Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1960, Part 296

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1230

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WEST SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY

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Combining Five Distinct Directories :- Governmental Directory-City, County, State and Federal. Buyers Directory-A local source of sales and service. Classified Directory-Business, Professional and Social. Alphabetical Directory-Names, occupations and addresses. Numerical Directory-Streets, householders and business.

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"Of the people, for the people"

Since 1873

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CONTENTS

Page

Abbreviations.

243

Halls .

1030

Alphabetical Directory.

1037

Index to Advertisers

1002

Apartment Buildings.

1025

Library

1031

Associations, Clubs and Societies . 1025

Notaries Public.

1031

Banks and Trust Companies 1026

Buyers' Directory.

1003

Numerical Directory

1121

Cemeteries.

1027

Police Department

1024

Churches.

1027

Classified Directory.

1025

School Department

1024

Corporations and Chartered

Institutions .

See Alphabetical Directory

Town Officers

1024

Fire Department 1024

West Springfield - "What You

Should Know About" .

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Ainsworth Gordon E and Associates

1004

Barry Coal Inc .

1004

Curran-Jones Inc.

Back Cover sidelines and 1006

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Fullam and Company

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General Roofing Co Inc

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Labbe P A Co

1005

Nims BD Lumber Co.

1008

Perkins Machine and Gear Co

1007

Premoid Corporation .

1009

Radner Samuel Inc

1008

Speed Hegeman and Dandy .

1012

Strathmore Paper Co .

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West Springfield Co-operative Bank

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Post Offices 1024

Schools, Colleges and Academies .

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Farnsworth Coal and Oil Co Inc

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Mittineague Coal & Oil Co

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Governmental Directory 1024

Map . Inside Back Cover

BANKS

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West Springfield Co-operative Bank

WEST SPRINGFIELD CO-OPERATIVE BANK

INCORPORATED APRIL 8, 1897 COMMENCED BUSINESS MAY 12, 1897

BUSINESS HOURS from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. BUSINESS HOURS 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on the Second Wednesday of Each Month THURSDAY EVENING, 6:30 to 8 P. M.

FREE PARKING

Telephone RE 6-2780

37 Elm Street West Springfield, Mass.

President, Richard M. Robinson

l'ice-President. Darrel S. Ames Asst. Treus .. Muriel P. Sears

Treasurer. barle C. Harvey

Darrel S. Ames Joseph J. Borgatti Cassius M. Bryan George B. Corcoran, M. D.

DIRECTORS Gordon B. Shattuck Ambrose B. Cote Larle C. Harvey Lugene G. Boss, M. D. Howard M. Teece

Richard M. Robinson Carl B. Smith Melvin D. Southworth Richard C. Streeter

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CIVIL ENGINEERS

1004

Gordon E. Ainsworth & Associates

SUCCESSOR TO STEELE BROS.

Civil Engineers Structural Engineers Municipal Engineers

Land Surveyors

Landscape Architects Contractors Engineering Service

10 CENTRAL STREET

Tel. REpublic 6-3875

WEST SPRINGFIELD

2 GRAVES STREET

SOUTH DEERFIELD

Tel. NOrmandy 5-2161

Member of Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers and of The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

COAL AND FUEL OIL

BARRY COAL INC.

MRS PHILLIP D. BARRY, Owner-Mgr - . -

Blue Coal - Connecticut Coke Fuel Oil - York Oil Burners Complete Heating Service On a 24 Hour Basis

DIAL RE 2-9791

772 Union Street

West Springfield, Massachusetts

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COAL AND FUEL OIL

Mittineague Coal & Oil Co. WILLIAM P. CHRISTIAN, OWNER

COAL - CONNECTICUT COKE FUEL OIL

Installations and 24 Hour Service Prompt Deliveries --- DIAL RE 6-7935

80 Front Street West Springfield, Mass.

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1006

FUNERAL HOMES

CURRAN-JONES INC. FUNERAL HOME

Telephone RE 6-7742

109 Main Street West Springfield, Mass.

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INDUSTRIAL GEARS

Perkins Machine and Gear Co.

Manufacturers of PRECISION GEARS TO CUSTOMERS' SPECIFICATIONS

Spur, Internal, Helical, Sprocket, Mitre, Rack, Bevel, Worms, Worm Gears, Face Gears, Intermittents, Ratchets, etc., of Steel, Bronze, Cast Iron, Composition, Non Metallic Gear Reduction Units Spring Coiling Machines

Telephone RE 7-4751

Circuit Ave., cor. Palmer St. West Springfield, Massachusetts

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LUMBER

B. D. NIMS LUMBER CO.

Lumber and Building Materials

MASON SUPPLIES HARDWARE - PAINT

ALL MATERIALS CARRIED UNDER COVER

Phone RE 2-6253

Yard and Office: 253 Baldwin Street

West Springfield, Mass.

OIL DISTRIBUTORS

SAMUEL RADNER, INC. D. B. A.

AMERICAN FUEL OIL CO. AMERICAN PETROLEUM TRANSPORT CO.

Wholesale and Retail

Range OILS Fuel

Gasoline

Wholesale Petroleum Products Transportation Trucks For Hire Oil Burner Sales and Service DELIVERIES ANYWHERE

TELEPHONE RE 6-3611

OFFICE: 91 UNION

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

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OIL AND OIL BURNERS

1008A

Farnsworth Coal & Oil Co., Inc. "Your Comfort Is Our Product"

Coal - Connecticut Coke Fuel Oil - Oil Burners - Heating

Sales

Those Who Know Choose SILENT GLOW OIL BURNERS

Service

Distributors Silent Glow air Seel Oil Burners

DIAL RE 6-6377

884 UNION STREET WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

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PAPER MFRS

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PREMOID CORPORATION West Springfield, Massachusetts SINCE 1923

PREMOID

MANUFACTURERS OF SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL PAPERS LATEX IMPREGNATED AND COATED FIBERS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: ARTIFICIAL LEATHER ON A FIBER BASE LATEX FIBER BASES FOR BACKING AND COATING LATEX GASKET BASES PYROXYLIN COATED LATEX-IMPREGNATED FIBERS VINYL COATED LATEX-IMPREGNATED FIBERS

PAPER FOR GASKET SATURATORS (CORK AND PLAIN) PAPER FOR LATEX SATURATORS PAPER FOR RESINOUS SATURATORS

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PAPER MFRS

Woronoco Mills

Strathmore Paper Company MILLS AT WEST SPRINGFIELD, WORONOCO AND TURNERS FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS

Manufacturers of BOND, WRITING AND THIN PAPERS - BOOK, TEXT AND COVER PAPERS LEDGER AND INDEX PAPERS - ARTIST PAPERS AND BOARDS - BLUE PRINT BASE STOCK - WEDDING PAPERS AND BRISTOLS GREETING CARD AND SPECIALTY PAPERS Paper is Part of the Picture

West Springfield Mills

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REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE

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RALPH E. FULLAM Residence Telephone RE 2-3596 HOWARD R. BRACKETT Residence Telephone RE 7-8540

EMMIT J. LINE Residence Telephone RE 3-0522

ALLAN L. BAIARDI Residence Telephone RE 6-5154

JOHN G. DUFFY Residence Telephone RE 9-5582

WEST SPRINGFIELD IF IT'S

REAL ESTATE OR INSURANCE IT'S

FULLAM & COMPANY

- REALTORS -

YNO

MORTGAGES

REAL

REALTORS ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT BOARDS ESTATE

BOARDS NOI

APPRAISALS

RE 6-6351

110 ELM STREET

WEST SPRINGFIELD

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REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE

KENNETH G. SPEED RE 4-3083

EARL K. DANDY, Jr. RE 4-6992

CHARLES B. HEGEMAN RE 2-9600

SPEED, HEGEMAN AND DANDY

ION

REALTORS

REAL

ARLACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT BOARD'S

BOARDS

ESTATE

INSURANCE AGENCY Fire - Life - Public Liability -

REAL ESTATE

Sales - Appraisals

Property Management

TEL. RE 7-2604

54 Elm Street West Springfield, Massachusetts

Next to the Post Office

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ROOFERS

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GENERAL ROOFING CO.,

PHONE RE2-7791

INC.

Sauna AMPROTIA

ROOFING, WATERPROOFING & SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS

250 WESTFIELD ST.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Harold E. Hambro

Gravel Roofing - Asphalt Shingles - Slating - Gutters - Furnace Work - Ventilation - Duct Work - Caulking REPAIRS

P. A. LABBE CO.

ROOFING AND SHEET METAL WORK

Over 40 Years Experience Outstanding Service and Quality

364 Westfield Street Tel. RE 2-2343

West Springfield, Mass.

WELD Production

TO GREATER

SALES

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A SUMMARY

Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association. Adopted as a regular feature in all directories published by the Association of North American Directory Publishers. Completed and corrected annually through the courtesy of the West Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Carl G. Linberg, Secretary P.O. BOX 25 50 ELM ST. TEL. RE 7-6437

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Established February 23, 1774

Form of Government Elective Town Meeting System.

Population Mass. Census 26,800 (1959).

Population of Age Males 49.6%, Females 50.4%.

Predominating Nationalities of Foreign-Born

French, Italian, English, Irish, Polish, German.

Bohemian

Area

17 sq. miles.

Average Temperature 27.5 degrees (Jan.), 73.1 degrees ( July).

Parks 3 with 70 acres valued at $280,000. 1 outdoor swimming pool.

Assessed Valuation $64,907,107.00 (1960).

Tax Rate $46 per $1,000 (1959).

Bonded Debt Town's bonded debt is $4,385,000.00 (Jan. 1, 1960).

Post Office Receipts $453,000 (Dec. 31, 1959).

Church Buildings 14 with 7 denominations.

Building and Construction Building permits issued valued at $3, 173,- 015. Number of permits issued 1959 307.

Industrial

Numher of estahlishments 68, employing 4,200 men and women paying wages of $22,900,000 annually.

Banks 2 commercial banks and trust companies, 1 co-operative bank-1 savings bank.

Trade (Retail) Retail territory serves 100,000 people within a radius of 10 miles totaling $40,000,000.

Newspapers

One.

Radio Broadcasting Stations WTXL.

Principal Products

Paper, fibre hoxes, machine gears, chem- icals, paints, gasoline pumps, tin, solder, type metal, wood boxes, hound books, farm produce, magne- tos, machine tools, trailer truck ac- cessories, wrapping paper machinery and hair tonic.

Hotels One with 25 rooms. Sixteen motels with accommodations for 500 people.

Railroads Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine.

Amusements

One theatre, with a seating capacity of 850; 2 outdoor theatres, Junior High School auditorium seats 850. Com- munity Y.M.C.A. Lastern States Ex- position. High School auditorium seats 1,100. 2 outdoor theatres.

Educational

Number of schools 12, including 2 junior, 1 senior high schools and 2 parochial schools. Numher of pupils in public schools, 4,015, in parochial schools, 1,000. Numher of teachers in public schools, 185; in parochial schools, 28.

Public Library

One with three stations containing 45,484 volumes. Circulation, 100,000.

"What You Should Know About Your City"

" The helpful kind of patriotism is the kind that grows out of a knowledge of one's town, of hor growth, her people, her property, her government and her needs. This knowledge develops, first, an intelligent interest: then, a sympathy : then a reasonable affection: a wise and temperate jealousy for her good name and a wish that she may prosper and grow more beautiful: and, finally, a desire to help her to become greater and finer, a bright and clean workshop and a home for the best of men and women. "-John Cotton Dana.

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HISTORY

The West Springfield that was and that is

West Springfield, Massachusetts, first off-shoot from Springfield, the "Mother Town," was the larg- est, most important settlement of this region. The first permanent house was built here about 1654. It became a separate parish in 1696. Its first church and its first school house were built in 1740. The attempt was made to incorporate it as an independent township in 1756 but not until February, 1774, was the in- corporation accomplished. Exactly a month later in March of that year, the first town meeting was held in the old First Church (built 1702), on the common.

Before incorporation, the town numbered only a few houses scattered along "Shad Lane" now Main Street, southward to the old "Ferry Lane" now East School Street, thence extending by winding course to the Agawam River giving the route of George Washington's two journeys through West Springfield, and ending where the outlines of the old Agawam "ferrying-place" are yet plainly visible on the river bank near the Hamblen place.

West Springfield up to 1810 contained a greater population than the mother town and was for years the mainstay and support. Within the limits of the original territory of this settlement, William Pynchon and his associates planted their colony in 1636, but later moved to the east side to avoid floods. In 1653, the proprietors made an allotment of lands on the west side of the river, which were not occupied at once, but used as meadows and pas- tures. Gradually the settlers crossed over to build homes on the rich bottom lands. In 1696 the second parish, comprising three districts, Agawam, the Street and the Chicopee plains, was established on petition of the inhabitants. In 1774, West Spring- field applied for and was granted the full powers and privileges of a town. Its original territory ex- tended from the Connecticut state line to the fort

of Mt. Tom and included the richest lands of the Mother town.

West Springfield has grown much in the 181 years since its incorporation. According to census figures, Springfield had grown enough when it had started to rival the population of its west-side daughter, to reach a more even balance. For ex- ample, the population of West Springfield as late as 1820 reached 3246, while Springfield was only 668 ahead! A closer balance than the two will never again reach! Because of the fear that it might bring an undesirable class, if the project of having the proposed United States Armory on the West Side was carried out, the town's golden opportunity had been passed! Thus supremacy in population, as well as greater industrial and commercial prosperity be- came settled on the East Side, where it has since remained !

OLD FIRST CHURCH OF THE COMMON

The old First Congregational Church on the Common, nearly opposite the present Town Hall, (see historic bowlder, marking the location), was erected within four years after the formation of the parish, as the date stated on the quaint gilded rooster weather vane, 1702. The building was 42 feet square, and with its gable-topped, "two-story" tower, was 92 feet in height. The architect was the veteran builder, John Allys, of Hatfield. The vane was said to be of precisely the same height and size of the imported-from-England bird which has been performing similar duty on the tower of the First Congregational Church in Court Square, Spring- field. It was said to have been purchased at the same time, with three others, made by the English coppersmith.

The first story constituting audience room and galleries, with three outside doors, and two windows each side of the doors with corresponding windows above them to light the galleries and upon each of the four roofs projected a dormer gable with a

window The pulpit, on the north side in place of a door, was lighted with one window on each side. Above this story was another much smaller than the first, having one window on each side and high roofs and gables like the one below, upon this was a third story smaller than the second with roofs and gables, the body portions of this story having on each side an opening to serve the purpose of a bell- room.

A drum was used for 41 years and then a bell was procured and used for 18 years when its tones were ruined in like manner and re-cast and replaced in its place in the tower; in 1802 it was transferred to the new church on the hill; it was re-cast in 1825 to enlarge its size. The building was clap- boarded but never painted. All the windows were small with leaden sash glazed with diamond shaped glass.

All of the interior of the first story was all open, exposing to view beams, studding, rafters and

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outside boarding, no inside finishing above window stools, the floor was laid at the bottom of the sills making it necessary to step over the sill to the floor. Two flights of stairs led up to the galleries in the south easterly and south westerly corners, start- ing each side of the door. Around the walls were 15 large square pews, in the central part were two rows of long slips fronting the pulpit with, a partition between them, one division being oc- cupied by the men the other by women, one aisle on the east and one on the west side. Pulpit, pews and railing of oak and yellow pine, of the size, style and height of the pulpit nothing is definitely known, it was furnished with a sounding board.

This unique house of worship was occupied for a century without plaster or paint, or was ever a fire

built within its walls, the women using foot-stoves with live coals. In 1748 Mr. Obadiah Frary, of Northampton, constructed a wooden "Meeting House Clock" and it was placed in the tower and was used for 25 or 30 years, when it became unfit for use and was removed The building being sadly in need of repairs, the parish gave the people liberty to make repairs which was done at expense of nearly $600.00; it was used 16 years after this, when it was abandoned for the new church on the hill, June, 1800, for which the contract price was said to have been $1400.00 and 10 gallons of St Croix Rum, valued at $60.00; no rum was used, its value in money divided among the men. 6 to 10 men were employed, and the contractor, Timothy Bill- ings, thought he made $4.00 a day.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

In 1775, a library was established in West Springfield through the efforts of Rev. Dr. Lathrop, the pastor of First Parish, and John Ashley, a public-spirited citizen. There were 50 volumes in this collection, they were carried from house to house in a two bushel basket. It was considered a high honor to have the Library in charge. Beginning about 1850, the Library was in charge of the Town Clerk, during the long service of John M. Harmon. It was conducted from his home on Westfield Street, later from a room in the Town Hall assigned for library use. The annual appropriation was $50 plus the dog tax. By a payment of 50 cents a year, books could be drawn out on the first and third Monday of each month. Later the hours of opening were increased and the annual fee abolished. In 1887, a librarian, D. G. White, was appointed, who served until his death in 1913. The present building was completed in 1916 at a cost of $25,000, the gift of the Carnegie Corporation. It is erected on a site

purchased by the town from William and Edwin Leonard, and maintained by an appropriation made annually by the town. In addition there are four trust funds the income of which is used to purchase books; the Daniel Granger White Nature Library, the Martha D. S. Ludington Fund, the Lillian Trask Williamson Fund for the purchase of reference books and books of travel, and the Josephine Pokorny Czecho Slovak Library for the purchase of books in the Bohemian language and books about Czechio Slovakia.

The building is open from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. There are branch libraries in the Community Y. M. C. A., the John Ashley School, the Memorial Avenue School and the Riverdale School. Each of these is open one day a week in charge of an assistant from the central library. In 1954, the total number of volumes was 43,573 and the circulation for the year 87,712. An addition added in 1959 to the main building.

EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE

Skies on both sides of the Atlantic were be- coming overcast with the clouds leading inevitably to war, when then this truly great world movement was quietly launched. Rev. John A. Sherley, a Bennington County (Vermont) Minister secured ready and sympathetic cooperation of the paper- manufacturer, Horace A. Moses. From the be- ginning, these two genuine philanthropists have worked untiringly and whole-heartedly for greater improvement in farm life and general community betterment. It was most fortunate the same broad motives have actuated both men. Mr. Moses has continuously and consistently counted Agriculture among his fields of manifold activity. The happy combination of Mr. Moses and Mr. Sherley quite promptly resulted in 1913 in the incorporation of the now-famous Hampden County Improvement

League, whose large and commodious building on Memorial Avenue is a worthy landmark which now speaks for itself. An important outgrowth of this active philanthropy was the formation in January, 1918, of the Eastern States Farmers' Exchange. Touching further important upward steps of con- tinuous progress came the Eastern States Agri- cultural Credit Corporation, organized August, 1923.

These several remarkable aggregations of man and means has resulted in establishing an "Ex- change" like no other, anywhere, most effectively rendering material aid in modern Agriculture, now employing several hundred persons, and all ac- complishing the same beneficent ends as those anticipated more than twenty years ago by its far- sighted founders.

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EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE

The Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Incorporated, founded in 1918, established headquarters in West Springfield in 1928. This is a cooperative association of farmers in nine northeastern states. The Exchange operates two feed, four fer- tilizer, and two insecticide production units. It grows seed in states across the country and in foreign lands, and operates 82 regional distribution depots, in- cluding one in West Springfield.

HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE AND JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

The Hampden County Improvement League, the agency which carries extension service to the people of Hampden County was founded by Mr. Horace A. Moses, on January 25, 1913. The aims of the organization as set forth in the bylaws are "to foster, encourage and promote all things in the communities of Hampden County which tend to in- crease the productivity of the soil, or to advance or conserve the educational, civic, moral and religious welfare of the communities." The League has as- sisted in the organization of extension work in twenty-four counties in New England, New York and Pennsylvania. In October, 1925, the League moved into a building of its own on the grounds of

the Eastern States Exposition, given by President Moses.

The success of the 4-H Clubs in various parts of the country, prompted Mr. Moses to start some- thing of the kind here.

The movement had the support of prominent men from the start. The late Theodore Vail assisted Mr. Moses in financing it, while President Calvin Coolidge was warm in his indorsement of the move- ment. The Rotary Clubs of the Nation raised $50,000 to assist Junior Achievement, and the entire coun- try east of the Rocky Mountains, has felt its in- fluence. In 1925, the Junior Achievement Building was erected on the Exposition grounds. This build- ing was also the gift of Mr. Moscs.

STORROWTON VILLAGE On The Eastern States Exposition Grounds

Storrowton, the gift of Mrs. James J. Storrow of Boston, to preserve for posterity the peaceful charm and beauty of early New England village life, is

the most unique village in America. The original Early American buildings grouped around the elm shaded green were chosen for this restored village

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EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION is the largest agricultural exposition east of the Mississippi. Each year over 350,000 visitors see this famous fair which runs during the third week in September.

after painstaking search was made throughout the earliest settled regions of New England. Once found, each building was taken down, board by board, and then reassembled to the last detail at Storrowton, as they were first erected a century and a half ago.

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Author: Springfield (Mass.) Publication date: 1960 Publisher: Price & Lee Co. Number of Pages: 1230

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1230