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1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 8 Page 1 SECTION 8: SIGNIFICANCE The proposed Boundary Increase to the North High Street Historic District adds to the district three related buildings that are functionally connected to the adjacent McAuslan & Wakelin block (NR 1992). The boundary increase will add to the historic district a prominent commercial complex that is intricately connected with the other buildings in the North High Street Historic District by location, appearance, and use. Wakelin Hall (580 Dwight St. & 230-234 Maple St., MHC #244 - Photos 2 & 3) is a substantial and well-preserved example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture reflecting the broad patterns of change that were taking place in the district and the community.
The building's Classical Revival façade, designed by Holyoke architect and parks advocate William J. Howes (1865-1946), is a well-preserved example of the stylistic transition in the district from exuberant Victorian styles to more restrained Classical motifs. The Holyoke Health Center Administration Building (236 Maple St., MHC #347, ca. 1914, Photos #4 & #5) is a four-story masonry commercial block that was built as part of the general expansion of the area. It functioned for most of its history as expanded retail space for the adjacent department stores. Holyoke Health Center's Link Building (234 Maple St., erected 2005, Photos #6, #7, #8) is a narrow modern building that provides a functional connection between the other three buildings of the Health Center campus. It is considered a non-contributing resource for the purpose of the National Register nomination.
Two of the buildings - Wakelin Hall (580 Dwight St. & 230-234 Maple St., erected 1899, Photos #2 & #3) and the Holyoke Health Center Administration Building (236 Maple St., MHC 347, ca. 1914, Photos #4 & #5) - retain integrity of location, design, materials, setting, workmanship, feeling, and association. The buildings meet National Register Criterion A at the local level as part of the late 19th- and early 20*- century commercial development that took place along and adjacent to the High Street downtown corridor in Holyoke. They also meet National Register Criterion C at the local and state level as well-preserved examples of commercial buildings designed in the popular Classical Revival style. Early Industrial Period 1830-1872 Until the mid 19#-century, Holyoke was primarily an agricultural area.
Known as Ireland Parish, it was a sparsely settled section of West Springfield cradled in a bend of the Connecticut River. In 1846, a trio of Boston investors set out to tap the Connecticut River's power and create an industrial (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 8 Page2 city after the models of Lowell, Waltham, and Chicopee. Thomas H. Perkins, George W. Lyman, and Edmund Dwight bought up farmland, dammed the river, channeled the water into three canals, and laid out a grid of streets, anticipating the commercial and residential development that would inevitably follow the mills they planned to build along the canals and on the west riverbank.
Under the supervision of the Holyoke Water Power Company, land was sold and developed for industrial, residential, and commercial uses, with restrictions placed on the sale of lots to require fireproof construction and installation of sidewalks. Two large blocks of land were reserved for park land or common use. The first, initially designated "Hampden Square," was bounded by Dwight, Chestnut, Hampden, and Maple Streets. The second, designated as the "common," was four city blocks in area and bounded by Cabot, Elm, Appleton, and Maple Streets and included a pond at its center. Within fifteen years, the common had been developed, but Hampden Park (now Veterans Park) remained an open space and was later landscaped with paths radiating out from a central monument dedicated to Holyoke veterans. Holyoke was incorporated as a town in 1850 with high hopes for the fledgling industrial community.
Although the initial developers expected to make their biggest profits in the textile industry, the success of cotton, silk, and woolen mills was mixed. While Germania Mills, Skinner's Silk Mill and Farr Alpaca Company were among Holyoke's success stories, the Lyman Mill (the first built according to the investors' original plans) folded by 1859. The paper industry, rather than textiles, made Holyoke's fame and fortune, turning the town into the "Paper City." As the early investors had anticipated, commercial and residential developers saw an opportunity for profit in the new community. Tenement blocks, boarding houses, stores, and office blocks quickly filled in the grid of streets closest to the river and canals. Until the 1870s, most of the commercial development in downtown Holyoke was concentrated in two areas.
The "hill area" along Maple and High Streets extended from Dwight Street north toward the river. The second area, known as "the flats," had the railroad depot as its focus. The two parallel canals and accompanying mills and boarding houses for millworkers separated the two commercial areas. High Street saw intense construction activity during the 1850s and 1860s. A solid row of masonry buildings, most of them three or four stories high, soon lined the northern end of the street. Commercial tenants filled the ground floors, while offices, apartments, and meeting halls occupied the upper stories. By 1875, there were few vacant lots left in the High Street blocks between Dwight and Lyman Streets.
Gas street lighting and a network of fire hydrants were installed and expanded to meet the safety concerns of local businessmen and speculators investing in the increasingly dense commercial district (Green, p. 124). (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA During these early decades, most new development was confined to the area north of Dwight Street, close to the new factories and tenements. The Walling map of 1855 shows only one building south of Dwight Street. The Beers atlas fifteen years later (1870) shows a marked increase in residential, business, and institutional development moving north and west of the mill complexes.
By that date (1870) Hampden Park was surrounded by buildings and new construction lined the west side of Maple Street. Dwight Street, running west from Depot Square through the industrial and tenement district and up to High and Maple Streets, also became a focus for new commercial construction through the 1870s and 1880s as merchants tried to lure customers away from both High Street and Depot Square establishments (Allyn, p. 13). Once the available mill sites north of Dwight Street were fully developed, industrial growth progressed south along the canals between Dwight and Cabot Streets, with woolen, cutlery, and silk manufacturers filling in the vacant land. West of the canals, residential and commercial development soon followed the industrial development.
Late Industrial Period 1873-1908 With Irish and French-Canadian workers flocking to jobs in the town's mills, Holyoke's population increased five-fold between 1855 and 1870. By the time Holyoke incorporated as a city in 1873, it had grown into the second-largest community in the Connecticut River Valley. The 1870s also saw the construction of a new municipal water supply system, which provided running water to 2,163 families (Green, pp. 120-121). High Street became a vibrant commercial corridor. By 1880, High Street north of Dwight was almost a continuous row of brick commercial blocks with storefronts on the first floors and offices, apartments, or meeting halls above. Developers began to look south of Dwight Street for new opportunities.
In 1876, the construction of the new Romanesque Revival City Hall on the southeastern corner of Dwight and High, the Maple/High/Dwight/Suffolk block became a catalyst for speculation and commercial development south of Dwight Street. The first to venture across the Dwight Street line were residential and institutional developers. An 1876 map and 1877 bird's-eye view show several buildings on the northeast corner of Maple and Dwight Streets. Early photographs show a three-story bow-front Second Empire brick apartment block and the elaborate Second Empire meeting hall of the Saint Jerome Temperance Society. In George H. Allyn's "Sketch of Holyoke" (1912 Holyoke Transcript anniversary edition, p.
13), he noted that before 1880 "business had as yet refused vigorously to cross Dwight Street south...'People will not cross Dwight street,' was the universal cry." He credited George Wolcott with initiating the business district's southward expansion. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Nolcott built a four-story, stone-trimmed brick Victorian block on the southwestern corner of Dwigh and Hieh in 1879. The Wolcott Block (no longer extant) was soon joined by furniture dealer John Tilley's equally elaborate and much larger building to the south.
Wolcott and Tilley's blocks housed offices, stores, a meeting hall used by the International Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Columbus, and eventually, McAuslan & Wakelin's department store. The Holyoke Street Railway Company's construction of a trolley line down High Street in 1884 assured its role as Holyoke's premier commercial corridor, drawing development away from Dwight Street and Depot Square. Speculators made their fortunes buying and developing the vacant parcels south of City Hall. Fairly early in its history, Holyoke had gas street lighting, installed and controlled by the Holyoke Water Company. In 1885, the company began converting to electric lighting on Holyoke's principal streets, signing a five-year contract with the city in 1890 to expand the electrification project.
By 1891, more than half the city's street lights and the Holyoke Street Railway's trolley system had been electrified (Green, pp. 274-275; Shaw, p. 73). McAuslan & Wakelin Department Store The McAuslan & Wakelin department store had its beginnings in 1885 when Scottish immigrant Alexander McAuslan established a dry-goods store in partnership with Charles Connolly and William Reid. Raised in a large farming family in Argyleshire, Scotland, Alexander McAuslan (1854-1933) emigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. He first settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked in his uncle John's store for the next sixteen years. In 1885, McAuslan moved to Holyoke, becoming a partner in Connolly, McAuslan and Reid. The new firm set up shop in the Windsor Hotel Block, which was strategically located on the corner of Front and Dwight Streets, several blocks east of High.
Not too far from the mills and tenements, the new store City Directory, 1887). By 1895, Connolly had died and Forbes had left the firm. McAuslan's brother-in-law, William Brownrigg Wakelin (1844-1921) sold his Nashua, NH, business to join the partnership. The firm was re- christened McAuslan & Wakelin. Proclaiming itself "the people's favorite trading place," the store carried fabric, millinery supplies, notions, gloves, embroidery materials, ribbons, lace, and domestic furnishings. When Wakelin joined the firm in 1895, the store employed forty clerks (L.L. Johnson, pp. 139-140). McAuslan & Wakelin went on to enjoy seventy-five years of success as one of Holyoke's largest department stores. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Like Alexander McAuslan, William Brownrigg Wakelin (1844-1921) had emigrated from Scotland. He first settled in New York City, then spent some time in Michigan and ran a business for fourteen years in Nashua, New Hampshire, before moving to Holyoke. The husband of Alexander McAuslan's sister Margaret, Wakelin first served Connolly, McAuslan, and Forbes as secretary. When a February 1899 fire gutted the Windsor Hotel, McAuslan and Wakelin turned their sights to George Wolcott's and John Tilley's Italianate blocks on High Street. Wolcott and Tilley gave the Scotsmen a prime location to regroup and plan for expansion.
The newly completed Ball Block (1898, 225 High Street, MHC #HLY.192), a six-story Classical Revival skyscraper located just across Dwight Street from the Wolcott Block, made the corner of Dwight and High an attention-getting spot where exciting changes were taking place. While McAuslan & Wakelin moved their business into the Tilley and Wolcott Blocks, the proprietors bought and demolished the Second Empire brick apartment block on the southeast corner of Maple and Dwight Streets to make room for a new store. Built in 1899 at a cost of $40,000, the new department store (Wakelin Hall) was designed by Holyoke architect William J. Howes (1865-1946), who for some years had been a tenant in the Tilley Block at 235-243 High Street (Holyoke City Directories; Springfield Daily Republican, 30 Dec 1899, p. 5).
Howes's design turned away from the elaborate Victorian Italianate and Second Empire styles that predominated on Maple and Dwight Street. He took his inspiration from the more subdued and regular ornamentation of the Renaissance Revival style. William J Howes, Architect One of Holyoke's most prominent architects, William J. Howes also designed Holyoke's Victorian Gothic-style Saint Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church (304 Elm St., MHC # 130, erected 1894), the Holyoke National Guard Armory (163 Sargeant St., MHC # 134, erected 1900), and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (70 Suffolk St., MHC # 250, erected 1902). He also designed the English Revival style Liberty Methodist Church in Springfield (821 Liberty Street, MHC # 4216, erected 1921), and the Classical Revival Memorial Hall in Shelburne, Massachusetts (MHC #7, erected 1897).
A tenth-generation New Englander, Howes probably acquired some of his building know-how from his father, a carpenter, contractor, and safety inspector for the Franklin, Berkshire, and Hampden County Districts. Educated in the Holyoke public schools, Howes first tried his hand at printing and carpentry, then worked at one of Holyoke's many paper mills in both the office and factory. At the age of twenty- three, he decided to study architecture, and went to New York for a year to study with an architect there. Upon his return, he opened offices in Holyoke and in Springfield. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page6 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA A fierce advocate for public parks and playgrounds, Howes served as Holyoke's Park Commissioner for nine years. According to a contemporary source, Howes was "instrumental in the establishment of the park system and the system of children's play-grounds. Of the latter the experts declare that there is no better in any part of the country." (Encyclopedia of Biography, Vol. 15, p. 188) Howes was also an avid amateur archaeologist, and amassed a sizable collection of artifacts. Among his other responsibilities, he served as secretary to the Holyoke Board of Fire Underwriters. Howes' son, Paul Sampson Howes, joined his father's firm, which was renamed Howes & Howes.
Howes designed a multifunction building for McAuslan and Wakelin, incorporating retail and office space and a meeting hall with a capacity of at least 200, which was used by a number of local fraternal organizations, including the Eagles and the Order of Red Men. McAuslan and Wakelin also used the hall to host dances and special events for store employees and their families. Because of its meeting space, the new building became known as Wakelin Hall. At the same time that McAuslan and Wakelin were settling into the Wolcott and Tilley Blocks and breaking ground for their new building on Dwight Street, competitor Albert Steiger was building a Beaux-Arts-style department store just down the block (259-271 High Street). Steiger's and McAuslan and Wakelin became the dominant retailers in downtown Holyoke for most of the 20" century.
Perhaps planning further expansion to keep up with rival Steiger's, McAuslan & Wakelin bought the Tilley block in 1903. On December 7, 1906, fire again devastated McAuslan & Wakelin's High Street store, gutting the ground floor of the Wolcott and Tilley Blocks and causing an estimated $175,000 to $200,000 worth of damage. Newspaper accounts described the McAuslan and Wakelin store as a "most desolate wreck...floating in a deep sea" of water and mud and debris (Springfield Morning Union, December 8, 1906). Early Modern Period 1909-1956 Although the 1906 fire was a major setback, the McAuslan & Wakelin Company rebounded quickly. In 1909, the firm bought the Wolcott Block and formally incorporated as the McAuslan & Wakelin Company, with William B. Wakelin, Sr. as president, Alexander McAuslan as treasurer, and William's son James H. Wakelin as secretary.
Now in control of both the Tilley and Wolcott Blocks, McAuslan and Wakelin hoped to consolidate the buildings and expand their operations even further with an ambitious plan for a modern skyscraper on the corner of Dwight and High Streets that would rival the neighboring Ball Block. A Springfield Morning Union article (January 25, 1912) declared that "The decision has been reached to all intents and purposes and the finest eight-story building of the valley will be erected." The proposed building would have (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page7 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA retail space, room for twenty-five offices, and be of fireproof, iron-frame construction.
In 1913, McAuslan and Wakelin formed Maple Street Realty Trust, probably for the purpose of developing the parcel. However, the merchants' grandiose plans never came to fruition. While the reasons McAuslan and Wakelin canceled their development plans are unknown, the department store seems to have remained stable and profitable during the 1910s. In 1916, one source stated: "The establishment is numbered among the best equipped in Western Massachusetts, and is widely known among retail purchasers as a reliable mart. Through upright and progressive business management, Mr. McAuslan has won the friendship and confidence of the buying public, and has thus contributed in no small degree to the prosperity of the business." (Encyclopedia of Biography, Vol. 10, p.
291) McAuslan and Wakelin's advertisements for this time period indicate that the company had expanded its inventory to include crockery, china, carpets, and rugs, in addition to dress goods, sewing supplies, and ready-made clothing. It was not until 1920 that McAuslan and Wakelin finally did expand, consolidating the two old High Street buildings rather than building anew. City directories indicate a period of vacancy during the renovation process, then reoccupation by McAuslan and Wakelin, with 229-243 High Street now considered one building instead of two, rechristened the McAuslan and Wakelin Building. The McAuslan and Wakelin families managed the firm for three generations, with McAuslan's sons John and Edward and Wakelin's sons William B.
Wakelin, Jr., and James Henry Wakelin joining the firm in the early 20** centuries, taking on the responsibilities of corporate officers after the deaths of their William Wakelin, Sr., evidently believed in making his sons learn the business from the ground up. After graduating Holyoke Business College, William, Jr., started out at McAuslan and Wakelin as a shipping clerk in 1899, moved up to department manager, then became secretary in 1909. When his father died in 1921, William Wakelin, Jr., became president of the company. His son Edmund Wakelin followed in his footsteps, serving as treasurer, later becoming president of the company upon William Jr.,'s, death in 1954. Other interests drew Edmund Wakelin away from the family business, however. By 1960, his interests had turned to broadcasting and finance.
Concentrating on his roles as treasurer of Valley Broadcasting (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 8 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA and the Holyoke Credit Bureau, he left the family business to the management of James W. Gillan. In 1962, Edmund Wakelin left Holyoke for Maine, his remaining interest in the family business on paper only. William, Sr.'s oldest son, James Henry Wakelin, served his business apprenticeship at Forbes and Wallace in Springfield before joining the family business in 1901. Shortly after completion of Wakelin Hall, James became manager of the new building. When the company incorporated, James Wakelin was promoted to treasurer.
When his father died, James became general manager as well as treasurer. James also spent a large portion of his business career across the street in the Holyoke National Bank building at 225 High Street, becoming a director of the bank in 1918 and president in 1925. A talented musician, James Wakelin had studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and was well known as a gifted organist, serving Holyoke's First Congregational Church in that role for more than thirty-five years. According to the Springfield Morning Union's obituary of Alexander McAuslan (1933) and Holyoke building records, the High Street building underwent a major renovation in 1929 and 1930, with $65,000 worth of alterations.
The red brick Victorian facades of the Wolcott and Tilley blocks were replaced with a modern façade in buff cast stone that combined elements of Renaissance design with modern three-part Chicago-style windows and the simplicity and clean lines of the new Art Deco style. New York architect E. J. T. Hoffman, who designed the new façade for the store, had spent more than a decade as staff architect for five-and-dime chain S. H. Kress, from 1918 to 1929. The firm's founder, S. H. Kress, sought to use his store's facades to establish a corporate identity. Curved glass store fronts invited pedestrian shoppers into the store. Working in buff or yellow brick or cast stone, Hoffman designed a number of stores in a "vaguely neoclassical" theme, incorporating the company logo into decorative elements in the facade (Costello).
Among his designs were Kress stores in Portland, OR (1928); Memphis, TN (1927); Asheville, NC(1926-1927); Albuquerque, NM (ca. 1925); Pinellas, FL; Bernalillo, NM; and Multnomah, OR. Hoffman's Kress facades have a similar three-part division to that shown on the McAuslan and Wakelin Building, with a narrow central bay flanked by pilasters that separate it from wider bays on either side. In the McAuslan and Wakelin building in Holyoke, he used the same buff-colored cast stone that he employed on many of his Kress designs, but the ornamentation was pared down to a minimum. The building permit for the 1930 renovations lists chain store Schulte United as the lessee, so it seems that the façade renovations were made for the new tenant rather than for McAuslan & Wakelin's operations. Perhaps Hoffman worked as corporate architect for Schulte United after he left Kress.
(continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Pageg OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Schulte United does not appear to have occupied the refurbished building since the company went bankrupt in 1930. McAuslan & Wakelin found a new tenant in dry-goods discount chain J. J. Newberry Co., which occupied the first-floor retail space for most of the 1930s. McAuslan & Wakelin appears to have moved its own retail operation out of the newly remodeled building and consolidated its operations in the adjacent Wakelin Hall. The firm stopped using Wakelin Hall as a meeting space around this time, converting the space to a more profitable retail use.
City directories indicate that McAuslan & Wakelin didn't return to the High Street Block until the 1940s, though Newberry remained a major tenant there until the 1960s. The success of McAuslan & Wakelin's retail space in Wakelin Hall was partially dependent on the availability of inventory, stockroom and office space in adjacent buildings. Just south of the department store on Maple Street was a narrow wood frame building (no longer extant) that was soon incorporated as additional back office space for the department store. Next south was the three-story 1888 building of St. Jerome's Temperance Society (no longer extant), a popular social hall for Holyoke's Irish Catholic community. By 1915, it had been replaced by a four- story masonry commercial bock in the Classical Revival style (Holyoke Health Center's Administration Building, 236 Maple St., Photos #4 & #5).
The new commercial block was leased to Sears Roebuck & Co. in 1929, but Sears moved out to permit the further expansion of McAuslan & Wakelin's operations in 1946. Whatever the company's financial situation, McAuslan & Wakelin's ads speak only of prosperity and variety. From the 1930s through the 1960s, the store boasted forty-five departments, and included a beauty parlor, furniture store, and photographic studio. At the same time, the firm appeared to have no problems renting retail space to apparent competitors, such as J. J. Newberry, Thom McAn shoes, and a series of curtain, rug, and clothing stores. Although McAuslan & Wakelin had first made its name by promising the lowest prices, perhaps by this time the store served a more upscale clientele than its tenants did, and so did not consider them a threat as competitors.
But even as McAuslan & Wakelin were renovating their High Street building, Holyoke's industrial base was starting to talter. Electricity began to supplant waterpower, making industrialists look less at geography and more at labor costs when siting their plants, and many turned to the south labor markets to find cheaper workforces. Holyoke's population began to decline as several mills went into receivership in the late 1920s. Post-World War II suburban development drew residents and businesses away from the city center, a change that would bring McAuslan & Wakelin's success story to a close. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 8 Page 10 Epstein Furniture Company While the McAuslan and Wakelin families prospered, just a few blocks away another immigrant family was starting its own commercial success story. In 1911, Israel Epstein opened a second-hand furniture store on Park Street "barter[ing] furnishings for potatoes and ponies," according to his son, A. William The Epstein furniture store grew, moving to larger quarters on Main Street in 1930. In 1939, when Israel died, his son William inherited. The store became a fixture in downtown Holyoke, with William Epstein building the business into the largest furniture and appliance store in western New England.
Like McAuslan and Wakelin, Epstein Furniture was a family business throughout its history, with William's son Richard and his sister Selma Weiss participating. Recent History 1956-2006 By the late 1960s, the third generation of McAuslans and Wakelins were getting out of the family business just when the second generation of Epsteins was looking for a place to expand. The death of John McAuslan in 1966 seems to have ended the McAuslan family's role in the store. In 1967, William B. Wakelin, Sr.'s grandson Edmund sold both buildings to S.A.R. Inc., a company managed by Louis J. Ryback. After holding the buildings for three years, Ryback transferred them to A. William Epstein and his sister, Selma Weiss. The High Street building housed a Rite-Aid during the 1970s, while Wakelin Hall became Epstein Furniture's new home.
The move to the McAuslan & Wakelin's buildings gave Epstein more space and a more prominent location in Holyoke's downtown. The adjacent commercial block at 236 Maple Street had been used by McAuslan and Wakelin, but offered more space than Epstein Furniture needed at the time. The building was eventually sold to the Holyoke Health Center and was rehabbed as their offices and clinic facilities about 1990. While highway construction and suburban development during the 1960s and 1970s drew residents and businesses away from urban centers, the Epstein family remained steadfast supporters of downtown Holyoke. In 1974, William Epstein was named Holyoke Businessman of the Year for his continued confidence in downtown Holyoke in the face of growing competition from suburban malls and shopping plazas.
Although the 1979 opening of an enclosed shopping mall in the Ingleside section of Holyoke and its expansion in 1995 made maintaining a downtown business increasingly perilous, the Epsteins continued to keep their store open seven days a week. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 8 Page11 However, determination and persistence weren't enough to keep the business alive.
According to William Epstein's son Mitch, "An absence of communication among these three partners [Richard, Selma, and William] plagued the store in its last decade, as America's business culture was changing with chain stores and marketing campaigns overtaking the shops that were hands-on and word of mouth" (Epstein, p. 62). In 2000, Richard Epstein was forced to turn the store over to a liquidation company. Seven months after the official liquidation, William Epstein refilled the showroom with whatever stock remained, keeping the business struggling along for another year (Epstein, p. 62). In spite of Epstein's determination, however, the business was no longer viable, and in 2001 both buildings were sold to the Holyoke Health Center.
Holyoke Health Center had previously purchased the adjacent building (236 Maple Street, Photos #4 & #5) and renovated it as administrative offices and clinic space about 1995. The subsequent purchase of the Epstein buildings gave Holyoke Health Center the opportunity to expand their operations to include a full service medical and dental care facility in an accessible downtown location. In 2006, the Holyoke Health Center completed the rehabilitation of the McAuslan & Wakelin building (229-243 High Street & 560 Dwight Street, Photo #1) and Wakelin Hall (580 Dwight Street & 230-234 Maple Street, Photos #2 & #3) as a full-service community health clinic. The narrow wood-frame link at 234 Maple Street was replaced by a new Link Building (Photos #6, #7, #8) of glass and steel that provides a common lobby, staircase and elevators for all three buildings in the Holyoke Health Center complex.
The tax-advantaged rehabilitation the Wakelin Hall and the McAuslan & Wakelin Building preserves the characteristic architectural features of both buildings. (end) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 9 Page1 SOURCES "Alexander McAuslan," Encyclopedia of Massachusetts. Boston: The American Historical Society, 1916. Vol. 10, pp. 290-292 Alexander McAuslan obituaries, Springfield Morning Union and Springfield Daily Republican, 10 Mar 1933. Allyn, George. "Sketch of Holyoke," Holyoke Transcript, 1912 anniversary edition. Cahill, Pat. "A son documents demise of his family's business." Springfield Republican, 22 Jan 2004, pp. E1-E2. Costello, Laura. "5-10-25,"Blueprint, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Summer 1990.
DiCarlo, Ella Merkel. Holyoke-Chicopee: A Perspective. Holyoke, MA: Transcript-Telegram, 1982 Epstein, Mitch. "Closeout: The family business lasted 90 years. When it finally came to an end, so did a way of life." New York Times Magazine, 8 June 2003, pp. 62-67 Fineman, Mia. "Family Business': A Town, a Father and a Fire." New York Times, 9 Nov 2003. Green, Constance McLaughlin. Holyoke, Massachusetts: A Case History of the Industrial Revolution in America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. Hampden County Registry of Deeds Land Records, 1870-2006. Harper, Wyatt. The Story of Holyoke. Holyoke, Mass.: City of Holyoke Centennial Steering Committee, 1973. Holyoke City Directories, 1876-1990 Holyoke Health Center (McAuslan-Wakelin Buildings) Historical Preservation Certification Application, Jul 2004. Holyoke Public Library Local History Room Photograph Collection.
Holyoke Public Library Local History Room Scrapbooks. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Johnson, Clifton. Hampden County 1636-1936. New York: American Historical Society, Inc., 1936. Johnson, L. L. Holyoke Past and Present 1745-1895. Holyoke, Mass.: Transcript Publishing Company, 1895. Litchfield, Kathleen. "Epstein Furniture: Celebrating time and generations." Holyoke: A Weekly Union- News Magazine, 9 Jul 1998, p. 4. Lockwood, John H. et al. Western Massachusetts: A History 1636-1925. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926. Vol. 3, p. 415. "McAuslan and Wakelin to build anew," Springfield Morning Union, 25 Jan 1912.
North High Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places Nomination, 1984. North High Street Historic District Boundary Increase National Register of Historic Places Nomination, 1992. Shaw, Donald E. "Local Transportation in Western Massachusetts." Typescript in the collection of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, 1948. Springfield Daily Republican annual building report, 1899. Springfield newspapers accounts of McAuslan and Wakelin fire, 8 Dec 1906. "Wiliam J. Howes," Encyclopedia of Massachusetts. Boston: The American Historical Society, 1916, Vol. 15, pp.187-189. William J. Howes obituary, Springfield Morning Union, 4 Feb 1946 Maps & Views: Beers, Frederick W. Atlas of Hampden County, Mass. New York: Beers, Ellis & Soule, 1870. Loomis, William S. Map of the City of Holyoke, in Holyoke City Directory. Holyoke: Holyoke Transcript, 1876. Poole, A. F.
Bird's eye view of Holyoke and South Hadley Falls. Beck & Pauli, lithographers, 1881. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Richards, Harold H. Richards Standard Atlas of the City of Holyoke, Mass. Springfield, MA: Richards Map Co., 1911. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1884, 1889, 1895, 1915, 1915 with 1949 additions. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampden County. Boston: H. A. Haley, 1855. (end) NORTH HIGH ST. HISTORIC DISTRICT (2008 BOUNDARY INCREASE) Name of Property HAMPDEN COUNTY, MA County and State 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than 1 acre TM References See continuation shee lace additional UTM references on a continuation shee 1. Zone 18 Easting 697200 Northing 4675160 _ See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (xpuan wiy Ju Soundatis were selected on a continuation sheet.) - see attached see attached 11. Form Prepared By name/title Michele Plourde-Barker & Gregory Farmer (consultants) with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission _date_July 2008 street & number_220 Morrissey Boulevard _ telephone 617-727-8470 city or town Boston stateMassachusetts . zip code_02125-3314 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets 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) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Holyoke Health Center, Inc. street & number P.O. Box 8260 city or town Holyoke telephone 413-420-2111 _ state MA _ zip code 01040 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
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 to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number 10 Page 1 BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The boundary for the North High Street Historic District Boundary Increase is the parcel known as 580 High Street & 230-236 Maple Street in Holyoke, and identified on the current assessors' maps as Parcel ID #012-03-015. It includes Wakelin Hall (580 High Street / 230 Maple Street), the Holyoke Health Center's Link Building (234 Maple Street) and the Administration Building (236 Maple Street).
BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION: The boundary begins at the southern corner of Maple and Dwight Street and proceeds southeasterly along Dwight Street 100' to the rear property line of #560 Dwight Street; then turns at a right angle and runs southwesterly along the rear property line of #560 Dwight Street for 150 ft.; then turns at a right angle and runs northwesterly 100' to Maple Street, then runs northeasterly along Maple Street 150' to the point of beginning. The single parcel accommodates three connected buildings, all under single ownership. (end) VPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number _attachments_ Page 1 ATTACHMENTS Current Maps - USGS Quadrangle: Springfield North, Mass.
(1:25,000) - City of Holyoke: Assessors Map 012 (Parcel 012-03-015) Historic Maps & Views - Walling's Map of Hampden County, Mass. (1855); Plan of Holyoke. - Beers Atlas of Hampden County, Mass. (1870): Plan of Holyoke. - Bailey & Hazen, Birdseye View of Holyoke (1877) - detail of downtown area. - Poole's Birdseye View of Holyoke (1881) - detail of downtown area. - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1895) - detail of Dwight & High St. area. - Richards Atlas of Holyoke (1911) - detail of Dwight & High St. area. - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1915) - detail of Dwight & High St. area. - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1915 with corrections to 1949) - detail of Dwight & High St. - Holyoke GIS parcel map (2006) - 230-234 Maple St. (Parcel 012-03-015) - Massachusetts GIS aerial orthophoto of downtown Holyoke (n.d., c. 1990). - "Window of M'Auslan & Wakelin's Store" (c.
1895), from Johnson, Holyoke Past & Present. - "McAuslan & Wakelin Fire, December 1906" from photo collection, Holyoke Public Library. - Ad for Connolly McAuslan & Forbes, from Holyoke Transcript, July 13, 1889. - Ad for the McAuslan & Wakelin Co. from Holyoke City Directory (1916). - Newspaper ad for McAuslan & Wakelin Co., Holyoke Transcript, April 16, 1920. - Display ad for McAuslan & Wakelin Department Store from Holyoke City Directory (1946). - Display ad for McAuslan & Wakelin Department Store from Holyoke City Directory (1960). - Newspaper ads for McAuslan Wakelin, Holyoke Transcript, October 12, 1967. Current Photographs All photographs by Gregory Farmer for Holyoke Health Center, Inc. (July 2006). Photo 1: Intersection of High & Dwight St., Holyoke, Mass., showing east and north elevations of 560 Dwight St. (233 High St.) in the existing North High Street Historic District.
Photo 2: Intersection of Dwight & Maple St., Holyoke, Mass., showing north and west elevations of 580 Dwight St. (230 Maple St.), the proposed boundary increase. (continued) NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North High Street HD (Boundary Extension) Holyoke (Hampden), MA Section number _attachments Page2 Photo 3: Intersection of Dwight & Maple St., Holyoke, Mass., showing north elevations of 560 & 580 Dwight St. and west elevation of 580 Dwight St. (230 Maple St.), the proposed boundary increase. Photo 4: View of Holyoke Health Center administration building (236 Maple St.) and adjacent link building (234 Maple St.), west elevation.
Photo 5: View of Holyoke Health Center administration building (236 Maple St.) showing front elevation (west) and blank side wall (south elevation). Photo 6: View of new glass-front link building (234 Maple St.) between Wakelin Hall (230 Maple St.) and administration building (236 Maple St.), north elevation. Photo 7: View of multi-story connector over alley between Maple St. buildings (230-236 Maple St., at left) and McAuslan & Wakelin Building (560 Dwight St., at right), showing east and west elevations (respectively) of adjoining buildings. Photo 8: View of multi-story connector over alley between McAuslan & Wakelin Building (560 Dwight St., at left) and Maple St. buildings (230-236 Maple St., at right), showing west and east elevations (respectively) of adjoining buildings.
Photos 9-13 show changes occurring within the existing North High Street HD: Photo 9: Vacant lot at former location of LaFrance Building (405-411 High St.) showing south and east elevations of adjacent Skinner Chapel on Maple St. Photo 10: Essex House (400 High St.) showing modified windows on front (west) and side (south) elevations. Photo 11: McLean Block (382-384 High St.) showing corrugated metal panels on front (west) elevation. Photo 12: Tilley-Childs Block (273-279 High St., at left) and Steiger Building (259-271 High St., at right) showing plywood window covers on Tilley-Childs Block and restored configuration of Steiger Building on front (east) elevations. Photo 13: Oreel's Block (156-162 High St.) showing corrugated metal panels over window openings on side (north) and front (west) elevations. (end) Veterans Park maple street SL.
45 46 24/23 22 ,20 19 Jrwvi y 44 35 34 29 28 25 NORTH HIGH STREET HD BOUNDARY INCREASE (1992) 100 16 115 9 8 7 654 3 2 NORTH HIGH STREET HD (1986) sq. - level canal NORTH HIGH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT HOLYOKE (HAMPDEN COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS SCALE: 1" = 200' 1lis HOLYOKE Scale of Rods 90 100 ELM CABO: COMMON FRON Nlls nighe House Engine House y Rail Road Station Day *Ely's SuamMill RIVER TNEE PECU View of Holyoke from Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampden County. Boston: H. A. Haley, 1855. BEACH PINE WALNUT TREET J.Delaney ST. ST GWBarney') REET Iynch ST Convent School PAMPDA AIR K J.Greym J.O.Brien E J.Flaherty! M.Wetsh J.O.Brien g 19 MrSE B.SSh R.CCroperty asroTuddan TREE ED. J.C J.Conner Water PowerCo Chase sivery EDAR MA PECEB HIGH STREET SUFFOLK T.
Fallon & Lea B.W.&H BW&H HAMPDEN OLIVER: Luman Tamar wiat ST PROSPECT IDHEN .-co View of Holyoke from Beers, Frederick W. Atlas of Hampden County, Mass. New York: Beers, Ellis & Soule, 1870. Paper GasWork BRAO 10310 Bailey, H. H. & Hazen,J. C.. Bird's eye view of Holyoke, Mass. Milwaukee: C. H. Vogt, Lithographer, 1877. From Library of Congress collection. -lBu Gied Brehe SBSI nitHa LYME ST -y LnEt-gin han ging HIGH LAAIH DWIGHT AAAN CODAN 0 MEEONT Poole, A. F. Bird's eye view of the 1881 city of Holyoke, and village of South Hadley Falls, Mass. Beck & Pauli, lith. From Library of Congress collection. MAPLE ST. PRULS EPISC 22 OU' 4"N.PIPE Ô0i A8 240 2e4 "THe HOWARD' 230 D. 234 232 4 ST JEROME TEMPERANCE SACIETY o WPIPE LAO5 HALL5 = ON DIRE= SNPIPF_ HIGH 237 1.0.0.
233 123137 HALL 7U YEDS SUFFOLK LOCK UR 44 CITY: HALLI CITY OFFICES V HALL 2º THE COURT ROOM BST. NEWTON PL. 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing site of McAuslan and Wakelin Building and Wakelin Hall (area outlined) 091 HSMOZIO VOANOLO 73/800 Hhonvz3o s01 NEXY 's sino7 SHEI 1202 ERKINS 50-2 156 OSEPHIN OUPREY 2 KAR RINGTOR 9981 MTRG HARNNGTON GLIDDEN WHITING SCHOOL 7" 773NN03,0 713NNQ2,0 73INYO ST. JEROMEl (R. C.) CHURCH CHAPEL NHOP 34 377/, 13NN1 3 NIAL. 08 1S VONN DELANE 00 8-90 NOGREIA 11743M HOLYOKE LYM2 POR 22-26-8 25==3 225775 HAMPDEN A 85 RANLÄT r TODULE GRACE M AIAYARKINS ONVENT O T. VINCEN PE PAUL FR.HÄRKINS PROVIDENCE NEWTON PL Lrrbird CITY HALL ON V79NZ ae 2307208 220222- HOENIX REALTY ASSOG AOSIYT GEORGE A. PLIMPTON CAROLINE MAHONEY A N1777 EDW.A.&WM.A. 5.S CHILDS 134 N.
ECLOUTLERS 1400k ICALAS 127 77/77/M 777453) JOHN D. WEMSNNAN E'SOHL THONOS 139-41 143 MART A S110Ar 757 SL OSL 49 NkMake 113 15 "7 "I Isár Richards, Harold H. Richards Standard Atlas of the City of Holyoke, Mass. Springfield, MA: Richards Map Co., 1911, showing McAuslan & Wakelin Building and Wakelin Hall (areas outlined). 46.73 4.1,0580PN. c.W RACKLIFFL HOLYOKE 73IN70 S7 B.PA MARI 147 FilASTAL DINING-RM. /N OMos. WOTEL Fir 596 598 600 MAJESTIC 255 253 THE NONOTUCK HIMPUE WiGHT FROM URM TO MARNCTD ClocrAsTRTONS OSCNMAS SYTARS-AIICRLCHILAC MAPLE N.P. 1.4MP Drugo 5. KURNE ALL FLOORS: HETai CrLLinas MILL-CONSTN D. THE SOGM 42 WPilf... 66 G.HOLYOK 243 257 235 HIGH 9 Scalo of feet. ioo 150 1915 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Holyoke showing McAuslan & Wakelin Building and Wakelin Hall (area outlined).
SUFFOLK 1A STOE DWIGHT IESTIC AP 194 PPEN 502 -- 5 251 299 T.HO 10"W D. MAPLE 230 WALK *38 POSTS B.A 228 214 MB 22° § HENTA (R:POSTSERA 231255 HIGH 60 233 225' Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Holyoke, 1915 base map with additions up to 1949, showing McAuslan & Wakelin Building and Wakelin Hall (area outlined). Holyoke Web GIS- Printable Map Page 1 of 2 Printable Map Print Legend Parcel ID 012-03-015 Address 230 234 MAPLE ST NOT A LEGAL DOCUMENT Map for Reference Only Disclaimer:The information displayed on this or any other map produced by The City of Holyoke is for reference purposes only. The City of Holyoke does not guarantee the accuracy of the data. Users are responsible for determining the suitability for individual needs. All information is from the City of Holyoke Geographic Information System (GIS) database.
- Parcel Line - Row Line - City Boundary - Water-Based Parcel Line - - Former Parcel Line Buildings - Pavement Edges H+ Active Rail Service H+ Out of Service Rail H+ ROW - hiking / biking Water Bodies Streams City of Holyoke, MASSACHUSETTS 3/4/2006 http://host.appgeo.com/holyokeMA/PrintableMap.aspx?address=230%20234%20MAPLE%... 3/4/2006 Aerial view of High, Dwight, and Maple Streets from MassGIS Orthophoto map of Holyoke WINDOW OF M'AUSLAN & WAKELIN'S STORE. From: Johnson, L. L. Holyoke Past and Present 1745-1895. Holyoke, Mass.: Transcript Publishing Company, 1895 McAuslan & Wakelin fire, December 1906 From the Photograph collection of the Holyoke Public Library Local History Room, # N-172 Connolly, THE HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1889. Now Xou See Them And Now OITY HEWA You Don't.
h.dfomlly McAuslan & Forbes - Buckley ls compelled to une s etls fobe renmll of a barel o ALZSE mes F. Allya or c9d,*111 ieclude estlbtion and the clarea porizely tl pos posed 49 AND 51 DWIGHT ST. is aonual bumnmer out Orono Btames Trate of Caeaost aret ontle, s2 toti Tiy ESPECIAL ATTENTION In d'reeted to our lises of LADIRS'- MUSLIN UNDERWRAR. you want a good a.ticle tak e a luok at our lise of SicPoul 5 Pearon bave ib Wher Bodn of Willami Aiarie RAMPS Boston is the guest of Bamnpdes posde nd famliy speat yesterda Cil rof tae Deome SreaPac dinol ied tent arg forde e do beat ip of e veade to e Por City Clerk. R0 TRADE MARK 0.&0.TEA The Cheicent Tea Zrer Oftered. PERFECTLY PURE. A MOET DELICIODN BETZBAOZ. TRT TE. Te vit sne ue ang vbe: dental & Ocedental Tea Co., L1 ed Oflee,31,33 anil 38 Burling Peorealetor Tork Smith & Hennick, 8o. Hadley Falle. - Palla E. Geer & Co. G.er BOa. Od o.
l Palicke Chicopre. =TBRIGHAM( VSPRINGFIELI Clothing for Men and Boys. Prices Will Tell Always. We began last week the most im GOwEP CBemise. Corser Coverr Urawers yyhice UTaRRInR SACODer The most siitacuiva Ine or goois we have ever shawn The Istest norelties are Embroidered Vest Froet, another atyle is l'leated Waias with Belt. a lock, we are aure they will slease you WHITE SKIRTS. mske in White Skirts are ca: fal ze We also ized in a'l onr liner of Maalin Underresr Iren's White Dreeses, neis, drees,. Prives range irom #1 to {: Ladies' White Wrazpers, Sammer Corsets. KABO CORSETS. Ball's Corseta are boned wi h Kahn, warraated ta peitber bresk or ol up with one rear'e wes Kaho Hiah Buat - orset a perlect dress-form one : Camfors Corser- Waist fur ladies sa- miese Mother'a Friend Fbirt Wa goode nzen suld by rantee of their worth can be g-rea.
tbis sessos; n2 0c.e An Exodus of Population asting of lt be depar The Mother's Friend Shirt Waist! ed with en ad jastable belt CONNOLLY, MeAUSLAN & FORBES, UNDER WINDSOR HOTEL, DWIGHT ST mprorcmest Party. celebraled be Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. HOLERA MORBUS AN, BE using URED by PERRY DAV/S' aking the goo » into euita. ing in price. 87 50, 89.75 and $14.75. PAIN-KILLER It has done itwvery time fir49 years TOR THE BOYS. Holyoke has sow a frst-olass Art Oar Buite made from Pine and Celebrated Casimere and Cheviol Store, where you can see twe hun cover & big range of aises. We enn- dred and fity hinde of Moulding to tinue the sale of frame jour pictares in, and also a full line of Etebing*, rangiog ia price from $2.30 to one buadred dollars Star Sbirt Waiste for 50c esch. Aleo a fine collection of In graviageand Artotypes. 270 High TRUNKS AND TRAVELERS' OUTFITS. street.
TO ADVERTISERS You cin fnd in thie department everything for use and comfort when We caanot boglyaot obostole popsl Eas or ahalt waela, e TUALILE Steamer Mascat ! mense asscr-ment of these Roor rhich are kept in our bseemer t SUNDAY TIME-TABLE. nacueis-LAEre Holroke al 12 3. 6 a86 8 belagall oor demitbenatebeee and BOATS STOP AT CHICOPEE KACE WAT, era Bev Eogland. Sbarr Eoee hydte reart. 2. P. 8 uTH. +DHBRGHANQ SPRINGFIELD. Clothlers. Hatters, Outâttera. A. F. CHAPIN & CO. BUYERS i prodt theri b Be sare and read every word of this notice an ECONOMICAL feri coing tal te, siobedbis Beiar cerini dio, f, ted tis. Xobby Sacl sod Mook Baite from B8.50 to 618 wil YOUNG MEN boenicosideredin che teeceon- bsen eleCLIOnC of our s:ock MOTHERS EVERYBODY -eae itse Ealloe s (Winr spar mom entariatior cool snd aptiere ia pectine te dote stock of geatlemen'e rear. A. F.
CHAPIN & Faller's Oriental Bailding, 8pringfeld, Mass CO Dry Goods 38 HOLYOKE [1916] DIRECTORY. The McAuslan & Wakelin Co. Incorporated HOLYOKE'S GREATEST STORE The People's Favorite Trading Place HE REPUTATION of this store is the result confidence in our methods and merchan- dise." Our various de- partmentsselling Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Flannels, Cotton, Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, Ribbons, Notions, Capes, Jackets, Waists, Wrappers, also Crockery, China, Carpets and Rugs, etc., offer reliable goods at the lowest prices. The best advertising we have is the kindly recommendation of our friends. One tells another, and we witness every day the power of its influence. Remem- ber this, we do not admit to our stocks anything that we would not recommend. Our prices are the lowest that can be possibly quoted compatible with a stan- dard of merchandise worthy of our guar- antee.
If you buy merchandise here and find it unsatisfactory when you get home, return it in a salable condition and we will gladly refund your money promptly and without quibble. 239 High St., 570 to 582 Dwight St. Holyoke, Mass. HOLYOKE DOWLING MILLINERY, S DRES 339 HIGH STREET, WOMEN'S CLOAKS, SUITS GA 596 DWIGHT STREET, TELEPH- LEON CLOAKS DRY FANCY GOODS, NOTK 345-347 MAIN STREET, MAPS O INN CONVENIE FOR SALE 25c HOIYOKE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 192G Special for Saturday Selling! SPLENDID ASSORTMENT STYLISH TRIMMED HATS Solid Lisere Hats, all transparent hats, Hats. with straw crowns and transparent hair braid brims. Others with hair braid crowns and straw brims. Slipper combination Llats of novelty straw and straw braids, trimmings of flowers wheat, ostrich and burnt fancies, ribbons, cte., in black and colors.
$4.69 Values up to $10.00 BANDED HATS $2.95 up to $12.95 Mannish effects in suilors, side turns, mushrooms in Lisere Jap and Milan hemp. Solid colors and colored facings. GIRLS' SCHOOL and DRESS HATS $1.98 up to $9.98 Mushrooms or Rolling Sailors of Milan, with streamers also more dressy hats, black and colors. Smart Styles in New Untrimmed Hats at $1.98 up to $12.98 Lisere, Jap and Milan Hemp, also trauspareut effeets in approved shapes an unusually large assortment to select from in all colors. McAUSLAN & WAKELIN CO., lc. MARINE CORPS HEROES AT CITY HALL TONIGHT the inited States munitary holders of Congressional Distinguished Service mgheät Bs erine DotaCamCHS entertainers who are in this city: ind will bive & tree Jass smoner tu toe nty. man tonisat ar eisnt o cioci Chiet among themis First Sargeant Daniel Dais, the hero of the Marine Corpa.
the only enlisted man in the Crited States who is the holder of two aiso holds ross and the Wedallle Wilitaire Daly is cianor mansawarisy corps campaisn has seen actire service in mans He entered the Marine Corp in 1893 and receired hir firat Meda! of - herolsm. dur- tor bravary secor Medal in Haiti. Beavice Crossand the Frenchi stediated Natures hemedy -NR-TABLETS- NR Better Than Pills For Liver Ills. Get a 25 Box Hairah *9OOTCC overreas during World War with Fourth Marine Brigade of the highest has wor three na- tlona for 13UUn Sergeant ocrscany Hoftman oE Lne sxy men com Belles aotina starines out ional Medal of Honor, and not long ago was awarded the Medallle Militaire an th1.
Montenegrin Medal for his acts of Champari Sotssons Sector and the there are other heroes of the World War amo Amer an and 2- vien accorations 440564 MANY men buy MARSHALL SHOES because they keep that "brand-nere" look so long. Considering their quality, their style, their comfort and their economic price, they are the very best shoe values to be had. \ LOBBY : COLUMBI UNIVERSITY CLUB "he frat picture of a series ortrau tow einedr Marahail "Qualily Meintal MARSHALL "QUALITY MAINTAINED" T° SEL them and to WEAR them is to be enthusiastic about their superb, better-than-ordi- nary quality and glove- like finish. The newest Spring Models will please you, no matter how critical you are.
Priced $10 to $12 The Favorite of Thousands of Women Belleau Woods until he dropped with a machine IEden ent which the Roving Marine: consists of two Brown'sShoe reels of interesting movles showing the Bay, Cuba Domingo. 341 HIGH STREE China,Philippines and other countries. - Thích playa Is a jazz band of nine players is the favorite of good housekeepers everywhere because it's wapanigen olthe big sanitary zine cylinder dips the wash up and down through best talented wao are among iu ne Marina sorm hot suds, countless times, dissolring grease and sifting dirt quartet the well balanced program. through to the bottom of the tub. Clothes last so muen longer that the Eden pass for itself in one or two years in sar- SPORTING NEWS eet the Thistles of thet INVESTIGATE CIARGES OF PROELT- last The advantage HERING IN PRINT PAPER age. ing wear and tear.
(Contiuued from was postponed - Page 5.3 Hoisoke play TSHINGON ADTIL1O-A resorL Toguesled 003 tion requesting the attorney general to TYLSRIANARE Teleploue us to send you TRISACCT challenge an Eden on frec trial with- CHALLENGE tomorrow at 2 o'eloek to make an Investigation of reported Jones and his Subur 4cr znoma: 20. 21000l0 President Wilso charges of profteering in Drint paper out obligation or expense. has been chinsirie vord, rarnu, culs, omita Whalen burnett weter and silai was Introduced In the Iouse rester- We will also send a demon- Dondal and Lon boctaamn. day by Reps. Christopherson, Xorth strator any time, at rour alleys on The 210 claims thatmanufacturers own convenienee. who will traced to comneilins tne papers topay do a whole washing for you. accide lne ed to third clash.
erorbilant Drices 2nu are 1ak If you are not thoroughly satisfied, we will call for the masher with absolutely no expease to you. If you de- eide to keep the washer you There were twenty-oce lett on basea in the open iins game at Doston between Sox and Nationals yesterday. Last year the Glante went halt the scason before-they-were shut out. They tooke the doss in their second game this AME Department Stores 50 1946 - THE PRICE & LEE CO.'S M'Ausan Department Store akelin Established in 1885 LLMPOSTOFFICEN CHESTNUT ST. IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY HALL USLAN & WAKELIN CO HIGH ST. DWIGHT ST. T'HOLYOKEN NATIONAL BANK PARKING MAPLE ST. ICENTRAL FIRE STATION CHY HALE DWIGHT ST. a great store Where More and More Families Shop FOR wearing apparel and home furnishings - 40 great departments on four great floors offering the best obtainable merchandise at every price.
High, Dwight and Maple Streets, Holyoke Dial 8245 DEPARTMENT STORES 47 The BiG Store SINCE 1885 FOR EVERYTHING . FOR HOME & FAMILY .. 45 DEPARTMENTS TO SERVE YOU D THE NEW MCAUSLAN & WAKELIN 234 MAPLE STREET, HOLYOKE (Corner of Dwight Street) CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS JE 3-7101 CH-E Two Holyoke Area Natires Among Three Promoted By Hano Co. A BLACK TIE MILKING CHEMICAL OPERATORS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY APPLIC REXALL CHEMICAL CO. Mefuslan Wakelin MONOGRAM VSPECIAL.. Men's fine glove leather famous maker shoes Reg. $24 16.99 Your choice of black or brown. Sorry, ne mail or phone orders. Areilable Friday only! HOE SALON, STREET FLOOR ogram Spec is fresh ely merchandise offer ontyot special sevings for one day SHOP FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 P.M. TRANSCRVT a ssnopa eeuee vusuay 12 1967 rdswas oncelalent in wampuencor 1bash rely a stale-run colle - of corn.
L-a-centuryal FREDERICKS has The Tender Trap Diamond Local Jehovah's Witnesses To Attend Semi-Annual Parley of the principies to everyday Will Launch A Satellite To Study Sun Conte Leads Boyden Tribute In The House Silvie O. Conl Mepuslan Wakelin Mink-lavished luxury coats on sale! $87 Special purchase! Cor coats! Corduroys, meltons, shetlands! 19.97 Zip-lined belmeceans! Reg. $25. 18.97 Suede jockets! Reg. $50. 39.97 MISSES' COAT DEPARTMENT, SECOND FLOOR 250.00 up FREDERICK'S Yewelers 281 High St., Helyake i4ti Main Sa., Springliold lower cabet street Pat's opan 3) GREENBACK DAYS: READ ALL ABOUT THIS FABULOUS PROMOTION IN TODAY'S HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT FULL PAGE AD, PAGE 3. WILSON CERTIFIED IOWA CORN FED STEER BEEF, THE FINEST IN THE VALLEY SOLD ONLY AT PAT'S. BLOCK STYLE CHUCK ROAST OR STEAK END CUTS CHUCK CENTER CUTS ROAST Or STEAK 38g 48: BEEF GROUND BEEF M3L: 48 CHUC 68%.
CROES RIR EYE °* CHUCK ROASTS 88: BONELESS 4th to 7th RIBROAST BEEF $1.18- BONELESS CLUB DELMONICO STEAKS $1.78 SLICED BACON SALE RATH BRAND |WILSON THIN 69%/ ITHICK .3 |SLICED ( Pat's UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY North High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase] NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Hampden DATE RECEIVED: 7/30/08 DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/12/08 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 08000897 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: PDIL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 1-12.08DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : Entered in The Natonal Reglter Hlistoric Places RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments I/N see attached SLR I/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
INTERSECTON & HIGH/DWIGHT STS. E and N ELeVATIONS of 560 DW IN EXISTING N.HGH ST. HD GREGony FaRMER phato July 2006 PItOTO I Photo 1: North Hijh SP. Astorio District (Soundary Enereva) Holyoke, MA INTERSECTON B DWIGHT/MAPLE STS. The proposed boundary increast GREGORy FARMeR photograple July 2006 2 N and w ELEVARONS & S8O I Phito 2: North Kigh S7. Hastorie Justriet (Doundary In Holyoke, MA INTERSECTON 8 DWIGHT /MAPCE STS. N elevationo o 560,58 and w levatine 8 580 the poposed bounrdang in crease GREGOry FARMER photO Luly 2006 3 Photo 3. Norta High (7. Aastori Ditriet (SoardavyI Holyoke, MA Tuly HOLYOKE HEALTA CENTER administratton bldg 236 Maple St. a building (234 Maple St,) W elevation GREGONy FARMER phuto PHOTo 4 Noutt High st. (Boundary Increase), Holyoke, Hampdon Cty, MA. Photo ooog HOLYOKCE HEALTH CENTER administration bldg. 236 Maple St.
frout elevation (w) aud hlanh sidh wall (s) GREGORy FARMER pluto PHOTO 5 Nouth High St. (Boundary Incrense), Holyake, Wampden Ctyy, MA - Phot VIEW &f NEW GUASS FRONT LINK BUICDING (234 Mapk St.) betwe (230 MAPCE ST.) and ADMINISTRATION BeDG. (236 Maple St.) GREGORy FARMER phuto PHOTO 6 North Kigh St. (Boundary Inerense), Holgokke, Hamplen Cty, MA - Phato VIEN Of MUCTI-STURY CONNECTOR OVER ALLEY BENU. MAPLE ST.' (230.236 MARLE ST. AT L) aud MCAUSLAN & WAKELIN BLD6 (560 (AT R) SIOWING E aud W ELÊVATIONS RESPECTIVELY DF ADJOININ GREGORY FARMER pLOTO 7 North Kigh s0. (Boundary Ircrease), Holyoke, Hamplen Cry, mA-P VIEW of MULTI-STORY CONNECTUR OUER ALCEY BEIN. MC AUSCAN & W (560 DWIGHT ST, at L) and MAPLE ST. BLDES (230.236 MAPCE W, E ELEVATIONS, MESPECTIVELY OF ADJOINING BUILDINGS. GREGORY FARMER phUtO PHOTO 8 Noith High SV.
(Soundary Increnie), Holyoke, Hampden Cty, MA - Phato CHANGES TO EXISTING N.HGH ST HD: VACANT LOT, FORMER LOCATION & LAFRANCE BLDG ( Y05 -Y1I HIGH S,E ELEVAMIONS OF ADJACENT SKINER CHAPEL ON MAPLE GREGORy FARMER paoto PHOTO 9 North High (p. (Loundavy Increuse). Holyoke, Hampden (ty, MA- Ph. Old Old San Ju. r JAKERY & DELI DONUTS COFFEE CA ES PASI BIES BREADS SANDWICHES CHANGES TO EXISTING N. HIGH ST HD : ESSEX HOUSE, Yoo HiGH ST. SAOWING MODIFIED WINDOWS ON AND SIDE (S) ELEVATIONS. GREGORY FARMER paoto PHOTO 10 North High SD. (Boundarg Increare), Nolyoke, HampdeaCdy, MA. Phots FITNESS CENTER 539-6554 IN HEALTH S ROVIDENCE Providence Prenatal Center of Horyoke SALSARENGT Se CATERING 533-1894 CHANGES TO EXISTING N. HtIGH ST. HD: MCLEAN BLOCK (382-384 HIGH ST) SIOWING CONNUGATED MÊTAL ON FRONT (W) ECEVATON GREGORY FARMER pluto PHOTO Il Morth High St.
(Boundary Increase), Nolyake, Hampden Cty, MA - Photo o011 CHANGES TO EXISTING N. HIGH ST HtI: TILLEY-CHILDS BLOCI (273-279 HCGH ST) at L aud STEIGER at R, SHOWING PLYWOOD WINDON COVERS ON TILLEY- CHICDS BLO RESTORED CONFIGURATION OF STEIGER BLDG ON FRONT (E) ELEYA GREGOM FARMER plsto 12 North dish St. (Boundary Incrense) Holyste, Hampden Ctry, MA -phota CHANGES TO EXISTING N. HIGI ST HD : OREEL'S BLOCK (156-162 HG ST) SHOWING CORRUGATED META OVER WINDOW OPENINGS ON SIDE (N) AND FRONT (W) ELEV GREGORy FARMER phuto PHOTO 13 North High SP.(Boundarg Increase), Holyoke, Hampden Cty, MA- Photo RECEIVED 2280 JUL 30 2008 The Commonwealth of Massachusett5 REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission July 23, 2008 Mr. J.
Paul Loether, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8th floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: 2008 North High Street HD Boundary Extension, Holyoke (Hampden), MA 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, betsy tuedker etsy Friedber National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosure CC: Gregory Farmer, Michelle Plourde-Barker, consultants Holyoke Health Center, Inc. Olivia Mausel, Holyoke Historical Commission Michael J.
Sullivan, Mayor, City of Holyoke Chair, Holyoke Planning Board 220 Morrissey Boulevard. Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc
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