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Register _ designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary location of additional data: x State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - Federal agency _ Local government - University Other Name of repository: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page_!
Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA SIGNIFICANCE The Friedrich Block is a four-story mixed-use commercial building erected in 1908 at a prominent corner location in downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. Despite some heavy wear and some commercial renovation, it retains the essential integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The Friedrich Block meets Criterion A at the local level for its association with the E. H. Friedrich Company, one of the most successful sheet metal and plumbing businesses in Holyoke, and for its visual and social significance associated with a period of late industrial development in South Holyoke. The Friedrich Block also meets Criterion C at the local level as a prime commercial block in the Second Renaissance Revival style designed by Holyoke architect George P. B. Alderman.
Criterion A Holyoke is a planned industrial community developed by the Hadley Falls Company in the late 1840s along a system of three power canals fed by the adjacent falls of the Connecticut River. It was incorporated as a town in March 1850 with a population of approximately 3,700. As a result of rapid industrial growth and the migration of workers to its textile and paper mills, Holyoke received a city charter in 1873 with a population of approximately 13,000. The neighborhood of South Holyoke (Ward 2) is bounded by Appleton Street, South Street, the Second Level Canal, and the Connecticut River. Main Street was the earliest main thoroughfare in the industrial community, although most of the downtown commercial development eventually took place along High Street which runs parallel above the first level canal.
Development of Main Street between Sargeant and Cabot began in the late 1870s, and a fire station was constructed on Main Street near Sargeant in 1874 to. protect nearby mills and wooden tenements. Most of the commercial district was built up during the late industrial period of 1880-1910, when there was a major effort to improve tenement housing and reduce fire risks. In the 1910s, many of the Main Street parcels in the middle of each block were still owned by the Holyoke Water Power Company and remained vacant. The Friedrich Block was constructed in 1908 at a prominent corner location on Main Street. Its construction was part of a citywide progressive movement to address a critical housing shortage by replacing older wood-frame tenements with safer, healthier, and more modern units.
The Friedrich Block was designed to provide apartments for 15 families on the upper floors, in addition to three street-level storefronts. Growth in South Holyoke slowed after 1900, and new construction virtually stopped after 1920. By then, the area around Main Street in Ward 2 was home to Irish, French-Canadian, Polish, and Jewish families, and the street contained many small, locally-owned stores. The Friedrich Block on Main Street was built in 1908 by the E. H. Friedrich Company, which also built a new manufacturing plant nearby at 73-75 Sargeant Street and 125-130 Race St. in 1910. The Main Street (continued) orsrom p000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 2 Section number - Page .
Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA block and the new manufacturing plant replaced a number of smaller wood-frame shops and a cluster of old wood-frame tenements. The construction of both buildings marked a significant investment in the South Holyoke neighborhood and also advanced the progressive commitment to reduce fire hazards and upgrade factory housing. The E.H. Friedrich Co. manufactured metal cornices, skylights, gutters, conductor pipes, eaves troughs, metal windows and sashes, and custom architectural millwork that was sent to customers throughout the Northeast. Two popular sidelines were plumbing and roofing.
Ernest Hugo Friedrich's obituary in 1940 mentions such commissions as the large bronze doors at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., the bronze gold-plated dome on the Mother House of the Sisters of Providence in the Brightside area other work at Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges. It is quite possible that the sheet metal on the Friedrich Block was manufactured by the company, since it would serve as an advertisement for the new manufacturing plant that was being built nearby. Ernest Hugo Friedrich (1857-1940) was born in Saxony and came to Holyoke in 1868. Like many Germans who settled in Holyoke, he began his work life at the Germania textile mills. He worked as a coppersmith and roofer, gaining experience in the use and handling of metals. Subsequently, he became foreman of the W. C. Kelly Company, a large Holyoke sheet metal manufacturing company.
In 1890, he organized the E. H. Friedrich Sheet Metal Company, which prospered and grew to a payroll of 140 men by around 1910. Ernest Friedrich's son, Edmund Hugo Friedrich, joined the company in 1909 and began the door department in 1915. Edmund served as assistant treasurer of the firm beginning in 1910 when the business was incorporated and new manufacturing facilities were built at Sargeant and Race streets (replacing a series of wooden tenements). Edmund Friedrich assumed active management of the company in 1923. During the 1930s, the Friedrich company began manufacturing hollow metal doors and frames, which it still produces. In 1982, Edmund Hugo Friedrich's sons, C. Richard and Edmund E. Friedrich, sold the firm to Richard T. Bourque, a then-employee with over 35 years of company experience. In 1988, Marshall Bagg became partner of the Friedrich company and sole owner in 1991.
The longest commercial tenant in the Friedrich Block was Samuel Weinstein, who entered the furniture business around 1923 with a horse and wagon delivery service. According to city directories, Weinstein opened a furniture store in the Friedrich Block in 1926, one of many furniture stores for which Main Street was well known into the 1960s. Under founder Samuel Weinstein, the company purchased the building in 1948, an act Mr. Weinstein said reaffirmed his faith in the future of South Holyoke, which was showing signs of economic decline under the burden of the Depression and World War II. Upon his retirement, the business continued under his son, Charles Weinstein, who worked alongside his father from 1952 until his father died in 1963. Weinstein Furniture Store continued operation in the Friedrich Block until Charles closed the doors in 1995.
(continued) (stom 1109 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - 3 Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA Weinstein's Furniture Store was one of many furniture stores on Main Street in the mid 20th century. A 1997 article by Kathleen Litchfield in "Holyoke," a weekly Union-News magazine, described Main Street as "the furniture shopping center of the valley and many furniture stores still thrive here." Another article in the Union-News by Bill Zajac in 1995 quotes Charles Weinstein's explanation for the success of his business as having developed "a niche in the regional retail market through special orders of medium to high-end quality furniture." Criterion C The Friedrich Block was designed in 1908 by Holyoke architect George P. B.
Alderman, who was Holyoke's best known architect at the end the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Born in Granby, Connecticut, he moved with his parents from Connecticut to Holyoke in 1879 and worked with his father to learn the carpenters' trade. Not content with being a carpenter, he entered the office of Holyoke architect James A. Clough. After five years with Clough, Alderman moved to Chicago to take a job with Cass Chapman, a prominent Chicago architect. In 1885, Alderman returned to Holyoke and opened his own architectural office. When he was later joined by his brother, Henry Holcomb Alderman, the firm was renamed George P. B. Alderman and Company. During Alderman's long career, he did hundreds of buildings, mostly in Holyoke, but also in New Bedford and Fall River, Mass., and New Britain, Conn..
His commissions included numerous churches, public and parochial schools, rectories, hotels, theaters, fraternal buildings, commercial buildings and apartment blocks, mill buildings, and numerous private residences, many of them in the City of Holyoke. He is said to have designed literally hundreds of tenements and apartment blocks in Holyoke and vicinity. The Friedrich Block is a particularly fine example of Alderman's design for a large classically inspired commercial apartment block. It represents a change from Alderman's earlier buildings in the city, designed between 1885-1893 in the Italianate, Romanesque, and Queen Anne styles.
His mature designs of the late 1890s to1910 were inspired by the Beaux Arts and Renaissance Revival movements, but afte 1910 he gradually embraced simpler and toned-down classical motifs Several inventoried commercial blocks in Holyoke represent the progress of Alderman's career and his exploration of the various revival styles: (HLY-88) (HLY-95) mansardroof (HLY-97) Anne design (HLY-324) Anne/Classical (HLY-100) 181-183 High St., Taber Building - 1870 / Italianate style 281 High St. - ca.
1870-1885 / Romanesque style with a slate 341-343 High St., Rigali Building - 1887/ Romanesque & Queen 338-348 Main St., Clovis Robert Block - 1881 & 1888 / Queen 324-326 High St., Guyotte Block - 1892 / Romanesque style (continued) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - 4 Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA (HLY-522) (HLY-717) 907 Hampden St., Highland Block - 1893 / Victorian Gothic 3-7 Franklin St., St. John Block, ca.
1896 / Queen Anne Only two inventoried buildings in Holyoke represent Alderman's ornate neo-classical designs: : (HLY-94) (HLY-335) & Neoclassical 259 High St., Steiger Block - 1899 / Beaux Arts style 449-461 Main St., Friedrich Block - 1908 / Renaissance Revival However, Alderman is known to have designed other classically inspired commercial buildings in Holyoke by 1908 that were similar in design to the Friedrich Block: LeClair &Choiniere Block (razed) at the corner of Cabot Street and East St. L. A. LaFrance Block (razed) on Appleton St., and BrueckBlock(razed) at the corner of Main and Cabot St. Alderman's commissions after 1910 show a more restrained use of classical ornament. The Richmond (MHC# 272), 462-464 Maple Street, is the only apartment block attributed to Alderman after 1910. Another commercial block at 273-279 High St.
(MHC# 194, constructed 1913) exhibits a simplified classical design in blond brick with terra cotta trim. While the terra cotta cornice and trim are richly surfaced, the facade of this block is quite plain and flat. Also finished in blond brick with terra cotta trim is the commercial block at 316 High Street (MHC# 337, constructed 1917), a similar simplified classical design with a decorative terra cotta cornice. The commercial block at 316 High Street and the industrial building at 92 Race Street (MHC #277, constructed 1923) are examples of Alderman's move to the early. 20th century Commercial Style, with flat wall surfaces, contrasting flat panels, chevrons, and other geometric designs setting off bays, floors, or openings within flat wall surfaces.
Context Evaluation for area surrounding the Friedrich Block in Holyoke Within the context of South Holyoke, the Friedrich Block is one of the few remaining commercial blocks on Main Street dating from the economic boom of 1880-1910. During that period, the Main Street corridor of Ward 2 (South Holyoke) became an important commercial and entertainment area serving a thriving neighborhood of Irish, French-Canadian, German, and Polish residents. The commercial development of Main Street followed Holyoke's great industrial expansion of 1870 and 1885, when the increased demand for mill sites and waterpower resulted in expansion of the canal system. In 1877, there was little commercial development on Main, and most of the cross streets and intersections were occupied by a thin smattering of wooden business blocks and wood-frame tenements.
The one extant building on Main Street from the early period is the Holyoke Fire Station #2(MHC# 55, constructed 1874) at 452 Main Street. The fire station (now vacant) was built to address the high risk of fire resulting from the number of wood buildings in South Holyoke. (continued) Hooroe United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ Page - Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA Because Holyoke was a planned industrial community, the Holyoke Water Power Company held most of the vacant land and could release it for development as needed. The middle of each of the four blocks on the lower side-of Main Street remained vacant into the 1910s. The last major building constructed on Main Street in South Holyoke is Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (MHC# 56, constructed 1916-17) at 410 Main Street.
It is a Byzantine Revival structure designed by New York architect Kyriakas Kalfas and situated on land formerly held by the Holyoke Water Power Company. The upper side of Main Street was developed with a row of business blocks, mostly three to four stories tall. The largest and most imposing blocks built during the 1870-1910 period included the Robert Block [NR pending] (1881 & 1888) at 338-348 Main St. and the Friedrich Block (1908) presented in this nomination. Three other large blocks have been torn down: the five-story Charles Brueck Block at 330- 334 Main St corner Cabot. (now the site of a gas station); the four-story Curran Block at Main and Sargeant (now undeveloped); and the Vincent Block (1870-1877) at the corner of Main & Cabot (undeveloped).
The two block area of Main between Sargeant and Cabot formerly held two other Alderman-designed blocks: the five-story Cloutier Block (1897) at 351 Main St. (now undeveloped), and the adjacent Marcotte Block at 349 Main Street (reduced from five to three stories in 1985). In 1991, the Holyoke Office of Community Development developed an area inventory form for "The Flats/ South Holyoke" in which it was suggested that commercial buildings on Main Street in the 200-300 blocks north of Cabot Street might be included in an expanded National Register historic district. However, the recommendation was later withdrawn since so many of the buildings in this area north of Cabot Street have subsequently been abandoned, demolished, or damaged by fire (Ann Sinclair, Personal Communication, 2001).
COMMERCIAL TENANT HISTORY The early commercial tenants of the Friedrich Block reflected the German background of the owners and the neighborhood. The Weinstein furniture store (1930-1995) was the most persistent and well-known tenant, but smaller tenants came and went periodically. In 1916, the store at 449 was occupied by G. Henry Boehm, meats, while 453 Main was the site of a restaurant operated by John F. Flanagan, who rented an apartment upstairs, and 453 houses John Ripa's barbershop, while 457 Main was Dreikorn's Baker, and 461 was the Foerster and Bretschneider saloon. By 1930 the businesses had changed somewhat. Ripa still operated his barbershop, now at 455 Main, but the meat marker had given way to the Mt. Tom Neckware Company, and 449 ½, a new subdivision of the commercial space was a candy store operated by Melchior Hefty. Maurice Weinstein, Inc.
had a dry-goods store at 453 Main, and the other tenants were A. Dickstein, a tailor, at 455, and Einstein's Furniture Company at 461. Weinstein's furniture store operated in the building, eventually buying it, until 1995. By 1950, Mrs. F.H. Frodyma was operating the candy store at 449 Main, and Weinstein's had the remainder of the commercial space. Weinstein's had all the first-floor commercial space by 1960 until this popular and well-known business closed in 1995. (continued) na 1024-0018 21 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA RESIDENTIAL TENANT HISTORY The residential tenants in the Friedrich Block reflected the diversity of Holyoke at the height of the industrial activity.
In the 1916 directory, the following are listed as apartment tenants: Pierre Brousseau, Alfred Camerlin, John F. Flanagan, William B. Neddo, Paul Shubach, John Sugrue, and Mrs. Sarah Trench at 451 Main Street. At 459 Main, additional renters included: Albert Bozenhard, Aurthur Coderre, Walter, Denault, Albert Eger, Patrick Falvey, Robert E. McCarthy, William Schenker, Mrs. Catherine Sugrue, and George R. Walker. These lists suggest a roughly 50-50 split between German and French tenants. No occupations are listed in the 1916 city directory, but many of the tenants in the building in 1920 worked in the mills and industries nearby, frequently within walking distance of where they lived. In 1920, Robert E. McCarthy was a fireman at the Highlands Engine House in Holyoke. Walter F. Denault worked as a stock clerk at 73 Sargeant Street for the E.H.
Friedrich Company on Sargeant behind the Friedrich Block, and a Raymond Denault was a clerk at the Lyman textile mills nearby. William B. Neddo was a trolley conductor for the Holyoke Street Railway Company, and George R. Walker was listed simply as "motorman." Paul C. Schubach was a physical instructor at the H. Turn Verein, part of the German Gymnastic Society whose building was three blocks away on South Bridge Street near Adams Street. The Bridge StreetTurn Verein was a popular gymnasium with Germans in the area and offered calisthenics, basketball, and body-building exercises to young and old alike. Renter turnover in the Friedrich Block was substantial by 1930. Of those who had rented in the building in 1916, only three tenants remained until the mid-1930s: McCarthy, Walker, and Schubach. New tenants in the building by 1930 included more French-Canadian surnames: Henry A.
Grenier, Cyrille J. Guinard, Fortunat Marchand, Oliver H. LaBelle, Leo LaMagdelaine, Edward Laurin, and Arthur A. Thibault. Other renters were Winfield C. Phillips, Louis N. Roy, Maurice Moynihan, Patrick J. Shea, and Anthony Tereshko. Phillips was a painter. Henry Grenier was employed by the Hampden Glazed Paper and Card Company at 145 Main. Louis Roy wasa ticket agent for the Boston & Main Railroad.Arthur Thibault worked at 75 Park Street for Felix J. Cloutier, son-in-law of Clovis Robert, who had a business only three blocks from the Friedrich Building. Samuel Weinstein bought the Friedrich Building in 1948. The 1950 city directory shows that only Leo LaMagdelaine still rented an apartment in the building. New renters in 1950 included: Ralph E. Brown, a Machinery Corporation; Joseph Nichols, a carpenter; Henry J.
Wohlers, employed at 380 High Street, possibly at the Nonotuck Jewelry Co.; Harry M. Starkey, operator of a variety store in Chicopee Falls; Maurice Daignault, a route salesman in Granby; and Antonio Labonte, a pharmacist in the Willimansett section of Chicopee. Renters Achille Nicolaou, William J. LaPLante and Rudolph Kordek had no occupations listed (continued) approva re 1024-0014 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ Page - Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA Tenant turnover in the apartments from 1950 to 1981, the date of the last reverse city directory, was not brisk. There were no changes in the 1955 directory. In 1960, the following 1950 tenants were still living in the building: Nicolaou, LaMagdelaine, LaPlante, Brown, and Mrs. Rose Kordek. Of the new tenants, one was Mrs. L.E.
Farquhar, a dressmaker. Continuing the trend of people living in the building and working for Holyoke businesses, the 1965 directory lists new tenants Maurice E. Bolduc, Harold D. Butcher, and Herman A. Smith. Bolduc was a shipping clerk for Marvellum Paper, Butcher a machine operator for Pioneer Valley Finishing Company, while Smith is listed a working at Adams Plastics Company. The 1970 director listed one tenant not there is 1965: George Geisler, a stock digger for Parsons Paper Company. By 1981, only William J. LaPlante and Rose M. Kordek, presumably Rudolph Kordek's widow, had lived in the building since at least 1950. Two families named Brown, Ezra and Walter, were listed as living in apartments, both retired with three or four children who were students. A new renter in 1981 was Max R. Fricke, Jr., who worked for Scott Graphics, Inc.
BUILDING OWNERSHIP The Friedrich Block is remarkable in that it has a very short chain of ownership: the E.H. Friedrich Company from 1908 to 1948, and Maurice Weinstein from 1948 to 1995. REHABILITATION PLANS After years of declining maintenance and well-intended renovation, the Friedrich Block is now scheduled for tax-advantaged rehabilitation to its original mixed use. Current owners Puerta de la Esperanza L.P. plan to completely rehabilitate the building according to Secretary of Interior Standards. The Grace- Demos Furniture store on the first floor will continue to serve neighborhood needs as the prime commercial tenant. The upper floors will be configured as twelve residential apartments (two- and three- bedroom units).
(end) 40016 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - g Page Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA BIBLIOGRAPHY Published Sources "A Golden Stroll." Hello Holyoke, June 22, 1990, p. 16. In: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. "Architecture Through A Camera." by George P. B. Alderman, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1894. In: Alderman loose-leaf notebook, Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. "Closing After 71 Years, Owner Retiring." Springfield Union News, July 27, 1995, pp. A8, A14. "E. Hugo Friedrich, 83, Dies at Florida Home." Holyoke Daily Transcript & Telegram. December 24, 1940, pp. 1,3. "Edmund Hugo Friedrich" and "Ernest Hugo Friedrich" in The Story of Western Massachusetts. Vol. 4. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. 4: 396, 397.
"The Jews in Holyoke Life." Holyoke Daily Transcript, October 18, 1949. "George P. B. Alderman, Architect, Dies Early Today At Holyoke Hospital." Holyoke Daily Transcript, November 3, 1942. Holyoke city directories, 1900-1950. On file: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Holyoke Inventory Forms, Community Development Office, City Hall Annex, Holyoke, MA. Holyoke Past and Present Progress and Prosperity, Historical and Industrial Notes. Souvenir 1910. W. . M. Alcorn, manager and P. E. Shirley, description writer. On file: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. "Main Street Block Sold." Clipping from the Holyoke Transcript, October 7, 1948. On file: In Scrapbook # 30, p. 112. Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. "E. H. Friedrich Company." in Illustrative and Descriptive Holyoke, Massachusetts. Illustrated & Compiled by William S. Kline and Co. Kinderhook, New York, ca. 1910., p. 11.
On file: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. "Hegarty, Terence. "Portals of perfection: Quality manufacturing an open-and-shut case." Holyoke, A Weekly Union-News Magazine., December 14, 2000. In Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library: (continued) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 2 Section number _ Page - Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA Litchfield, Kathleen. "South Holyoke: Neighbors promote sense of community." In Holyoke: A Weekly Union-News Magazine. November 6, 1997. In: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Lockwood, Rev. John H. Western Massachusetts A History 1636-1925. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1926. Four vols., Alderman entries, 4: 11-14. "South Holyoke" in Holyoke Public Library Exhibit, p. 13. In "Neighborhoods file, Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library.
"South Holyoke Reunion, Saturday, May 30, 1988. Knights of Columbus Banquet Hall, Westfield Rd.," Holyoke MA. In: Neighborhoods file, Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Voas, Sharon. "South Holyoke to get a sprucing up." Holyoke Transcript, August 11, 1986, pp. 1,8. Williams, Seth. "Seeds of Change: Community Gardening in South Holyoke." Hampshire College paper, April 24, 1992. On file: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Zajac, Bill. "Furniture retailer to close." Springfield Union-News, July 27, 1995, pp. A8, A14. Unpublished Sources Alderman, George P. B. State Inventory forms for Alderman's Holyoke commercial/residential blocks. On file: Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA. Alderman loose-leaf notebook. On file: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Boston Affiliates, Inc. "Historical Documentation Report: The City of Holyoke.
Submitted to - Department of Environmental Management, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 1981. In: Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Building permit #45, May, 1908. City Engineer's Office, Holyoke, Ma. Building permits for 449-461 Main Street, Holyoke, 1906-1909, 1921-1990. Holyoke City Annex, City Engineer's Vault, Holyoke, MA. DiCarlo, Ella. Card file. "Friedrich" entries in Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Holyoke Water Works, Service Department, water hook-up records showing Friedrich Block hooked up on September 28, 1908. (continued) r. 1024-0916 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 3 Section number. Page Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA Massachusetts Historical Commission Inventory files and MACRIS Street Index, Maker Index, Profile of Holyoke, and National Register List.
Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA "The Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Plan." Boston: Massachusetts Historical Commission, November 2000. Personal Communication with Ann Sinclair, Community Development Office, Holyoke, MA, February, 2001. Personal communication with Charles Weinstein, February 2, 2001. Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. "Holyoke Historic Resource Survey: Phase II. Final Report." June, 1990. On file: Holyoke Community Development Office and Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Souvenir Program, The Franco-Americans Honor Holyoke's Historic Hundredth. Holyoke, MA: The Franco-American Centennial Committee, June, 1973. On file: "Holyoke French Inhabitants" file, Holyoke Room, Holyoke Public Library. Maps Birdseye View of Holyoke Massachusetts. Milwaukee: J. Knauber & Co., 1877. Insurance Maps of Holyoke Mass.
New York: Sanborn-Perris Company, April, 1889; August, 1895; 1915 updated to December 1941. On file: Microform Room, W.E.B. DuBois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. City of Holyoke 1894 Atlas. Atlas of Surveys, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Springfield, Mass.: L. J. Richards & Co., 1894. Atlas of the City of Holyoke Mass. Springfield, Mass.: Richards Map Company, 1911. Insurance Maps of Holyoke Mass. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1915. Insurance Maps of Holyoke Mass. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1915. Updated to September, 1953. On file: Building Inspectors vault, Holyoke City Annex, Holyoke Ma. (end) FRIEDRICH BLOCK Name of Property HAMPDEN, MASS. County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one acre UTM References See continuation sheet.
(Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) "Zone 18 Easting 697340 Northing 4674290 "Zone Easting Northing 3. Zone Easting **Zone Easting _ See continuation sheet Northing Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title_Norene Roberts and Gregory Farmer, consultants, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission _ date_October, 2001 street & number_ 220 Morrissey Boulevard _ telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts _ zip code_02125-3314 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Propertv Owner (Complete this item atthe request ofthe SHPO or FPO.) name Carlos A. Vega, Puerta de la Esperanza Ltd. Partnership street & number 401 Main Street telephone (413) 533-9442 city or town HOLYOKE zip code 01040 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate oroperties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this reguest is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et sea.).
Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form tothe Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Proiect (1024-0018), Washinaton. DC 20503 unno Approrer No. 1924-0016 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 10 Section number Page. 1 Friedrich Block Holyoke (Hampden), MA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The parcel shown outlined in pencil on the accompanying plat map 028-07-011 in the City of Holyoke, consisting of an L-shaped parcel.
BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION: The boundary includes only the legal parcel described above which is historically associated with the nominated building. (end) PHOTOGRAPH: #1: Friedrich Block, February 11, 2001. View facing northwest. (end) Holyoke scrapbook - massonwo va vunnae daa)uon praiseu buemo commandea tne Cnicago Quarter-! Polish extraction paid honor to for their fine examples of Ameri- master Depot. a retired Urited States Army Brig- carism. He directed the Poliss General Barzynski said that he adier General and his Colonel son was delighted to learn from this Relief work from Switzerland fol- at a dinüer at the Roger Smith lowing World War II, and said visit to the Connectieut Valloy here last evening. that their folks in Poland that New England is on the for- are officer of the Westover,Field air- #30 p. llz Holyoke Ee Pablic kibrary Gen. Joseph Barzynski, who re- ward march.
He had heard stor- immensely proud of what they tired last year after 42 years of are doing in this country. ies that we were slipping indus- active service in the Army, is here trially, but when he saw the new "They want you to visiting with his son, Colonel Jo- become factories hele and noted the in- They don't want you seph Barzynski, Jr., commanding dustrial activity, he knew that to be part of a colony," he said. New England is stronger thap Gencral Barbynski base. Furmer Mayor Anthony graduated | from West Point in 1905. He serv- J. Stonina a party in He answered questions after his ed in the Philippines and was with their honor and more than 125 Afterwards Mrs. the expedition in Mexico that chas. men and women from Hampden Joseph Toper of Chicopee played ed Pancho Villa prior to World county, all of Polish extraction, the piano while Mrs. Joseph Czaja War 1.
He served with the AEF of Springfield led the group in came to welcome the distinguished during World War 1 as quarter- singing "How Quickly Time Flies" military leaders, also of Polish de- master of the 34d Division. After scent. the war he was assigned to the Aomng those at the head table Mr. Stonina, who was toastmast- late Prime Minister Paderewski of were Chester Skibinski of Chica er, set the tone of the meeting Poland, later studied at the Ecole pee, chairman of the State Board by telling Generel Barzynski that de Guerre in France and returned of Conciliation and Arbitratio;| he wa: with a group of New Eng- to this country to serve en the Frank D. Korkosz of Chicopee. land Yankees of Polish descent. General Staff ot the War Depart- who designed the planetarium ir who had won success in the pro- ment.
He later became chief of Springfield and has the honor of fessions, in business, in public the Army Motor Transportation being the only American to design service and on the land. service. During World War II, he a planatarium in this muntn.. HfL CEFP MAIN ST. BLOCK SOLD - The four-story business and apart- ment block at the northwest corner of Main and Sargeant Sts. has been sold by Marius V. and Hugo C. Canova to Samuel Weinstein, proprietor of the Weinstein F'urniture Co. The price was $85,000. This building houses on the ground floor the Weinstein retail firm and has 15 apartmeuts on the upper floors. It formerly was known as the Friedrich building. It was owned Iby the late E. H, Friedrich for years and adjoins the family firi on Sargeant St. Mr.
Weinstein has been in the furniture business for a quarter of a century, starting out with a borse and wagon for delivery service and growing into a well estab- lished firm with modern equipment and facilities. He says this purchase reaffirms his fath in the future of South Holyoke. 0r.% Mayer Plans i Project; To Be Another small home development is being pla Holyoke next year. Announcement is made the purchase by Joseph 1 of a 40-acre tract of la Mrs. Frank Moss of HI Ave. on that street. The situated on the easterly Homestead Ave. abuttin; Electric Commissioner Whiting's estate, and ac street from the presen Drive, Mr. Mayer's firs building development. Mr. Mayer says he is to build 50 houses there p.13 ,99. TNSSUVC Sanborn Insurance Map (1889) Holyoke, Mass. Plate 13 detail - Prior to Friedrich Block Call d / 212 7 P!"228 RACE 34g 1893 p. 35" - C*PPE ?!: 2 ! Srore Ho re.=:5 s.
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yi varfonsys "9 B/ 0H02aS co losdrdazeo dsdafetaind ensileta- e conadig-waige CiM-Amiss erSh1 1/003 1104571 005 - M4.02:5 3:03 AM D*-***** BHNLB0N0S/ N1 --380132 Sariea.u UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NOMINATION Friedrich Block REQUESTED ACTION: PROPERTY NAME : MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: MASSACHUSETTS, Hampden 10/24/02 11/24/02 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 12/08/02 02001473 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: MEUBT 12/5/O0ATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered in the Nstional Register RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE - DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N Friedrich Block 449-441 Main St,, Holyoke Hampden County, Massachureto Photoarapher : Norene A.
Roberts Date: February", 2001 Vièu facing : Morthwest Location of Megatules: Mass. Historicac Commission, Photograph #1 RECEIVED 2280 OCT 2 2002 NAT. REGISTER The Commonwealth of Massachusetts NATIONAL William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission LACES October 23, 2002 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW, 8' floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Friedrich Block, 449-461 Main Street, Holyoke (Hampden), MA HPCA # 7851 The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer.
The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betoy treeaheng Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Gregory Farmer, consultant Olivia Mausel, Holyoke Historical Commission Jack F. Hunter, Holyoke Planning Director Carlos A. Vega, Puerta de la Esperanza Michael Sullivan, Mayor, City of Holyoke 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc
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