Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1923, Part 6

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1558

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JOHN V. BOYLE JOHN H. BOYLE

Boyle Realty Co. Real Estate Developers Mortgage Loans Telephone River 3880-2299 318 Main Street Springfield, Mass.

BETTY V. DALY Residence Phone River 1868-W

S. DANA CHURCH Residence Phone River 3723-W

Daly Realty Associates

Real Estate and Insurance - Representing - Travelers, Phoenix and Hartford Insurance Company "Why Pay Rent, Own Your Own" (5) 91 Dwight St. Telephone Walnut 4310 Springfield, Mass.

Real Estate and Insurance

166 SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

WILLIAM E. ZIMMERMAN, Trustee

ABRAHAM CHIZ, Trustee

Lincoln Realty Trust

Central Real Estate Insurance and Mortgage Loans General Contractors, Builders Room 409, Third National Bank Building 387 Main Street Telephone River 8038 Springfield, Mass.

Mesick Real Estate Agency Farms and City Property Business Chances and Investments Twenty - Five Years' Experience Telephone Walnut 5294

374 Main Street, Room 522 Springfield, Mass.

The City Directory

Does not compete with any other advertising medium, but supplements and complements all other forms of mercantile publicity.

Intelligent Directory Advertising describes desirable merchandise attractively and directs you to the door of the man who has it for sale.

Restaurants,-Roofing Contractors

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 167

Canton Restaurant Woy Ying, Proprietor

111-115 Worthington St. Springfield, Mass. The Most Up-to-Date

American and Chinese Restaurant Telephone River 1408

The Eagle Restaurant Private Dining Rooms for Banquets AMERICAN AND CHINESE DISHES Music and Dancing Every Evening Telephone River 3437 17 Lyman Street Springfield, Mass. Near Railroad Station

The Guarantee Roofing Co.

Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Gravel, Tin, Metal and Asphalt Shingle Roofing 15-17 Seventh St. Tel. River 3780 Springfield, Mass.

H. C. Sheaffer Co., Inc.

Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors

Office and Shop, 30 Eldridge Avenue Telephone Walnut 1896 West Springfield, Mass.

Roofing Contractors,-Rubber Stamps,-Rugs

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R. B. SHATTUCK, Pres. and Treas. H. L. MILLER, Vice-Pres.

Alexander Grant & Son, Inc.

ESTABLISHED 1872

ROOFING and WATERPROOFING CONTRACTORS Room 615, Court Square Building 31 Elm Street Phone River 6790 Springfield, Mass.

ESTABLISHED 1865 INCORPORATED 1883 RE-INCORPORATED 1910

The R. H. Smith Mfg. Co.

Stamps, Seal and Stencil Goods WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Rubber Stamps, Dating Stamps, Sign Markers Numbering Stamps. Notarial and Society Seals Interchangeable Rubber Type in Sets. Inks Pads and Holders for Rubber and Metal Stamps Manufacturers of a Complete Line of Apparatus and Supplies for Stamp Makers 367 Worthington St., cor. Chestnut Springfield, Mass.

Art Importers Shop A. S. HYDER, Proprietor

Importers of Oriental Rugs and Linens Native Specialists of Weaving, Repairing, Washing and Cleaning Oriental Rugs. Rugs Renovated and Returned to You as New. Give Us a Trial.

Wash and Repair Room Care exercised in the selection of our Linens Telephone

Factory, Room 302, 317 Dwight St. Residence, 170 Shefford St.

Springfield, Mass.

Springfield Economy Rug Co. GEO. B. RILEY and GEO. D. MILLER

MAKERS OF RUGS from Brussels, Tapestry and Ingrain Carpets and any width up to 10 feet wide and any length desired

Established 1901

17 Taylor Street

Free Booklet Telephone River 743 Springfield, Mass.

Rugs (Oriental)

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 169

Piligian Bros. & Co.

Importers of ORIENTAL RUGS Native Experts Washing and Repairing Estimates Cheerfully Given

Telephone River 3196 56 Harrison Ave. cor. Dwight St.

Crescent Carpet Cleaning and Rug Renovating Co. PILIGIAN BROS. & CO., Props. CARPET CLEANSING

By Which Process Do You Have Yours Cleaned ? TUMBLER-COMPRESSED AIR-STEAM, HAND WASHING?

HAVE

THEM

ALL

ORIENTAL RUGS-Cleansed and Washed by Persian Process. Repaired and Stretched by Native Experts.

Estimates Cheerfully Given

Telephone River 3196

Booklets Sent on Request

56 Harrison Ave., cor. Dwight St., Springfield, Mass.

COPNITAS

HONESTAS

177 State Street

B. H. Markarian & Co.

Importers and Dealers in Springfield of Oriental Rugs for 27 Years Wholesale and Retail

Oriental Rugs Rugs Repaired, Cleaned, Stored

Telephone River 2710

Markarian Building

Springfield, Mass.

UNITED ORIENTAL RUG MFG. COMPANY

2nd and 3rd floor

Established 1906

Carpeting, Cleaning and Repairing

Upholstering and Furniture Repairing of all kinds Free Illustrated Catalogue Telephone River 4409 119 Liberty St.

NEW RUGS MADE FROM OLD CARPETS

Springfield, Mass.

B. H. MARKARIAN & Co.

MARIA

Rugs (Oriental),-Sewing Machines,- Sheet Metal Work

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D. & T. Omartian

Importers o f Oriental Rugs and Carpets Repairing, Cleaning and Washing a Specialty Telephone Walnut 1577 306 Bridge Street Springfield, Mass.

GRISWOLD'S Ernest F. Edwards, Prop. Dealer in Sewing Machines Needles, Parts and Repairs for All Kinds Accordion Plaiting and Pinking

Hemstitching Done Button Holes Made to Order

19 Besse Place

Springfield, Mass.

ESTABLISHED 1882

C. E. Rice Co.

CHAS. A. A. RICE

Tin, Copper and Sheet Metal Work Anything in Sheet Metal to Your Order Tanks, Cans, Boxes, Pans, Stove Pipe, Special Articles, etc. Phone River 8200

331 Dwight Street Springfield, Mass.

The All-Metal Co.

Light and Heavy Sheet Metal Work Of Every Description. Coppersmithing, Machinery Guards, Industrial Equipment, Metal Stamping METAL SHOW CASES If they hesitate somewhere else, come to us. 531 and 690 Worthington St. Phone River 7491 Springfield, Mass.

Sheet Metal Work,-Shoe Dealers

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

Hampden Auto Top and Metal Co.

Established 1908

Light and Heavy Sheet Metal Work of every description Copper Smithing, Machinery Guards Tote Boxes, Etc.

31-33 Winter Street Telephone River 4906 Springfield, Mass.

Dictators of Fashion Walk-Over Shoes

Walk-Over Boot Shop James T. Schauweker, Prop.

320 Main Street Springfield, Mass.

The Clement Co.

BANISTER SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN

Telephone River 6570

Stearns Building Springfield Massachusetts

291 Bridge Street

COMPLETE OFFICE FURNITURE .

IF you hav'nt the City Directory handy in your office you are missing it, as in these days of competition it is necessary to accommo- date your trade, and by having a Directory is one of the best ways to favorably impress them and get their business. If you don't, the other fellow will.

Signs,-Sporting Goods and Toys,- Steel and Iron

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SIGNS SIGNS SIGNS

"For the man at the heart of any business"

Thos. usack

Outdoor Painted Display ADVERTISING ELECTRIC SIGNS

Store and Commercial Signs, Bronze, Copper, Brass, Wood, Cloth, Glass

675 Main St. Phone Walnut 391

CALL ON CALL

SPORTING GOODS AND TOYS CALL ON CALL

S. B. CALL & SONS 272 BRIDGE ST., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Toys, Games and Sporting Goods for all seasons of the year Bring the Children to see our New Store

THE TOY SHOP

Providence Steel and Iron Co.

Structural Steel and Ornamental Iron Providence, R. I. Springfield Office Third National Bank Building

R. R. McNamee, Jr.

Tels.

Office, Walnut 1760

Representative

Res. River 4079 M

Storage and Trucking,-Store Fixtures,- Stoves and Furnaces

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 173

L. J. DANIELS, Mgr. Telephone River 98

Central Storage Warehouse

" WHERE CARE SAVES WEAR"

Local and Long Distance Moving Storage-Packing-Shipping Warehouse 270-274 Liberty St., Springfield, Mass.

Doane & Williams Co.

Manufacturers STORE FIXTURES Cabinet Work of All Kinds Lumber, Paints, Hardware Factory and Yard 955 Chicopee Street Willimansett

George R. Estabrook

Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces Steam and Hot Water Heaters

Sheet Metal and Galvanized Iron Work. Steam, Gas and Hot Water Piping

8 New Dwight St. Telephone River 204 Springfield, Mass.

The City Directory

Is to the business man what the Bible is to the Theologian, what Blackstoneis to the Lawyer. It is referred to day in and day out for the information it contains. Why shouldn't it be a good advertising proposition ?

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Tailor,-Theatre

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Established 1909

W. F. Homicki

LADIES' and GENTS' TAILOR Suits Made To Order

We Call

and Deliver

CLEANING, PRESSING, REPAIRING FRENCH DRY CLEANING AND DYEING

249 Belmont Avenue cor. Keith Street

RIVER 3281

Springfield, Mass.

POLI'S PALACE

The Finest Theatre in New England

3 Shows Daily Continuous Daily

Safest, Largest · and Best Appointed Highest Grade Vaudeville AND Paramount Pictures at Bargain Prices

192-194 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass.

Tax Consultants,-Towel Supply,- Trucking and Moving

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 175

Austin E. Plumb

Successor to THE SHELLEY COMPANY

Income Tax Specialist BOSTON SPRINGFIELD Telephone River 6880 1022 Third National Bank Bldg. Springfield, Mass.

Springfield Coat, Apron and Towel Supply Co. F. U. WELLS, Proprietor Goods Furnished in Springfield And Surrounding Cities and Towns All Goods Custom Made 61 Franklin St. Springfield, Mass.

Export Freight Forwarders-Warehousing

NEW YORK OTOR SERVICE, I N

OFFICES

Springfield, Mass. 72 Waltham Ave.

Phones [ Wal. 228 \ Wal.1532

Hartford, Conn. 220 State Street Phone 2-2976

New York, N. Y. 170 W. Broadway Phones Walker 5556 Walker 5557

Daily Motor Truck Service To Springfield - Holyoke - New York - Philadelphia and Intermediate Points Main Office 72 Waltham Ave. Springfield, Mass.

c. WAREHOUSES

Springfield, Mass . 64-70 Waltham Avenue

Hartford, Conn. 116 Commerce Street

New York, N. Y. 170 W. Broadway

M ASSACHUSETTS,

United Transfer Co.

Daily Motor Truck Service to Hartford, Holyoke and Intermediate Points Trucking of All Kinds Telephone Walnut 2003 182 Orange St. cor. Oakland St. Springfield, Mass.

Trucking and Moving

176 SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

J. ALBERT BEBLER, Pres. CHAS. N. DUNN, Treas. PAUL P. STEPHENSON, Sec'y

BAY STATE TRANSFER & STORAGE COMPANY

Trucking Forwarding Distribution

Telephone River 222

385 Liberty Street

Springfield, Mass.

SCANLON BROS. Local and Long Distance Furniture and Piano Movers Packing and Shipping Auto Vans Safe and Machinery Moving Estimates Furnished

Residence, 45 Osgood St. Office, 19 Liberty St. Telephone River 6755

Telephone Walnut 1052-R

Springfield, Massachusetts

Arthur L. May

Furniture Piano Moving and Trucking Local and Long Distance

151 Monroe Street Telephone River 1389-J or River 8684 Springfield, Mass.

Trucking and Moving SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 177

BILL DAILY SERVICE BOSTON

KNEELAND SPRINGFIELD NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA

BILL KNEELAND, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Furniture & Piano Moving

CLOSED CARS FOR LONG DISTANCE FURNITURE MOVING LOCAL MOVING AS USUAL

SPRINGFIELD OFFICE, 27 Sanford Street

PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 245 Race Street Tel. Main 516

Tel. Walnut 4352 NEW YORK OFFICE, 325 Hudson Street. Tel. Canal 6953

Ship by Truck .... When You Move .... See

H. F. DRAKE

EXPRESS Local and Long Distance Moving Trucking of All Kinds Work Done in Careful Manner by Experienced Men. Satisfaction Guaranteed 173 N. Main Street Telephone River 1806-11 Springfield, Mass. Stands : Corner Main and Cypress Street

The Richards Transfer Co.

G. M. HANNA, Prop.

Furniture and Piano Moving Machinery, Safes. Freight Work a Specialty. Light and Heavy Trucking. Long Distance Moving Office Phone River 2092 Residence Phone River 5029-R 244 Dwight Street

Springfield, Mass.

Trucking and Moving 178

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

Dempsey & Davis

Local and Long Distance Furniture Movers Machinery Movers Heavy Trucking Freight Work

DAY OR NIGHT SERVICE PRICES REASONABLE ALL WORK GUARANTEED

ONE OF OUR FIVE-TON TRUCKS It pays to do business with a reliable concern. Try us and be convinced For Service and Rates call Walnut 4227 Estimates Cheerfully Given 42 Keith Street Springfield, Mass.

Springfield Express

M. GOLDBERG, Prop.

SPRINGFIELD EXPRESS PADDED MOVING VANS

FURNITURE MOVING AMA PIANO HOISTING LONG DISTANCE FORWARDING

Storehouse, 18-22 Sharon Street

Office Telephone, Walnut 2117-W Residence Telephone, Walnut 2117-R

Office, 8 Cypress St. Springfield, Mass.

Trucking and Moving

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 179

"Gangway for the Sulli-Van!"

(J. J. Sullivan's Monster Moving Van)

This efficient fleet of Sulli-Vans is the largest in New England outside of Boston, and the enormous Sulli-Vans are as familiar to the inhabitants of New York, Philadelphia, Washington and a score of other distant cities as they are to the people of Springfield themselves. "Gangway for the Sulli-Van!" is a catch phrase known Atlanta to Portland. No town is too far away to be reached by a Sulli-Van.

Next Time get a Sulli-Van

Moving Piano Moving a Specialty All Goods Insured while in Transit

Packing

Shipping

Telephone Walnut 2900 and say "I want a Sulli-Van"

J. J. Sullivan Moving Springfield, Mass.

19 Broadway

Piano Moving BY MEN OF EXPERIENCE

Our many years' experience in the handling of pianos, no matter how difficult the conditions, warrant us in stating that we are the most competent in the city

MOVED PACKED FURNITURE SHIPPED DISTRIBUTED

Auto Vans for Long Distance and Local Moving. We handle Pianos for the lar- gest music houses in Springfield

Ivers Express

River 595 and Residence Walnut 2994

Office, 44 Pynchon St. Springfield, Mass.

Trucking and Moving,-Typewriters

180 SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

ETHAN ALLEN

G. W. BRADFORD

Allen & Bradford Co.

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION

Furniture Moving Anywhere Local and Long Distance Trucking

Regular Trips to New York. Special Rates for Contract Work. Goods in Transit Covered by Insurance

Telephone Walnut 4690

Office and Residence

86 Alden Street Springfield, Mass.

Springfield Typewriter Exchange, Inc.

CORONA

Agents for Corona Folding Typewriters

Rebuilt and Second-hand Machines Ribbons, Carbon, Oil, Repairing

119 Worthington St. Telephone River 4851 Springfield, Mass.

ADVEZUNG

Needs polishing up occasionally. Try good snappy copy in the Directory and see for yourself the big results it will bring to you. Directory Advertising Pays

Welding and Brazing

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 181

Cave Welding & Mfg. Co. "MAKE IT STRONG"

J. F. TUCKER, General Manager

31 BETTER WELDING SPRINGFIEL RING

MFG CO.

Rego Equipment and Supplies

We Weld Any THING WHERE TIME

Branch : Bridgeport, Conn.

"ASK US WHY WE DO BETTER WELDING" 62 Taylor Street Springfield, Mass. Tel. River 3983

"WE WELD ANYTHING" Don't forget the

Indian Welding Co.

S. A. MICKOOL, Prop. Acetylene Welding, Cutting, Brazing and Repairing of every description

We weld cast iron, steel, aluminum, brass and bronze.

Is there anything broken in your home? Stoves, Beds, Washing Machines, Sewing Machines. Also all kinds of Automobile Parts, Scored Cylinders, etc. First Class Carbon Burning. See us for all your welding and repairing.

Give us a trial. Satisfaction Guaranteed

Telephone River 2534

13 Cypress Street

Springfield, Mass.

Just above the arch

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is their direction

The seller's efforts to stimulate demand is well carried by outgoing, extensive, display media, but-

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It is the difference between coming and going.

The creative advertising is going after the prospect, to make him want to buy, but when you have him coming, reference media should be used to connect the demand with the local supply. Every effort should be made to direct the demand to the goods advertised, at the point where they may be seen.

It is here that reference media, directories, find their logical place in the cycle of the sale.

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Window Cleaning

SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY 183

HAMPDEN

WINDOW CLEANING COMPANY General Cleaning Contractors

Special Attention Given to Residence Work

HAMPDEN WINDOW CLEANING co.

OFFICE HOUSE CALAMINE

BETTER SERVICE

Stores Offices Public Buildings Factories

Phone River 8063

109 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass.

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Bank

184 SPRINGFIELD (1923) DIRECTORY

THIRDNATIONALBANK OF SPRINGFIELD

"THE BANK BY THE CLOCK"

CAPITAL SURPLUS $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00

TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $17,000,000.00

OFFICERS

FREDERICK HARRIS President GEORGE C. STEBBINS Assistant Vice-President ALFRED O. SANFORD Assistant Cashier HARRY A. SPAIGHT Assistant Cashier

J. S. MCELWAIN FREDERICK HARRIS A. WILLARD DAMON HENRY J. PERKINS JAMES A. MAHONEY FREDERIC M. JONES

FREDERIC M. JONES Vice-President

HARLAN S. KAPLINGER Cashier

LELAND F. BARDWELL Assistant Cashier

HENRY F. COLTON Assistant Cashier

DIRECTORS

FRANK M. WEST CHARLES H. TENNEY ALFRED H. CHAPIN CHARLES H. HALL GEORGE DWIGHT PRATT ANDREW B. WALLACE, Jr. EDWARD S. BRADFORD

SPRINGFIELD

WEST SPRINGFIELD, LONGMEADOW AND CHICOPEE

DIRECTORY 1923

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DESCRIPTION

OF THE

ATTRACTIONS, ADVANTAGES, AND RESOURCES OF

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

Third City in Population, Second in Assessed Valuation in Massachusetts.

FURNISHED BY THE

SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MASSACHUSETTS

Springfield is the center of a spider's web, with many lines of rail- roads leading to it. The city is 99 miles from Boston, 136 from New York City, and 103 from Albany, with many prosperous towns and cities lying in between. Many of the people living in these towns and cities patronize Springfield stores so that Springfield, with a population of 144,000 (estimated) is the trading center for 700,000. Railroads, trolleys, and good highways bring the trade to the city, and the stores and shops are always busy and prosperous.

SPRINGFIELD-THE CITY OF SERVICE

Springfield is the natural center of distribution for New England. It has been compared a great many times to Western cities in its being a ive wire, and because of the energy and activity of its wide-awake citi- zens. One of the finest examples of their loyalty to the city is the Muni- cipal Group which stands as a testimony to the generosity and civic bride of the citizens.

SPRINGFIELD IS FAMOUS

Springfield is famous as the home of the Springfield Armory, with its great history, both past and present. The Springfield Rifle is known hroughout the world. Likewise Springfield has other world-wide known ndustries,such as the G. & C. Merriam Company, publishers of Webster's Dictionary; National Equipment Company, candy machine manufacturers; East Springfield branch of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, fractional horse-power motors, radio equipment; Hendee Man- facturing Company, Indian Motocycle manufacturers; Wason Manufac- uring Company, steam and electric cars; Kibbe Bros., confectionery manufacturers; Milton Bradley Company, kindergarten supplies and

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games; Handy Chocolate Company, manufacturers of sweet chocolate; Smith & Wesson, manufacturers of revolvers; and Rolls-Royce of America (a branch of the noted English firm) manufacturers of auto- mobiles, a recent addition to Springfield's industries. Springfield is the home of skilled mechanics.

There are 540 industries, producing 385 different products, located in metropolitan Springfield. Invested manufacturing capital $100,000,000. Annual value of manufacturing produce over $150,000,000. Annual pay roll $40,000,000.

BEAUTY AND ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY

Springfield is known as "The City of Homes," and rightly can claim this title from many other cities described in the same way, for the beauti- ful parks (951.96 acres) and boulevards in the city, with the stately homes under great trees, are indeed charming. Forest Park, given to the city through the munificence of E. H. Barney and many other generous citizens, with an area of 755.87 acres, is one of the finest public parks in the country. The drives in and around Springfield are many and beautiful.

THE HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD

William Pynchon and a band of brave followers founded Springfield in 1636, and on May 14 the town was organized. The early days involved many vicissitudes with the Indians, picturesque incidents, and affairs of marked bravery. In 1647 a large addition was made to the territory of Springfield by the General Court so that the city included Westfield, Suf- field, some of Southwick, West Springfield, Holyoke, Agawam, Chicopee, Enfield, Wilbraham, Somers, Ludlow, Longmeadow, and Hampden, but since then these have become independent cities and towns, although all were originally a part of Springfield.

In 1672 the village of Springfield was burned by Indians, but, Phoenix- like, arose.

In 1812 the southern part of Old Hampshire County was named Hamp- den and Springfield became a shire town. A Court House was erected in the town in 1821. On May 25, 1852, Springfield, with a population of 12,500, was incorporated as a city, and on May 25, 1886, the city celebrated its 250th anniversary; on May 25, 1911, in a delightful manner the 275th anniversary was likewise celebrated. The spirit of ancient and modern Springfield is embodied in the world-famous statue of Deacon Samuel Chapin, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, which stands at the corner of Chest- nut and State streets.

AS AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Springfield is noted as second to none in the excellence of its public schools. With three High Schools, a Vocational School, a large number of

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grade and private schools, also parochial schools, it maintains a high standard. There are 44 public schools in the city, including three High Schools and a Vocational School. The International Y. M. C. A. College and the American International College are also located in this city.

Like all New England cities it has many churches-65 churches and religious societies-and many noteworthy ones among them.

Springfield is the home of the Hampden County Improvement League, which was organized in 1913 by a committee of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of creating a better understanding between the business man and the farmer.

It is also the home of the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition (another outgrowth of the Chamber of Commerce activities, organized in 1916) which organization has already gained a country-wide reputation. The attendance at the exposition of 1922 was 257,000.

BUILDINGS OF NOTE

Notable buildings in Springfield are: The Municipal Group; the Public Library; Springfield Art Museum; Museum of Natural History; Spring- field State Armory; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company building; Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company building; Hall of Records; Union Trust Company building; the Third National Bank building; the new building of the Chapin National Bank and the Hamp- den Savings Bank; the Y. M. C. A. building; the three High School build- ings; Stearns building; Hotel Kimball; the Bridgway Hotel; Colony Club, and the Myrick Building (the headquarters of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Convention Bureau.)

SOCIAL ADVANTAGES

The social advantages are many, and the club life is indeed delightful. There are various charities in this city which are very active. The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. occupy their own buildings; the Boys' Club, an institution offering social recreation to over 1,500 boys, is splendid for youthful exuberance; the Girls' Club, doing excellent work for the girls; the Womens' Club; the Nayasset Club, which is one of the leading men's clubs of New England; the Colony Club, which is located in the million dollar residence of the late D. B. Wesson; the Winthrop Club, and the Country Club, of Springfield, all housed in their own buildings; besides the Springfield Business Women's Club, the Rotary Club,Kiwanis Club, Publicity Club, Exchange Club, Lions and many other Clubs, literary and social, make the city a pleasant place in which to live as well as to work.

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Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1923, Part 6

Author: Springfield (Mass.) Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Price & Lee Co. Number of Pages: 1558

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1558