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The Old Bridgewater Historical Society was founded in 1894 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. [ 1 ] The society operates from two buildings and has a library of genealogical and historical texts, manuscripts, documents, and photographs, as well as historical artifacts.
A horsecar on the South Hadley Falls line, c. 1890; horsecars would be used by the company from 1884 to 1891, when they were supplanted by electric streetcars. The Holyoke Street Railway Company held its first meeting on February 12, 1884, [5] with a charter granted by the Office of Secretary of the Commonwealth Henry B. Pierce on June 11, 1884. [15]
House at 60 William Street is a historic house at 19 Jefferson Street in the Newton Corner village of Newton, Massachusetts. It is listed at 60 William Street in Massachusetts cultural inventory and National Register listings. [2] [3] Built in 1850, it is a well-preserved example of a modest Italianate wood-frame house.
The 2003 book covered the final days of his father's furniture and real estate businesses in the city, mirroring its deindustrialization and decline. [159] Similarly, the city's struggles with race, inequity, and deindustrialization were chronicled in Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder 's 1989 book, Among Schoolchildren , after Kidder spent a ...
Another building was located near the opposite end of Main Street, where the cocoons were steamed to loosen the fibers and made the raw silk usable for production in Corticelli's various products. The company also created items that could be used in the classroom as teaching aids, including a poster showing the various steps in the production ...
Log Pond Cove, previously known as Money Hole, [1] is a former log pond and scenic wayside on the Connecticut River, about half a mile upstream from the Holyoke Dam at South Hadley Falls.
Built for consolidation of Germania Mills' worsted wool division move from Rhode Island. Germania name was dropped around time of building's construction as spinning division was liquidated. [26] Following closure of Livingston, briefly used by Kruger Tissue Paper following Livingston's closure, 1964-1966. [27]