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One of 174 National Register listings published here for Hampden County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
War Memorial Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 objectss, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 310 Appleton St., Holyoke, 01040
- When was it listed? 2022-05-06
- Category. building
- City. Holyoke city
- National Register reference number. 100007663 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
53,461 wordsThe chapter on Holyoke City in Holyoke : Past and Present, Progress and Prosperity, Historical and Industrial Notes : Souvenir 1910, published 1910 names Holyoke. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Holyoke, numbered among the leading and most prosperous manufacturing cities of New England, is situated on the Connecticut river in the western part of Massachusetts and is in close proximity to northern Connecticut. By state census of 1905 the population was 49,934, and it is estimated the census of 1910 will show 58,000 people. The city was incorporated April 7, 1873.
Passage source: Holyoke : Past and Present, Progress and Prosperity, Historical and Industrial Notes : Souvenir 1910, published 1910.
Holyoke owes its growth and prosperity to its excellent water power and advantageous geographical position. It has close railroad connections with Boston, Hartford, Albany and New York, and is fortunate in having in its commercial circles many business men of sagacity, energy and progressive ideas. The leading industries of the city are devoted to the manufacture of paper, blank books, cotton, thread, woolens, alpacas, blankets, wire cloth, machinery, steam pumps, bits, braces, hydrants, boilers, trolley tracks and various auxiliary products.
Passage source: Holyoke : Past and Present, Progress and Prosperity, Historical and Industrial Notes : Souvenir 1910, published 1910.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Holyoke City - 53,461 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
328 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of War Memorial Building between 2014 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 2,243 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,243 specimens collected within 10 miles of War Memorial Building between 1831 and 1975: 1,124 Plantae, 708 Animalia, 377 Fungi, 19 Chromista, 9 Unrecorded, 5 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Albee, A. B. Seymour, A. C. Gibson and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub | 1892 | Chapman | Southhampton |
 | Taphrina johansonii Sadeb. | 1894 | W.G. Farlow | |
 | Camissonia Link | 1898 | B. L. Robinson | |
 | Carex bromoides Willd. | 1831 | Collector unknown | |
 | Carex vesicaria L. | 1836 | Collector unknown | |
 | Carex vestita Willd. | 1836 | Collector unspecified | |
 | Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia | 1838 | L. DeWette | Northampton. |
 | Kalmia latifolia var. latifolia | 1838 | L. DeWette | Northampton. |
 | Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl. | 1838 | L. DeWette | Northampton. |
 | Carex siccata Dewey | 1844 | Collector unknown | |
 | Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald | 1845 | Collector unspecified | |
 | Galeopsis tetrahit L. | 1845 | not recorded |
All 2,243 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of War Memorial Building: 13 producers, 11 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Clay, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Pit | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ondrick Industries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| South Hadlay Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Granby Pit Ii | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granby Quarry No 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holyoke, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Flood | Holyoke | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $35,000 | Large trees and limbs at Holyoke College were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $20,000 | A roof was blown off a structure on Cabot Street. Multiple trees were snapped in two on Pheasant Drive. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $10,000 | At 4:41 PM EST thunderstorm winds brought a tree down on a car and a house on Sergeant Street in Holyoke. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | $1,500 | In Holyoke, there were several large trees down on I-91. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Holyoke | - | In Holyoke, flooding was reported at the intersection of Commercial Street and Sargeant Street. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Holyoke | - | At 6:30 AM EST, the Sargeant Street underpass was reported flooded and impassable. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Holyoke | - | At 2:05 PM EST, a car was reported trapped in flood waters on St. Jerome Avenue in Holyoke. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Holyoke | - | In Holyoke, underpasses near Sargeant Street were flooded and impassable. Lyman and Canal Streets also were flooded and impassable. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | Car tossed rolled by strong wind gusts on I-91. Trees downed nearby as well. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Holyoke | - | Four golfers were struck by lightning while standing in a shelter at the Wycoff Country Club. All were wearing cleats. Three were seriously injured and the other received minor injury. Two went into cardiac arrest. Three of the injured were recovering at local area hospitals. The lightning apparently struck a nearby tree and then jumped to the shelter. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
23 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1896 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1920 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Chicopee quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:31680 - 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase II) | under 500 feet | 2008 |
 | Maplewood Hotel | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
| Maplewood Hotel | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | North High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.1 miles | 1992 |
| Essex Street Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2023 | |
 | US Post Office-Holyoke Main | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007663 in Record Group 79. |
| Hampden County | All 174 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.