. .f\/ !\x. ■ / V i- ■"■ 4^ j^-i ^/^ J y^^ i ^\/' - M jA ^jr'yjr W -/# ^ J^K-M- ji0 W. /^ jr -;'jr ,-*' jiP^ >^ Jr J frmm r Ml ^v^ / -y ,.jr £^ f .4W .^^ m ^ ■■w.-^-j i /' % ^^'"^'■■'"'V jr^Vy/^r'/' P^aH^^flFj mtWM ■w 'y^y>^ ^^JrM intern mmA Dol^okc /^ BOUT two hundred and sixty-five years ago Captain Elizier Holyoke and Captain Rowland Thomas, with a band of trusty followers, )CV started from Springfield to explore and survey the surrounding country extending as far as Northampton and Hadley. Thomas kept to the west bank of the Connecticut and Holyoke followed the trail on the east side. Thus when they came to the two majestic mountains, like sentinels on either side of the streams, they christened them Mt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke. It is from the latter that the Paper City received its name. It was known first as Ireland Parish, however, because a family named Riley had settled there in 1845, attracted by the fertile fields. After Holyoke grew to be an industrial center, the people began to desire an individual existence, as they had been a part of Springfield hither- to, so that March 14, 1850, the legislature incorporated the town. The first city government was organized January, 1874. Holyoke today manufactures the most paper of any city in the world and her immense dam furnishes power for silk, cotton, woolen, thread, and wire mills as well. New industries are every day locating here, making the city increase in size and importance. Despite the fact that it is a manufacturing city, its location and surroundings are wonderfully beautiful. All cities situated in the valley of the Connecticut are especially proud of the fact but Holyoke is favored beyond all the rest. She has imposing mountains all about her, she has beautiful parks within her city limits, she has unusually fine business and residential streets, handsome buildmgs, and an admirable school system, Mt. Holyoke College is situated only three miles from Holyoke and adds further to the city's educational reputation. Mt. Holyoke Seminary was founded by Mary Lyon in 1837 and a charter was granted it as a college in 1893. Every advantage, whether academic, athletic, or social, is offered the student there. The eight hundred, or more, girls who attend do much to help the trade in Holyoke and add refinement to the social life. IWortbampton /^ SMALL band of pioneers from Springfield and Hartford settled in •' The Meadow City " in 1654. The Indian name of the locality, " Nono- /Cv tuck," was first given to the hamlet but among the settlers were natives of Northampton, England, and they effected the adoption of the permanent name. The town was made a city in 1883 and the population now is approximately 19,000. A world-wide fame has come to Northampton as the home and parish for 23 years of Jonathan Edward*, the great theologian and preacher; also through its educational and charitable institutions. In the business world it is noted as a silk-manufacturing center, and was one of the first towns in America to attempt the raising of mulberry trees and the culture of the silk-worm. Smith College, founded in 1874 by Sophia Smith by a bequest of $365,000, now has nearly 1,100 students, and is the largest women's college in America. Clarke School for the Deaf, endowed by John Clarke with $350,000 was the first public establishment in the United States where the deaf were taught to read the lip and the dumb to articulate. The Hill Kindergarten and Industrial School was the first endowed kindergar- ten in this country. The Burnham-Capen School is an important mstitution, enrolling about 200 pupils. The Home Culture Club, a unique educational and social organization founded by George W. Cable, the author, is doing a grand work among the laboring people, Northampton is also the home of one of the most remarkable institutions in America, the Smith Charities, endowed 60 years ago by Oliver Smith, a miserly bachelor, who left a fund of over $300,000 for the benefit of " indigent boys, indigent female children, indigent young women and indigent widows." About $1,500,000 has been bestowed on wido)*^ and fatherless, and the funds invested now aggregate $400,000. A special fund of $300,000 is to be devoted to a pattern farm and industrial school. The city today is the center of a spreading system of electric railways reaching in all directions over the valley and to the adjacent hills, giv- ing this vicinity peculiar advantages and attractions for summer outings. Published by L. H. NELSON COMPANY, Portland, Maine, Proprietors of Nelson's International Series of Souvenir Books. Pliotograpliic work done by STUDIO BLDG. HC3LY0KES1 VICINITY, MASS. Portraits, Views, Interiors, etc. 4M Higli Street, Holyoke, Mass. Copyriglit, 1905, by L. H. NELSON COMPANY. m ^ m : **«:'*Efl>»vsi«". VIEW OF HKiH STREET, HOLYOKE, LOOKING SOUTH YOUNG MEiN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, HOLVUlvK Corner of High ami Appleton streets. The work of construction was begun in 1891 anil the structure was completed in isai. Cost about $132,000. It is regarded as one of the most worthy and useful institutions in the city. The Association was organ- ized in 1856. HOLYOKE CITY HALL Located at the corner of High and Dwight streets, in the heart of the business sec- tion. Designed by the famous architect, the late Charles Koyle Atwood. Built of granite at a cost of . $300,000 and completed in 1875. The tower is modeled alter the Tower of London. HOLVOKE I'OST OKFICE Corner Main ami Race streets. This United States Government buiUling was completeil in April, 1905, anil cost about Sllo.ixx). It is built of Vermont marble. The lobby is almost entirely of New Hampshire marble. IIOLYOKE CITV LIKRAKY SI iiimff[ffff[[[[[[[ ?!ii[[[[[ifOfEE!lii \ lEWS OF THE SECOND LEVEL CANAL Looking west, showing tin- imildings uf the American Thread Comi>any. Looking south, .showing Flatiron Block, containing general offices of the American Writing Paper Company on the left, and the Lyman Mills in foreground on right. HULVOKE OAM This great dam was built by the Holyoko Water Power Coui]>any anil completed in 1900 at a cost of .'«1,(Hk:),000. To this, the linest dam in the country, is due the con- tinued prosperity of Holyoke, the largest manufacturing city in the world supplied wholly by water power. OVERFLOW FROM FIRST LEVEL CANAL INTO SECOND LEVEL CANAL Showing the mill of tlie Whiting Faper Company on the left, with Mt. Holyoke i the distance. KBrKESENTATIVE CHURCHES OF HOLVUKE St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Cluiiuh is on Hampden Street, corner of Chestnut. St. Paul's Episcopal Cliurcli, corner of Locust anil Appleton streets. Second Congregational Church, corner of Appleton and Maple streets. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, corner of Sargent and Maple streets. The HIGH SCHOOL, HOLYOKE Situated in square bounded by Pine, Hampshire and Beech streets, it ranks with the finest models of school architecture in the country. It is four stories high and con- structed of light brick. It was completed in 1898 at a cost of over $200,000. HIGHLANDS GRA3IMAR SCHOOL, HOLYOKE Located on square bounded by Waldo, Lincoln, Nonotuck and AUyn streets. Built of light brick with granite and sandstone trimmings. Contains 16 rooms and large assembly hall. Cost $90,000. HOLYOKE CITY HOSPITAL This fine hospital building, erected \,y public subscription at a cnst of $63,(HXI, is located on Beech Street, with an extension overlookine Northampton Street. Was dedicated iu 1893, is non-sectarian in character, and is maintained by the Hospital Aid Association, composed entirely of women. HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL. HOLYOKE Corner of Elm and Dwight streets. One of the city's most honored institutions. Conducted by the Sisters of Providence. It was dedicated in 1S95, and accommo- dates seventy-five patients besides the community of Sisters. HAMFUEJS I'AKK, HOLVOKl*: A lU'tiglitfiil resting place in the heart of the city. In the center stands a beautiful memorial to the sohliers and sailors who died in the Civil War. HOLYOK?: AND SOliTH HADLEY FALLS BRIDGE. A tine example nf iiMHierEi Itridge arcliitecture spanning tlie Connecticut River between Holyoke and South Hadley Falls. ^^///TnT'i HOLYOKE CANOE CI.UB HOUbE This ppleiulid clul) house at Smith's Ferry was completed in 1;hJ3 at a cost of $10,(KX). The construction is of cement, and it is considered one of the handsomest canoe cluh h<»uses in the State. MT. HOLYOKE COLLEliE From Nnrtl. (\iiup.is lookiii'c soiitli. At the i-xticiiic left is Willisfoii Hall, throut;li the trees SatlonI Hall, witli Meacl Hall in tlie ilistanoe ami HriKliani Hall at the ri^lit. MT. HOLYOKK COLLEGE Dwiglit Menmrial Art Buililiii^ given to the College by Mr. .lolin Dwiglit. The Gyinnasiuni, with Goodnow Park and Ohservatory in distance. Tlie Mary Lyon Chapel. MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE Mt. Holyoke Vested Choir entering Mary Lyon Chapel MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE Elizabeth S. Mead Hall was named in lionor of Elizabeth S. Mead who was president from 1«XI to 1900. The Mary Hrigham Hall is a memorial presented by the Alumna- of New York and Brooklyn. The Shattuck and Williston Halls are two tine specimens of college arebitecture. In front of the latter is shown a rare black walnut tree. MAIN STREET. NOKTHAIMI^ON A view of the principal street of Nortliampton, looking from railroafW WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, NORTHAMITON This view shows in tlu' center tile First Congregational Chnrch whi<^h occnjiies the site of a ohnreh erected by the original settlers in IfiiU, also site of ehnrrh in which Jonathan Edwards i)reached. The church society is one of the oldest in the country. The corner liuilding at the left of church is the Northaniiiton Hank in which the famous burglary was committed. At the extreme left is the Mansion Block, the well-known hostelry. The Northampton Institution for Savings building is at the right of church. NORTHAMl'TON POST OFFICE Erected in 10(>J on I'leasant Street, a sliiirt distance from Main Street and opened in June, 1905. The land and building cost .«7il,(XX), Accommodations are ample for many years to come. Two rural free delivery routes now start from here and the rapidly increasing receipts indicate that the office will be promoted into the first class before long. FORBES' LIBRARY, NORTHAMPTON A gift to the city by the late .luclge Cliaiies E. Forlies, with an endowment fnnil exceeding S3(XI,(KI0. It has a capacity for more than 1,000,000 volumes. Annual in- come of liook fund $12,000 which must he invested in hooks, jihotographs or works of art. One of the largest and most progressive of the endowed libraries of the country. I'LYMOUTH INN, NOKTHAMl'TON Erected in 18'JG at a cost of ."?110.(XI0 just outside the College Campus by DeWitt Smith, a New York promoter, as a domicile for the wealthier students of Smith College. Later madr a hotel ami apartment liouse. Y. M. C. A. BIILIUNO. NORTHAMPTON Devoted entirely to the work of the Association. Considered one of the best equipped Y. M. C. A. buildings in Western Massachusetts. ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, NORTHAMITON One of tlie largest and beat appointed editices in Westein Massachusetts. It occupies a commandini,' site on Elm Street facing the entrance to Smith College Campus. The Chemistry building of Smith College is shown at the left, and beyond is a section of the Albright House, a Smith College dormitory facing on Beil- ford Terrace. CARNEGIE HOUSE OF THE HOME CULTtRE CLUBS, NORTHAMrTON A unique educational institution founded in the city in 1887 by the novelist, George W. Cahle. This building cost S5(i,(XKi, Andrew Carnegie in 1904. It is the third of three buildings used by the Clubs in home educational work. which was given^ to the^ Clubs by N(jRTHAMPTON HKiH SCHUUL A liandsoine structure iu bull brick erected in ISlifj at a cost of nearly ¥100,000 on tlie corner of Main Street and Houlevard just above the Academy of Music. It is already outgrown by the phenomenal and unexpected increase in attendance and an extension is proposed for the near future. The tower of the old High School building appears at the rear. THE EDWARDS ELM, NORTHAMPTON This famous old tree stands in front of the site of Jonathan Edwards' home on King Street. Tradition says that the great divine planted it himself branches became dangerous in 1D03 and were cut back, as slmwn, to save the tree from complete destruction ampton. Us lofty It is one of the celebrated landmarks of North- SMITH COLLKUE, NOIMH A M I'TOX The upper view sliows Smith Collcjif as seen from P'orb^s' Library. Assfinbly ilall wirb its inagiiilii-cnl tower ovi-rluoks the city from thi* front of the Campus. It is the original college Iniilding and contains the Administration Offices and tlie Amlitorium where Commencement Kxercises are hehL The lower view isaerus.s Smith College Campus from a point in front of Seely's Hall, showing HiUyer Art (lallery on the left, and Tresident Seely's house at the right. SMITH COLLEfiK CAMl'US .Smith Colh'ge Cmnpus, showing tlie Alumnip (iyinnasiuni at left, tlie Norris Housi- This is the original huikling. tlie old Dewey Homestead, which occupied a command- in center and the Tyler House at the right. The .site of these substantial buildings ing site overlooking the town, when the College bought the property which is now the wa8 once a marsh. Each of the dormitories accommodates about fifty students. front of the Campus. It has been twice moved, but still faces the Campus entrance. A large pond on Mill River at tin the left ami Mt. Tom Range in tlie distance. PARADISE FOND, NORTHAMPTON ar of Smith College Campus which affords boating and skating facilitii's fur tlie college ^irls. A boat house may be seen at LUWEK SXATIUN MX. TOM RAlLltOAD The oars statt here for the trip to the iiKiuntain ti.ji. A STKETCH OF TRACK Mt. Tom Railroad with the Summit House in the distance- Tlie iiiaximum *;ra(le is lut '.'l per cent. KLECTRIC CAR ARRIVING AT MOUNTAIN PARK Tlie pavilion is sliown on the left, and Deer Parl< surmounted liy Cedar Knoh is in tlic liacliground SUMMIT HOUSE ON TOP OF MT. TOM SUMMER PAVILION ON SUMMIT Higliest mountain of Mt. Tom Range, about 1,300 feet above sea level. Reached by Mt. Tom Railroad. Tbe view from tlie summit is one of the most di\ersitied and beautiful in the world. On a clear day the golden dome of the Connecticut State Capitol, 35 miles to the south, can be clearly seen. WHITING STREET RESERVOIR, HOLYOKE This is a part of tlie city's system of waterworks. It is situated at the l)ase of Mt. Tom in the rear of Mountain Park. LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS llllllllllllllllllilllllllll 014 078 741 3 014 078 741