Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Palmer, Hampden County, MA
Significance: Commissioned in August, 1881. This is the second of a series of stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Survey number: HABS MA-664 Building/structure dates: 188... More
North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, ...
Significance: The North Chester Village Bridge is a relatively unusual example of a Pratt pony truss, with a combination of pinned and riveted connections. The R.F. Hawkins Iron Works, a regionally-significant... More
Hotel Charles, 1741-1767 Main Street & 9-17 Frank B. Murray Street, Sp...
Significance: The Hotel Charles complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1983 as a contributing structure in the Downtown Springfield Historic Resources Area (63 properties... More
Hotel Charles, 1741-1767 Main Street & 9-17 Frank B. Murray Street, Sp...
Significance: The Hotel Charles complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1983 as a contributing structure in the Downtown Springfield Historic Resources Area (63 properties... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
Out of the rough. A gun stock takes shape under the hands of a skilled...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Learning how. The war production program means school to these boys. C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Movie attraction in the workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canals run in a half circle through the mill area at Holyoke, Massachu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
North at the tracts between the river and the canals in the workers' t...
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Theatre in workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Guns--plenty of 'em. Masses of gun barrels in the process of manufactu...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Outing Park, Bounded by Adams, Richelieu, Marble, & Main Streets, Spri...
Significance: In 1913 one of Springfield's most notable construction firms, Gagnier and Angers Inc., began building "Outing Park." Fourteen years later, forty-four, three and four-story brick apartment blocks ... More
Josiah Day House, Park Street Museum, West Springfield, Hampden County...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-176 Survey number: HABS MA-634
Outing Park, 70 Saratoga Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: As one of the first four apartment blocks built during 1913 on Saratoga Street, this structure marks the beginning of the "Outing Park" development by Gagnier and Angers. Survey number: HABS MA-1136-D
Captain Gideon Colton House, 1028 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hampd...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-36 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction
Captain Gideon Colton House, 1028 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hampd...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-36 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction
Outing Park, 257 Dwight Street extension & 55 Saratoga Street, Springf...
Significance: The Prefontaine Apartment House is one of the larger apartment blocks in the "Outing Park" development. Like several of the other large blocks, this apartment house occupies a corner site with tw... More
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Springfield Municipal Group, 36 Court Street, Springfield, Hampden Cou...
Significance: The Springfield Municipal Group has, since its dedication in December of 1913, been the symbol of government in the community and a source of pride to her citizens. The twin facades of the admini... More
Day & Night Diner, 456 North Main Street, Palmer, Hampden County, MA
Significance: The Day & Night Diner is significant as an early, intact example of a "Worcester Lunch Car." Survey number: HABS MA-1231 Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction Building/structure d... More
First Congregational Church of Blandford, North Street, Blandford, Ham...
Significance: A well preserved example of Federal style New England Meetinghouse. It is a distinctive example of the work of Isaac Damon, a prominent Federal period architect/builder who worked primarily in th... More
Alexander House, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alexander House, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reverend Aaron Bascom House, Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County...
Survey number: HABS MA-112 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction
Northwest Road Bridge, Spanning Little River, Westfield, Hampden Count...
Significance: The Northwest Road Bridge is the second-oldest of four lenticular pony truss bridges and the fifth-oldest of seven extant lenticular trusses of all types in the Massachusetts Highway Department da... More
Northwest Road Bridge, Spanning Little River, Westfield, Hampden Count...
Significance: The Northwest Road Bridge is the second-oldest of four lenticular pony truss bridges and the fifth-oldest of seven extant lenticular trusses of all types in the Massachusetts Highway Department da... More
Scott House, State Route 57, Granville, Hampden County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-1135 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Double Arch Bridge, Chester, Hampden County, MA
Survey number: HAER MA-158 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Levi & Peletiah Gilbert House, Exposition Grounds (moved from West Bro...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-103 Survey number: HABS MA-850
Levi & Peletiah Gilbert House, Exposition Grounds (moved from West Bro...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-103 Survey number: HABS MA-850
Hotel Charles, 1741-1767 Main Street & 9-17 Frank B. Murray Street, Sp...
Significance: The Hotel Charles complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1983 as a contributing structure in the Downtown Springfield Historic Resources Area (63 properties... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
Holyoke, Massachusetts. Two women on one of the streets of the low inc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mill worker's children. Holyoke, Massachusetts
Photo shows boys holding comic books: the boy on the left is holding a Dell's publication, The Comics #1, from March 1937. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War I... More
FHA (Federal Housing Administration) low income housing project, Holyo...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Putting them together. A corner of the assembly room at an armory, whe...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
One last checkup. One last checkup is being given these Garand Rifles,...
Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Outing Park, Bounded by Adams, Richelieu, Marble, & Main Streets, Spri...
Significance: In 1913 one of Springfield's most notable construction firms, Gagnier and Angers Inc., began building "Outing Park." Fourteen years later, forty-four, three and four-story brick apartment blocks ... More
Outing Park, Bounded by Adams, Richelieu, Marble, & Main Streets, Spri...
Significance: In 1913 one of Springfield's most notable construction firms, Gagnier and Angers Inc., began building "Outing Park." Fourteen years later, forty-four, three and four-story brick apartment blocks ... More
Church of the Unity, 207 State Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: A notable monument in American church architecture, blending mid-19th century revival of Gothic elements with the developing personal manner of the architect, H.H. Richardson. Survey number: HABS... More
Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, Hampden County...
Architect name provided by a LC patron, MaryBeth Mudrick, 3/26/2007. Sources were the National Register & Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, Hampden County...
Architect name provided by a LC patron, MaryBeth Mudrick, 3/26/2007. Sources were the National Register & Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Woronoco Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Bridge Street, Russell, H...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tobacco Barn, South Street Extension, Westfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-103 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
John Atkinson Tavern, Exposition Grounds (moved from Prescott, MA), We...
Survey number: HABS MA-844 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chicopee City Hall, Market Square, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chicopee City Hall, Market Square, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA
Public domain photograph of decorated panel, architecture element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Outing Park, 70 Saratoga Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: As one of the first four apartment blocks built during 1913 on Saratoga Street, this structure marks the beginning of the "Outing Park" development by Gagnier and Angers. Survey number: HABS MA-1136-D
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Colonel Alexander Field House, 280 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hamp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MA-173 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Outing Park, 78 Saratoga Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: This structure was the last three-story apartment block to be built in Hollywood. In all, six three-story apartment blocks were constructed in the "Outing Park" development. They are all located... More
Little Red Schoolhouse, Eastern States Exposition Grounds (moved from ...
Significance: The simplicity of the schoolhouse plan is juxtaposed against the quality of materials used in its creation. One room schoolhouses typically evoke myths about the quaint lifestyle of the Puritans ... More
First Congregational Church of Blandford, North Street, Blandford, Ham...
Significance: A well preserved example of Federal style New England Meetinghouse. It is a distinctive example of the work of Isaac Damon, a prominent Federal period architect/builder who worked primarily in th... More
First Congregational Church of Blandford, North Street, Blandford, Ham...
Significance: A well preserved example of Federal style New England Meetinghouse. It is a distinctive example of the work of Isaac Damon, a prominent Federal period architect/builder who worked primarily in th... More
Alexander House, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Public domain photograph of hall, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alexander House, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reverend Aaron Bascom House, Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County...
Survey number: HABS MA-112 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction
Reverend Aaron Bascom House, Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County...
Survey number: HABS MA-112 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction
Northwest Road Bridge, Spanning Little River, Westfield, Hampden Count...
Significance: The Northwest Road Bridge is the second-oldest of four lenticular pony truss bridges and the fifth-oldest of seven extant lenticular trusses of all types in the Massachusetts Highway Department da... More
Northwest Road Bridge, Spanning Little River, Westfield, Hampden Count...
Significance: The Northwest Road Bridge is the second-oldest of four lenticular pony truss bridges and the fifth-oldest of seven extant lenticular trusses of all types in the Massachusetts Highway Department da... More
Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...
Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More
Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...
Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More
Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...
Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More
Captain John Potter House, Exposition Grounds (moved from North Brookf...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-104 Survey number: HABS MA-852
Captain John Potter House, Exposition Grounds (moved from North Brookf...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-104 Survey number: HABS MA-852
Outing Park, 102-104 Oswego Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: The LaBoeuf Apartment House was built close to the completion of the Outing Park development. Its utilitarian and more stern design, compared to the earlier apartment blocks seen along Saratoga S... More
Outing Park, 47 Richelieu Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Significance: This four-story apartment block was built four years prior to the beginning development of "Outing Park" by Gagnier and Angers. It was constructed by John W. Provost, son of an early Springfield ... More
North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, ...
Significance: The North Chester Village Bridge is a relatively unusual example of a Pratt pony truss, with a combination of pinned and riveted connections. The R.F. Hawkins Iron Works, a regionally-significant... More
There is plenty of fresh air and sunlight for the workers' children in...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
FHA (Federal Housing Administration) low income housing project is bui...
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Between the mills and the canals is where the workers live. Holyoke, M...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of three young boys, Mill worker's children. H...
Photo shows boys holding comic books: the boy on the left is holding a Dell's publication, The Comics #1, from March 1937.
Putting them together. A corner of the assembly room at an armory, whe...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Invention for defense. John C. Garand, inventor of the Army's semi-aut...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chamberlain House, Brimfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-106 Survey number: HABS MA-311
Woronoco Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Bridge Street, Russell, H...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Woronoco Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Bridge Street, Russell, H...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Westover Air Reserve Base, Building No. 3154, 17 Kelly Road, Chicopee,...
Significance: The house on the west side of Seawolf Avenue represents typical non-commissioned officer's housing during World War II. It comprises a portion of the original housing constructed on Westover Air ... More
Chicopee City Hall, Market Square, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Curtis Tavern, State Route 57, Granville, Hampden County, MA
Significance: One of five structures built in the Granville area by a skilled craftsman; though his name is unrecorded, this structure attests to his impact on the built landscape of New England. Unprocessed F... More
Curtis Tavern, State Route 57, Granville, Hampden County, MA
Significance: One of five structures built in the Granville area by a skilled craftsman; though his name is unrecorded, this structure attests to his impact on the built landscape of New England. Unprocessed F... More
Captain Gideon Colton House, 1028 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Hampd...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-36 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction
Westover Air Reserve Base, Building No. 3153, 19 Kelly Road, Chicopee,...
Significance: The house on the west side of Seawolf Avenue represents typical non-commissioned officer's housing during World War II. It comprises a portion of the original housing constructed on Westover Air ... More
Isaac Cooley House, 740 Elm Street, Agawam, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS MA-2-51 Building/structure dates: 1807 Initial Construction
Mills-Stebbins House, 3 Crescent Hill, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS MA-973
Alexander House, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reverend Aaron Bascom House, Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County...
Survey number: HABS MA-112 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction
Reverend Aaron Bascom House, Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County...
Survey number: HABS MA-112 Building/structure dates: 1769 Initial Construction
Northwest Road Bridge, Spanning Little River, Westfield, Hampden Count...
Significance: The Northwest Road Bridge is the second-oldest of four lenticular pony truss bridges and the fifth-oldest of seven extant lenticular trusses of all types in the Massachusetts Highway Department da... More