31EDbbDDfl77443t> H U S •••••• ^^ ^achu 1^ 74 P6 P6 J^'\) ^'3 5^4^.1911 /^ ••?? ,)#••••• \f _ / C|f ici^l 5®^*'^'^'*^ ^SK PS 14 • f M a V. mi.w .13 ■1663 ^^^ ,'=' DATE DUE Compiled and Arrang by 3. CHESTER LYOI LINUS W. HARGE Publicity Committee Cover Design by W. C. OSTRANDE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY F 74 P6 P6 Oarb UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Special Collections & Rare Books Spec. Coll. F 74 P6 P6 Hi PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1 r 6 1 19 11 1 50a ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Sunday July 2 Monday July 3 Tuesday July 4 ISfineteen Hundred Eleven OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND SOUVENIR ■AU Rights Reserved. PITTSFIELD ^^^^ ITTSFIELD, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of its corporate existence July 2d, 3d and 4th, 1911, is the shire city, or county seat, of Berkshire, the western county of Massachusetts. History relates that the pioneer settlers located here in 1743. The township was then known as The Plantation of Pontoosuck, but when Col. William Williams secured the passage of the act by which the settlement was incorporated as a town. Sir Francis Bernard, the royal governor of Massachusetts, gave it the name of Pittsfield, in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and popularl>- known as "The Great Commoner.'' The town form of government was continued until 1S91 when, by vote of the citizens, Pittsfield became a city. Situated as it is in the center of the Berkshire Hills, the most famous scenic region in America, Pittsfield has never ceased to be a favored place of residence and has grown steadily in population, the last census showing 32,121. The city is served by the Boston and Albany and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads and is in close touch, thereby, with New York, Boston, Springfield and Albany. Its street railway system extends to Connecticut on the south, Vennont on the north, and will soon be connected with an eastern system reaching to Boston and a western sys- tem to Albany. Fine water, a complete and modern sewerage system, well paved streets, admirable schools, a well equipped fire department and an efficient police department, are some of the municipal features. Pittsfield boasts many large manufacturing industries, eight banking institutions, a live board of trade, and mercantile establishments second to no city of its size in the country. It is a city of homes, with beautiful shaded streets, and the educational opportunities offered by such institutions as the library, museum, Y. M. C. A., Boys' Club, Business Women's Associa- tion and Working Girls' Club, appreciably supplement the work of the pubHc schools. Its church organizations have handsome edifices and are flourishing and prosperous. Pittsfield is known far and wide as "The Gem City of the Berkshires," a title of peculiar appropriateness, because of its natural beauty, its high standards of municipal and individual life, and because, from a materialistic as well as from an idealistic standpoint, it possesses in an unusual degree the characteristics of the ideal American city. Outline o f Program Sunday, July 2nd 10.30 A. M. Services in all churches with Anniversary sermons. AFTERNOON 2.15 P.M. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Ncav Morn- ingside Baptist Church. Address by Hon. Louis A. Frothingham, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Public address by President Harry A. Gar- field of W^illiams College, on the First Street Common. Special music. Monday, July 3rd 10.30 A. M. Dedication, under the auspices of the Berk- shire County Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, assisted by Mr. F. E. McSweeney and school children, of Memorial Bowlder on site of Easton's Tavern, South Street. 2 P. M. Historical Street Pageant, representing Pitts- field's progress for 150 years. 8 P.M. Anniversary Meeting at Colonial Theatre. Address by Ex-Gov. John D. Long of Hing- ham. 9.30 P. M. Illumination of Park and streets. Tuesday, July 4th 10.30 A. M. Civic, Military and Industrial Parade. AFTERNOON Aeroplane flights at Allen Farm. EVENING Firew^orks display at Colt's Lot. O -A u M U BIJ >. U s 2 "o -^ U c u « o 2 » 3 T^ y 3 ^ 3 3 tiC -+- a 3 u >. c n ^ u 1 ft Executive Committee ••*K. ^P^B HON. K. B. MILLER, Cha irtnan, Ex-( Officio ^^^F JOHN NICHOLSON, Cha rman '*!>'' /^^^K IF Hon. K. B. Miller Mr. Henry A. Brewster ^T Mr. John Nicholson Mr. J.H. Enright Jk Mr. Henry Traver, Jr. Mr. H. B Sees ^^ gflj^^^^ Mr. Edward Rosenbanm Mr. E.J. Spall ^H ^^^^1^^^ Mr. Edward Boltwood Mr. L.J. Minahan "^ '9 ^^^^^^^^Mj^ Mr. George H. Cooper Mr. H. R Peirson ^^^^^^^^^■i"' Mr. W. H. Eaton Mr. F. M . Miller * j^^^i ^^^^^^^^^^K Mr. W. L. Adam Mr. C. E. Gleason ' ^1 ^^^^^^^^|p Mr. W. F. Francis Mr. A. M . Stronach ^^ ^^^^^^^HF Mr. C. F. Coogan Mr. W.J Mercer • H^^^^^^K^ Mr. D. J. Gimlich Dr. M. W . Flynn / ^^HHP' Mr. Daniel England Mr. A.J. Newonan Mr. S. Chester Lyon Mr. P. H. O'Donnell Mr. L. W. Harger Mr. vSydney T. Braman Mr. William Russell Allen Mr. E. N Huntress Mr. Robert D. Bardwcll Mr. John White The High Sheriff of Berkshire County Capt. John Nicholson Cha rman of Executive Committee . 150th Anniversary Celebration Chairmen of Committees ECCLESIASTICAL SERVICES MUSIC COMMITTEE HON. KELTON B. MILLER MR. HARRY B. SEES HISTORICAL COMMITTEE DECORATIONS MR. EDWARD BOLTWOOD MR. DANIEL ENGLAND FINANCE COMMITTEE ENTERTAINMENT MR. GEORGE H. COOPER MR. CLEMENT F. COOGAN EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE MR. WILLIAM L. ADAM PARADE, FOURTH OF JULY MR. DAVID J. GIMLICH INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE FIREWORKS MR. EDWARD J. SPALL MR. WILLIAM H. EATON COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE MR. JOHN H. ENRIGHT SOCIETIES MR. EDWARD ROSENBAUM ORGANIZATIONS ILLUMINATIONS MR. LUKE J. MINAHAN INVITATIONS MR. HENRY R. PEIRSON MR. DAVID J, GIMLICH PRINTING RECEPTION COMMITTEE MR. DANIEL ENGLAND MR. HENRY TRAVER, JR. AVIATION PUBLICITY MR. FREEMAN M. MILLER MR. S. CHESTER LYON TRANSPORTATION AND EXCURSIONS MR. LINUS W. HARGER. MR. CHESTER E. GLEASON COMMIl TEES Ecclesiastical Services Rev. W. J. Dower HON. K. B. MILLER, C/iain„aii Rev. E. C. Davis Historical Committee and Sub-Committees Historical Committee Rev John A Hamilton W. L Adam O, EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman Joseph E. Peirson Arthur N. Cooley Sub-Committees a Loan Exhibition of Portraits and Historical Relics J. M. Stevenson Miss Harriet Plunkett W. C. Moulton ARTHUR N. COOLEY, CImirman Miss CaroHnc Tucker Miss Phila Whipple William Nugent Frank E. Peirson Oliver Root Fred T. West George C. Harding Robert A. Riee On Ded ication by the S. A. R. of the Easton Tavern Memoria 1 A. H. Bagg F. E. JOSEPH E. PEIRSON, Chainnqn McSweeney W. L. Root E. T. Slocum J. M. Stevenson On Anniversary Meeting, Monday Evening, July 3cl WILLIAM L. ADAM, Chairman John Barker Walter C. Kellogg J. Ward Lewis On Historical Pageant EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman Robert F. Stanton E. W. Backman Jay P. Barnes Ambrose Clogher On Marking Historical Sites J. M. STEVENSON, Chairman J. McA. Vance. F. H. Printiss Henry A. Brewster Edward T. Scully Aviation Committee F. M. MILLER. Chairman Edward B. Hull K. B. Miller John Nicholson Geo. H. Cooper Transportation Committee CHESTER E. GLEASON, Chairman L. J. Minahan W. H. Eaton C. Q. Richmond Chas. H. Wilson W. E. Hoyt Alexander vShaw S. S. Van Etten Fred Light Sidney Morton Harry A. Oltsch Peter C. Dolan Henry R. Russell Norman 'C. Hull Commercial Committee JOHN H. ENRIGHT, Chairman Frank D. Brockett M. C. Pritchard M. Rosenthal H. Cohen H. A. Bartholomew C. I. Bigley S. E. Robinson E. G. Combes Frank S. Clark H. Blank Henry H. Rice A. M. Cone George F. Cullen C. T. Brigham Charles R. Stevens H. L. Dunham Joseph H. Dudley Thos. Carder Frank D. Taylor Wm. J. Cullen Louis E. Durfee R. F. Clary A. E. Truesdale C. N. Denault Benjamin England W. L. Coleman L. G. Perry P. J. Dillon George W. Edwards M. H. Condron H. E. Ames Oscar Dodge P. Pf Fallon C, C. Cook F. C. Backus F. I. Drake Frank A. Farrell F. W. Crosier J. L. Bacon H. T. Root Fred W. Barris W. L. Cummings H. P. Ball E. 0. Engstrom Harry Holden W. J. Dovall J. W. Balzer T. H. Farrell G. A. Kenyon P. H. Dineen F. H. Beardsley Geo. Faulkner C. D. Butler A. S. Dorfman A. L. Boudreau S. G. Barnes Geo. Blatchford A. J. Peacock 0. T. Benedict W. B. Foote E. H. Wilson W. A. Fahey Samuel Feldman L. E. French C. W. Wright John Granfield S. D. Andrews C. C. Gamwell L. W. Acheson L. J. Adacken F. J. Clarke W. R. Gardener H. L. Hoag W. I. Mellen F. W. Henry R. P. Mitchell D. H. Pike Charles W. Noble S. Bridges W. P. Griffen E. T. Belden William Nugent J. J. Canning 0. M. Haley J. Addison James J. Pender H. A. Holmes Jas. Henchy E. L. Smith Frank E. Peirson W. F. Clark Jas. Hickey Commercial C« ammittee — Continued H. A. Hovey E. C. Boice Dr. J. A. Vreeland A. V. PhilHps John Kerins Frank P. Wood D. J. Walsh A. A. Mills A. Klein M. Goldstein C. S. Ferry N. E. Church L. L. Larouche Wm. H. Newton F. S. Folwell D. S. Freedman J. H. Leonard T. H. Nolan H. B. Jones A. W. Plumb G. E. Lester J. H. Bigelow Fred. Fredericks C. Polly J. E. Linnehan Henry Sears Jos. F. Gardner M. H. Powell P. A. Lowe Wm. H. Shandoff P. H. Garvey E. D. Pritchard Geo. T. Mandigo James Shipton F. H. Goodrich F. J. Quinn M. Mathews J. E. Simmons F. L. Dole Wm. F. Rainey T. N. Enright W. S. Skeats J. C. Hall F. F. Read Arthur Maloney Chas. F. Smith Thos. R. Burke E. F. Rice R. Mathewson ElHot F. Smith E. B. Jacobson F. C. Rice Jas. Mattoon P. M. Smith W. R. Tiffany L. H. Riescr J. F. Mawhinney F. S. Smith E. A. Larkin Wm. P. Boden J. J. McCarthy E. F. Flanagan N. J. Lawton Thos. P. Reilly M. McComiick Frank Spaulding D. J. Lyons J. S. Robertson W. F. McEnany E. Stanley L. P. Ogden Edw. F. Roscoe J. W. Meehan Clarence Stephens John G. Orr Thos. Kelly Wm. L Meigs W. C. Stevenson E. S. Osteyee H. A. Dunbar W. J. MilHken C. R. St. James Frank J. Owen James O'Connor Jos. Betters John C. Gerst John Papas J. W. Synan D. Molner Robert P. Easland R. P. Parker W. J. Hamilton J. J. Mooney J. A. Wade Ralph Pezzini G. Taubert Commercial Committee — Continued J. H. Tebbetts F. B. Tregaskis A. C. Washburne Leo Zander J. H. Tetley S. S. Van Etten H. G. West E. Williams Dr. J. B. Thomes C. L. Vaughn C. B. Wells E. B. Wilson E. J. Thurston Samuel Schwartz Wm. B. West S. C. Wood Edw. Tolman Dr. R. W. Volk ' F. M. White Joseph Wood .I.E. Torrc}' Andrew J. Barnfather E. R. Whiting Dr. R. A. Woodruff E. A. Tompkins M. B. Warner J. J. Whittlesey C. H. Wright Jos. T. Yon J. Woodward Finance Committee GEO. H. COOPER, Chair man Geo. H. Tucker C. G. Persons John D. Woodbuni A. Cairns Dr. Henry Colt Geo. W. Gardner C. C. Henry John S. Rice A. N. Coolcy S. T. Braman A. J. Newman Frank Mackey D. J. Cximlich John McQuaid F. F. Fulcher Geo. Clark, Jr. J. H. Enright E. C. Bence A. M. Stronach Jos. Cummings C. H. Wilson John McEnany W. D. Wyman L. W. Kittredge J. B. O'Hearn W. O'Brien J. J. Pender Henry A. Francis W. H. Eaton Loring G. Robbins Jos. Insull C. E. Bennett L. J. Hollingsworth Frank Palmer John A. Chesney T. J. Nelligan H. R. Russell A. H. Bagg Walter M. Annis Lemuel G. Lloyd Educational Committee W. L. ADAM. Chairman William Nugent W. D. Goodwin Miss Clara E. Rogers Miss Agnes M. Reid Henry A. Francis C. E. Bennett Miss Mary A. Brennan Miss Maria A. Denny C. G. Persons Geo. W. Gardner Miss Ellen Irons Miss Helena J. Jordan Miss Cora E. Dorr Miss Rose Duffy Miss Rose 0. Kendall Industrial Committee W. H. EATON, Cliairmau Hon. W. Murray Crane Edward A. Jones Thomas P. Plurikett Charles W. Seager Winthrop M. Crane, Jr. George W. Pease Charles W. Power David Campbell Z. Marshall Crane James R. Savery Henry R. Russell Thomas D. Peck William J. Foss Clifford Francis Irving P. Thompson Charles K. Crane Henry A. Francis William A. Pike Charles H. Wilson Reception Committee HENRY TRAVER, JR., Chairman W. W. Gamwcll H. S. Russell W. F. Hawkins Hon. K. B. Miller T. L. Allen H. J. Jones Daniel England John M. Taylor Edward B. Cain E. H. Robbins H. D. Sisson C. W. Van DeMark J. Ward Lewis C. E. Hibbard Allen H. Bagg F. H. Printiss Ernest Johnson Hon. J. C. Crosby W. H. Maclnnis J. F. Van Deusen John Barker Reception Committee — Continued Hon. Zenas Crane M. G. Rosenthal A. J. White W. C. Moulton Alfred C. Daniels J. H. Howieson C. I. Lincoln J. S. Mattoon E. H. Kennedy S. D. Carpenter John Churchill A. K. Sloper F. M. Piatt James Eagan D. Rosenhein S. B. Rothkopf John Feely James Kittle J. J. Bastion C. L Meyer H. B. Wellington Dr. S. C. Burton D. C. Maclnnis F. M. Landis Gilbert West Dr. J. A. Langlois George T. Denny Dr. J. F. A. Adams George W. Foote W. M. Clark A. M. Chapman Robert W. Adam Hon. F. W. Rockwell T. E. Hall John R. Feeley Arthur H. Rice W. G. Backus J. N. Shepardson E. B. Wilson John R. Feeley James Wilson C. E. Merrill E. T. Lawrence Emory H. Nash M. Fitzgerald T. H. Day M. J. Powers John McQuaid E. C. Carpenter John J. Powers P. J. McMahon Philip W. Goewey J. H. Wood C. H. Miller "Dr. E. S. Robison John M. Burke R. B. Bardwell A. W. Stewart Frank D. Burke William E. Wilcox William Turtle W. H. Swift W. C. Kellogg Thomas A. Macken W. G. Morton Morris Schaff H. C. Thomas George W. Pease G. W. Branch James McKenna P. A. Jacobs William J. Baughman J. M. Stevenson I. D. Ferry J. H. Newberger Jay P. Barnes W. H. Phillips W. B. Rice C. A. Finke James R. Savers- W. H. Sloan W. H. Newton W. H. Young James Fallon Oren Benedict I. F. Chesley A. F. Dodge Henry Traver, Jr. George H. Gary P. P. Curtin J. H. Langley Wni. W. Linnehan H. H. Ballard Martin Deihl J. H. Noble Roland E. Bur bank Reception Committee — Continued Jacob Gimlich W. G. White James P. Fryer William A. Burns Charles M. Wilcox S. S. Levy John Fitzgerald William A. Fahey Peter J. McDonald Edward T. Slocum Chester E. Gleason Michael Eisner William Tolman John N. Root John Corkhill James T. Goggins George W. Bailey William P. Griffen Arthur H. Wood Herbert P. Sanders Charles R. Foote Harvey W. Partridge Burdick A. Stewart Clifford H. Dickson John J. Bastion Levi A. Stevens Edward Rosenbaum Michael F. Quinn Michael Hennessey Joseph J. St. James William Turtle C. E. Burke Daniel F. Farrell Frank Howard Frank Bartlett James W. Synan Thomas J. Kernan John L. Russell L. D. Hazard John C. Kelly Publicity Committee S. Chester Lyon Linus W. Harger Music Committee H. B. vSEES, Chairman D. Edward Burns Fred T. Francis Decoration Committee DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman Raymond L, Castello Frank Walker R. W. Harrington H. E. Hughes W. J. Tonkin G. E. Haynes Fred Kahl Edward F. Fahey W. K. Henry S. G. Barnes John J. Scully Fireworks Committee E. J. SPALL, Chairman Dr. M. W. Flynn Frank Hempstead E. F. Rice F. M. Miller George A. Grounds Frank Howard S. T. Braman Illumination Committee LUKE J. MINAHAN, Chairman C. H. Brown William A. Whittlesey Thomas Cullen H. C. Crafts Harry W. Tobey W. J. Baughman Fred Retallick H. S. Blake W. T. K. Brown Invitation Committee HENRY R. PEIRSON, Chairman Jos. Insull Gilbert, West W. W. Gamwcll Michael Cain Joseph E. Purches Thos. H. Villencu\-e Robert C. Rockwell William Meyer Printing Committee DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman Harry Holmes John B. Stone James W. Synan Charles J. Dale C. L. Acly H. L. King Frank Howard T. Cooney, Jr. Entertainment Committee C. F. COOGAN, Chairman Walter L. Mercer Cecil C. Gam well Henry Hay Henry J. Ryan A. J. Fcil Arthur W. Plumb David L. Evans Dr. F. S. Coolidge John H. Eels Howard P. Brown H. Neill Wilson Cyrus C. Henry Edgar P. Wood Francis J. McMahon George E. Haynes Terrence Cooney, Jr. F. F. Read Thomas P. Riley John Corkhill John H. Starbuck DeWitt Bruce Geo. H. Clark- William D. Maclnncs J. C. CuUen Charles B. Dunham Fred C. Rice Jacob Gimlich W. H. Marra Arthur B. Famham Redmond Walsh Joseph H. Wood John Stapleton William P. Wood James P. Sullivan William A. Fahey Charles A. Potter Daniel F. Farrell Richard vStapIeton William A. Burns James McSweeney Louis A. Merchant L. H. Gamwell Dr. George N. Kinncll Frank H. Cande George W. Mcrriam Walter B. Smith Michael L. Eisner E. S. Davenport Peter W. Burns H. M. Pitt John B. Cummings James Denny James L. Bacon M. E. Stockbridge Thomas F. Demont Isaac Witten Milton Newanan S. W. Shepardson Franklin A. Smith John E. Perkins Charles W. Seagcr Carey R. Kinney George W. Bailey W. F. Hunt Lomer G. Goodrich Charles T. Barker George W. Clark Patrick Condron Charles W. Sloper 4th of July Parade Committee DAVID J. GIMLICH, Cliairman John F. CollxTt W. J. Mercer Horace D. Eddy Wm. Ferry Thos. Cumiin,L;ham W. F. A-IacKenzie John J. Ford Jas. Keenan James Dyer E. T. Smith Wm. Hurst L. L. Mullett W. vS. De Voe Chas. E. Wright Alphonsc Kosher Miles Stanton Edward M. Hall Louis E. French E. F. Stanton C. J. Blaza William C. .Stevenson Frank E. Russell John Skinkel Chas. Rote W. H. Fallon Frank Daly John White Henry Barber Dr. L. H. Hendec E. T. Granger B. A. Stewart C. H. Rice Emil Dorgcrloh John Corkhill, Jr. Frank J. Kie Wm. Read John H. McEnany E. R. Burdick R. F. Stanton Geo. S. Harris Ambrose Stewart Alexaiider G. Anderson Chas. R/[cNeil W. L Rodder E. E. Mercure Arthur Pratt Jos. Heifer Ernest Carlson J. J. Woodrow C. W. Noble J. J. Nolan Gustave Anderson John R. Feeley Ambrose Cloghcr Geo. Schmidt Augustus Peterson Lemuel G. Lloyd L. C. Talbot P. Sullivan H.F. Sears A. E. Holmes Antonio Chiodo, Jr. John Nolan John Sutty M. J. Keliher Walter E. Bennett Frank O'Brien Walter E. Warren S. C. Wood George F. Henderson Geo. S. Holderness Jas. F. Dean Frank Ernst William H. Marsliall The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 1911 M. J. Powers. Ward I : Patrick J. McMahon. Ward 2: Dr. Elmer S. Robison. Ward 3; Walter C. Kellogg. Ward 4: Henry Traver. Jr.. Ward 5 Frank D. Burke. Ward 0. Hon. Kelton B. Miller. Henry Thomas, Ward 7 The Common Council. 1911 Ward One Ward Two Ward Three Ward Six Ward Four Ward Five Ward Seven Paul A. Jacobs Christian H. Finite John H. Langley Pres. Edward Rosen baum Wm. C. Moulton Archibald K. Sloper Frank M. Landis John N. Newbertfer Wm. H. Young Arthur F. Dodge Samuel B. Rothkopf John H. Noble James S. Mattoon Clarence I. Meyer "^w^i The Mayors of Pittsfield Upper row: — Charles E. Hibbard. 1891; Jabei L. Peck, 1892-3: John C.Crosby, 1894-5; Walter F. Hawkins. 1896-7; 'William W. Whiting. 1898-9; Hezekiah S. Russell. 1900-1. Lou'er roil.:— Daniel England. 1902; Harry D. Sisson, 1903-4: Allen H. Bagg. 1905-6-7: 'William H. Maelnnis. 1908-9-10; Kelton B. Miller. 1911. THE 150th ANNIVERSARY ODE By HARLAN H. BALLARD Our dear loved home, \ve raise To thee a son^ of praise On this glad aay : W^e love thy pleasant land, W^e love thy mountains grand. To thee both heart and hand W^e pledge for aye. Here in their light canoe O'er lake Onota flew Dark Indian braves; Here hunter's toils were set. Here chiefs in council met. Here sleep red warriors yet In unmarked graves. W^here Housatonic flow^s Our fathers' homes arose Mid forests drear: Here all they hoped they sought. Here all they loved they brought. Here all their lives they wrought; They slumber here. Here Williams' footsteps strayed. Here Parson Allen prayed. Here Easton sleeps; Here W^atson, Briggs and Brown And Tucker w^on renown. And here the sorrowing town O'er Bartlett weeps. Now every flag unfurl For England's noble earl And shout his fame : Thrice fifty years are flown Since Chatham dared the throne. And made our cause his own And ours his name. O'er Pittsfield's glorious past No record e'er can cast A cloud of shame ; She stands as fair today; And O, dear God. we pray That all the future may Guard her good name. July 1. 1911 Natives of Pittsfield They were here when the Indians came 00 " o g "^ E ft S ^^ Early Pontoosuck Landholders Left to Right:— Col. Elisha Jones, who bought the present Country Club property of Wendell-Stoddard-LivJngston. grantees. Col. Jacob Wendell, grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who in 1735 bought at auction the inchoate rights of Pontoosuck. 24,040 acres, for 1.320 pounds sterling. Philip Livingston of Albany, kinsman of Col. Wendell, -who claimed Pontoosuck as part of Livingston Manor, and became a joint owner with Col. Wendell and John Stoddard. Sites of Early Pontoosuck Forts Upper left hand picture: — Site of Fort Goodrich, built by Capt. Charles Goodrich. 1756. Upper right hand picture: — Site of Fort Fairfield, built by Stephen Crofoot. Nathaniel Fairfield and others. 1758. Lower left hand picture: — Site of Fort Anson, built by Col. William Williams. 1754. Lower right hand picture: — Site of Fort Ashley, near Onota Lake, built in 1757. Historical River and Lake Views Upper: — Where Deacon Stephen Crofoot built a dam on Housatonic River in 1758. Middle: — Melville Lake, where Longfellow risked his life to pick pond lilies in 1848. Lower: — Here Deacon Crofoot built a bridge across the Housatonic in 17 54- First public work in the settlement. c Q J3 rt (4 ' Capt. John Strong, for a tavern. Later the home of.Col. Robt. Pomeroy and a center of Pittsfield social life, fine Colonial mansion owned by the late Bishop Geortfe Worthin^ton. Col. Pomeroy is shown holding pony. North Street Fifty Years Ago Showing the agricultural store of George N. Dutton and the decapitated First Baptist Church spire. 18bl. Original Mill of The Pontoosuc Woolen Co. Built by Henry Shaw of Lanesboro; David Campbell, Thaddeus Clapp and George W. Campbell, of Pittsfteld. in the year 1825. Maplewood in About 1855 Picture sho'ws the Greek Chipel built in 1 84b, the Bulfinch Church, moved to present site in 1 85 1 . and the beautiful grounds. Park Square in 1865 Showing the fountain, the three rail fence and the band stand. After Stage Coach Days Upper-Passenger tra.n on Western railroad, 1843 Cc.ncsr--Luther Taylor, engineer Western railroad. 1843 Lower — Union railroad depot. Built in 1866 T-'ESUa^Ix: Round House and Jubilee Hill A scene of 1860 showing a famous engine and "Jubilee Hill" sixteen years after its christening. In The Days of the Volunteers George Y. Learned Engine Co. No. 2 and Greylock Hook and Ladder Co. Taken in 18t>5. ft VX'S^f? " 11 ^u K ^ A Beloved Poet and "Holmesdale" Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' villa in 1849. w^here he spent what he called "seven blessed sumnaers." "Holmesdale", on the site of the poet's "snug little place", the country residence of Mr. William, Pollock. First Baptist Church of Pittsfield L.;ft.— Church as remodeled in 1875. Cost $39,000. Ccnler.—Drawing of Church of 1850. Rioht;— Church built in 1830. Cost S8.500. ^Sf@s St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Left: — Old St. Stephen's, built in 1832. Center: — St. Stephen's Church. Built in 1889. Right: — Union Church. Episcopal services were held 1830-2. o - o =. ^ ^ U ,2 J3 O >,H h u' The South Congregational Church Left.— The church in 1911. Center.— As built in 1850. Cost $12,000. Rioht.— Drawing of the church in 1849. o - ^ n o -1 U lj> c •"■ f- X ;j oS rt a O tfl U ^J j: « a « tb »— k "■ ^• c t ^ ^ Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church Dedicated September 15. 1895. St. Charles' Roman Catholic Church Corner stone laid October 7. 1894- Second Congregational Church Built 184b. Rev. Samuel Harrison preached here nearly 50 years. , .., German Lutheran Churches Ge^an Lu.he.an Church. Bu.lt .8.5. Cost .2.374. EvangcUca. Lutheran Church. Dedicated Feb. 2.. .893. Co. .23.000. ItiiiJjii Unity Church, Unitarian Duilt 1890. First Church of Christ. Scientist Reconstructed 1907. Attractive Church Edifices Up,er Icfc picrurv-Th. Mornings.de Bapf.t Church. Organized 1896. Center pi«ur.-The Pilgrim Memorial Church. Organized 1897. Upper right picture — The Advent Church. Pittsfield's Famous Literary Shrine Upper picture — "Elm KnoU" where in 1845 Longfellow wrote "The Old Clock on the Stairs.' Center— The Clock "half way up the stairs." and the poet at the time of his second marriage. Lowet — That "old-fashiooed country seat." the Plunkett house of today. Indian Point. Onota Lake An Early Ford on Housatonic River, near Holmes Road An aboriginal hunting ground long visited by Mohegan Indians. Route of Indians to their burial grounds at Canoe Meadows. '& Business and Residential Streets North Street, showio* the heart of trade. East Street, the widest and most historical street. Landmarks of Rural Pittsfleld A 1 . Tl,* Balanced Rock 25 ft. long, 15 ft. wide. 10 ft thick, weigtis IbS tons. The Oliver Wendell Holmes Pine. A primeval tree. 1 he Balancea rock, ijit b Remarkable Natural Curiosities Cross Rock. A bowlder shrine. Split Rock. Where 'Jvood divides stone. The American House Corner Since 1842 Upper— Old Egyptian Western Railroad Depot, built 1842. burned Nov. 5, 1854. Old American House. Center — New American House as remodeled in 1911. Lower — The American House from 1860 to 1898. Barkerville Fifty Years Ago The homes of John V.. Charles T. and Otis R. Barker. Loutcr: In The Pittsfield Cemetery -Monu„,e„.s .o Rev. THo.as AUen and Hon. THo.a. ^'^^'^^^^f^J^^'^ ^^"^°'=""^- "'"'' ""■ Lower right:— CUpp Memorial Chapel. Built in 1900. In the Pittsfield Cemetery Tvvo attractive views of St. John's Lake, a short distance beyond the entrance. Entrance to the Pittsfield Cemetery Grand Portals of Great Barrington blue stone presented by Hon. Thomas Allen. The entrance drive, with bronze gates presented by Mrs. Allen. Hon. Phineas Allen Founder of the Pittsfield Sun. Men Who Left an Impress on the Past Mr. Abel West Who planted the Elms in Pittsfield Park. Rev. Dr. John Todd One of Pittsfield's famous ministers. Historical Homes of Pittsfield „ , ,, „i„„._nr Timothy Child's home, showing part of the original house built in 1774. VZZ . :u.:-;r™:h:al. bu.lt about .780, show.ng Herman MeWme's "North P.a..a." Lo.^":-Old Campbell house on South Street, fine example of early arehueeture. il "Pale Glory W^alks by Valor's Bier" Left — Brig. Gen. Henry S. Briggs. Lower center — Capt. William W. Rockwell. Upper center — Col. Walter Cutting. Right — Brig. Gen. William Francis Bartlett. Judge James M. Barker. Prominent Figures in the Past Mr. Edwin ClapP- Judge James D. Colt. "To The Dead a Tribute" Left: — Memorial bowlder to Brig. Gen. Henry S. Briggs. Center: — Pittsfield's noble soldiers' monument. Erected 1872. Right: — Native bowlder over grave of Brig. Gen. W. R Bartlett. ..I Rev. Dr. 'W. W. Newton Preacher- Writer. Four Well-known Faces Mr. Henry W. Taft Late Clerk of Berkshire Courts. Mr. William R. Plunkett Late President Berkshire Life Ins. Co. Mr. Robert W. Adam Lawyer-Banker. iffrr •-..-;». i :^ Municipal Buildings Upper left:— The City Hall erected in 1832. Upper ritiht:— Municipal Hall. Reconstructed in 1910. Lower: — Police headquarters. Two Magnificent Gifts to Pittsfield -Museum of Natural History and Art. The Gift of Hon. Zenas Crane. Opened April 1, 1903. Insert:— Hon. Thomas Allen, donor of Berkshire Athenaeum, Upper: — Berkshire Athenaeum. Built 1874-5. Mr. Phineas Allen. Jr. of the Pittsfield Sun. Publishers and Editors of Pittsfield Mr. James Harding of the Pittsfield Sun. Mr. Joseph E. A. Smith Historian of Pittsfield. Mr. Hiram T. Oatman of the Sunday Morning Call, Marble Public Buildings Upper— The Berkshire County Court House. Erected 1871. Bu.lt of Sheffield marble. Or.g.nal eost, $200,000. Lou,£r.— United States Post Office. Opened 19H. Cost of land and buildine. $125,000. *'Its Crowning Glories are its Trees" Left:^Primevz\ trees on W. Russell Allen farm. Right: — Lombardy poplars on Holmes Road. CenCer: — Sentinel elm at top of Snake Hill. Mr. Michael Casey. Veteran Business Men of Pittsfield Mr. John Feeley. M- ^°'^' ^ ^rT,u ^. D • Mr. Gilbert West. Mr. William M. Prince. iifi I mM Old and New High Schools Lower — Pittsfield High School. Built in 189b. Capacity. 600 pupils. Cost of land and building, $100,000. Upper — Old High School building. Burned 1895. The Solomon L. Russell School Built in 1896. Capacity. 320 pupils. Cost. S38.000. The George N. Briggs School Built in 189b. Capacity. 250 pupils. Cost. $35,000. The Henry L. Dawes School Budt in 1907. Capacity. 300 pupils. Cost. »50.000. The William R. Plunkett School Built in 1909. Capacity. 640. Cost. »80.000. The Joseph Tucker School Built {n 1888. Capacity, 700. Cost, »30,000. The Franklin F. Read School Built in 1884. Capacity. 300 pupils. Cost. »35.000. The W^illiam B. Rice School Built in 1890. Capacity. 500. Cost, $40,000. The William M. Mercer School Built in 1904. Capacity. 500 pupils. Cost. SdO.OOO. Gen. William Francis Bartlett School Built in 1911. Capacity, 400 pupils. Cost, S7S,000. Picture shows Gen. Bartlett {n service uniform. The William Nugent School Built in 1910. Capacity, IbO pupils. Cost. $.10,000. Pittsfield School Buildings Left — Redfield School, built in 1896. Capacity. 330 pupils. Cost. $40,000. Center — Pontoosuc School, built in 1884. Capacity. 160. Cost. »18.000. Right — Stearnsville School, built in 1892. Capacity. 160. Cost. S18.000. ::: d T 1] li^l St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parochial School Opened September, 1899. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Academy Corner stone laid May, 1896, Fire Department Buildings Lower — Morningside Fire Department building, erected 1906. Center — A relic. "The Old Tub." Uppei — Central Fire Department building, erected 1895. Street Railway Development Upper left — Horsedrawn cars in 188to at Lake station. Upper right- First electric car, July 9, 1891 Lowei — -Private car operated by Berkshire St. Ry. Co.. 1906. Pittsfield's Greatest Charity and W^ork Lower left hand view — The Henry W. Bishop 3d Training School for Nurses. Lower right hand view — House of Mercy and buildings in 1898. Upper — The House of Mercy in 1911. Graduate Nurses' Home. Built in 1909 Owned by Graduate Nurses' Assoc.at.on, alumni of B.shop Training Sehool for Nurses. One of the few Nurses' Homes in Ameriea. Hillcrest Hospital EstabUshed by Dr. C. H. R.chardson. Incorporated July. 1908. Capacity. 40 patients. "Burbank Hotel Across the Way" Built by Abraham Burbank. conducted by him and others for 40 years. Razed June. 1911. The Berkshire County House of Correction Built in 1871. Cost. SI 90.000. Land bought of Abraham Burbank for $6,500. Armory of Co. F. 2d Infantry. M. V. M. Erected 1908. Gov. Guild. Gen. Brigham. Gen. Emery. Col. Pierce. Capt. John Nicholson. George H. Cox. commissioners. Smal} picture — Cannon at the Park. UM; ^ I §8E The Government Mill America's most noted paper mill. Here is made the paper on wh.ch bank notes and Government bonds are printed. Owned and managed by Crane 6? Co. Upper •Lake Gems Set at the Foot of Verdant Hills" -Pontoosuc Lake looking northward, showing Greylock Mountain. Lower lift- Lower right — Onota Lake, showing Indian Point. -Outlet of Pontoosuc Lake. '"w:mx. Springside Park. A Public Playground This beautiful park, contain.ng 10 acres of woodland, meadow, natural spring lake, hill and vale, was presented to the eity of Pittsfield. 1909. West Street From Roof of Hotel 'Wendell -Showing the change in Jubilee Hill since the first Old Home Week celebration, known as "The Berkshire Jubilee." in 1844. For the Boys and Young Men of Pittsfield Left — The Pittstield Y. M. C. A. Built by popular subscription in 1909. Cost. $175,000. Right — Boys' Club of Pittsfield. Built by Hon. Zcnas Crane. Opened 1906. Cost. *eO,000. ( I 3 *-< o 3 u 3 b. n E X z