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Charles, from Western R. R. to Franklin. Cherry, from Central to Mill.
Chestnut, from State northward to Chicopee line.
Chicopee, continuation of Main from Carew to Chicopee line.
Clinton, from Main to south entrance to Hampden Park and Conn. River. Columbian, from Spring to Winter. Commercial Row, from Main east, north side W. R. R.
Congress, from Main to Chestnut.
Cook's Avenue, from W. Bridge to W. Worthington.
Court Square, opposite the Court House and City Hall.
Crossett Avenue, from Main to Wil- low.
Cross, from Main to Maple.
Cypress, from Main to Conn. River. Cypress Court, off Cypress street.
Dale, from E. Union to Hubbard avenue.
Douglass Avenue, from Fairbanks west to Nettleton's pond.
Dwight, from State to E. Bridge. East, from Alden to Mill.
East Bridge, from Main to Chestnut. East Court, from Main to Dwight.
East State, from Main to Boston road. East Union, from Main to Oak.
East William, a continuation of Wil- liam street east of Main.
East Worthington, from Main to Factory.
Eastern Avenue, from State to Hick- ory.
Elliott, from State to Salem.
Elm, from Main to Conn. River. Emery, from Main to Fulton. Essex, from Main to Chestnut.
Factory, from State to Chicopee line. Fairbanks, from E. Worthington north below Spring.
Federal Square, in U. S. Armory grounds.
Ferry, from Main to Chestnut.
Florence, from Pine to East.
Florida, from old Bay road to East Worthington.
Fort, from Main to Water.
Franklin, from Main to Nursery. Fremont, from Main to Water.
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STREETS, PLACES, SQUARES, ETC.
Frost, from Spring to Byers.
Fulton, from Cypress to Plainfield. Garden, from E. Worthington north below Spring.
Gardner, from Main to H.& N.H.R.R. Gray's Court, off Cypress.
Greene, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Grosvenor, from North to Chestnut. Hampden, from Main to Water.
Hancock, from E. Worthington to Alden.
Hancock Avenue, from Spruce to Hancock, sometimes called Cen- tral avenue.
Harrison Avenue, from Main at cor- ner Union Block eastward.
Hickory, from East to Wilbraham. High, from Maple to Walnut.
Highland, from Water Shop hill near the dam, running south.
Hillman, from Main to Chestnut across Barnes' lot.
Holyoke, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
Howard, from Main to Conn. River.
Hubbard Avenue, from Main east to Dale.
Ingraham Avenue, from E. Union to High.
James, from Cedar to Walnut.
John, from Plainfield west to Conn. R. R.
John Brown Tract, near Indian Or- chard.
King, from Walnut to Hancock.
Lebanon, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Liberty, from Main to Chicopee line. Lincoln, from Magazine to Federal. Linden, from Chestnut east, opposite Essex.
Loring, from Main to Water.
Lombard, from Main to Water.
Lotus, from Main over Blake's hill. Lyman, from Main to Spring.
Magazine, from State to E. Worth- ington.
Main, from Mill River to Carew. Maple, from State to Mill.
Margaret, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Marble, from Main east, below Wil- low avenue.
Market, from State to Harrison ave- nue.
Massasoit, from Carew northward. Mechanic, from Water to H. & N. H. R. R.
Mechanics' Row, from Howard to Bliss.
Mill, from Main to the Water Shops. Monroe, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Morris, from Main to Central.
Mulberry, from Maple to E. Union. Myrtle, from State to High, east of School.
New, from E. Court north.
North Church Avenue, rear North Church west.
North, from Carew to Chestnut.
Nursery, from Liberty northward.
Oak, from State to Walnut.
Old Bay Road, from Factory east- ward.
Orleans, from State to Pendleton avenue.
Park, from Main to Maple.
"Parker Street," road from School House at Five Mile Pond to School House at Sixteen Acres.
Pearl, from Chestnut to Federal.
Pendleton Avenue, from Walnut to Hancock.
Pine, from Walnut to Mill.
Plainfield, from Bradford on river bank to Chicopee line.
Pynchon, from Main to Water.
Quincy, from Oak to Eastern avenue. Railroad Row, fronts depot, south side, west of Main.
Ravine, from Magazine to Armory.
Ringgold, from North to Chestnut. Salem, from Spring to Pearl.
Sanford, from Main to Dwight.
Sargeant, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
School, from State to Mulberry.
Seventh, from Main west to Fulton. Sharon, from Main east to north Chestnut, between Ferry and Con- gress, (not shown on the map.)
South, continuation of Main from Mill River to Longmeadow line.
Spring, from State to Western R. R. track.
Spruce, from Central to Florence.
Stearns' Avenue, from E. Bridge to E. Worthington.
Stebbins, from State to Swan.
Stebbins Avenue, from Maple to Pine. Stockbridge, from Main eastward near State.
Summer, from Spring to Worthing- ton.
Swan, from Oak to Hancock.
Symonds Avenue, from W. Bridge to W. Worthington.
Taylor, from Main to Chestnut.
Terrence, from Swan to Boston road.
Townsley Avenue, from Main to Market, at corner of Republican Block.
Tyler, from Oak to Hancock.
Union Square, in U. S. Armory grounds.
Vernon, from Main to Water.
Vine, from Main to Conn. R.R. track. Walnut, from State to Water Shops.
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STREETS, PLACES. SQUARES, ETC .- POST OFFICE TIME TABLES.
Walnut Avenue, from junction of | West Worthington, from Water to Walnut and Oak to Cemetery. Main.
Washington, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Water, from Gardner to near R. R. Depot.
Webster, from Franklin to Liberty. Webster Avenue, from Salem across Pearl.
West Bridge, from Conn. River to Main.
West Court from Water to Main.
West State, from Conn.River to Main. West Union, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
West Union Street Avenue, from W. Union to Wilcox, below Water.
White, from Allen southward.
Whitney Avenue, from Water to H. & N. H. R. R., opposite Fremont. Wilbraham, from Boston road east- ward.
Wilcox, from Main to Conn. River. William, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Willow, from State to E. Union.
Willow Avenue, from Main east be- low Central.
Winter, from Columbian northward. Woodworth Avenue, from State south to High, near Walnut.
York, from Main to Conn. River.
SPRINGFIELD POST OFFICE.
SUMMER TIME TABLE-Post office open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. ; Sundays, from 9 to 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 6} A. M., 124 P. M. ; New York, 11} A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Eastern, 64 and 10} A. M., 8 P. M .; Western, 7} A. M., 5 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 6} A. M., 3 P. M .; Agawam, Feeding Hills and West Suffield, 1 P. M .; East Long- meadow and South Wilbraham, daily, at 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M. Delivery of mails-North- ern, 12 M., 6} P. M .; Southern, 7 and 11 A. M., 1& P. M .; Eastern, 7 and 8} A. M., 12 M., 6} P. M .; Western, 7 and 11& A. M.
WINTER TIME TABLE-Post office open from 7} A. M. to 8 P. M .; Sundays, from 9 to 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 6} A. M., 12& P. M .; New York, 11} A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Eastern, 6} and 11& A. M., 8 P. M. ; Western, 11} A. M., 5 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 6} A. M., 3 P. M .; East Longmeadow and South Wilbraham, daily at 1 P. M .; Agawam, Wednesday and Saturday at 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M. Mails arrive-Northern, 12 M., 6} P. M .; Southern, 7} and 10& A. M., 1& P. M .; Eastern, 11} A. M., 12 M., 6} P. M. ; Western, 7} A. M., 1} P. M.
New Buildings.
OUR city took a long stride ahead in building matters during the years 1864 and 1865, and a larger number of tenement houses espe- cially were erected in that period than during the whole ten years previous. After the falling off at the armory, and the decrease in many departments of industry, consequent upon the close of the rebel- lion, it was prophesied by the croakers, who did not see Springfield's financial prospects in the proper light, that tenements by dozens in certain localities would stand empty for months together, and one would have thought, taking these prophecies for granted, that build- ing in any shape would be the least profitable of all investments of capital for the year to come. But the ominous changed their tune when they saw new industrial enterprises springing up on every business street, bringing in large numbers of working people, who quickly filled all the lately vacated tenements, and demanded more. So more went up rapidly.
But of course this furor for tenement building could not continue steadily. Even the most sanguine did not prophesy this. They only claimed that the departure of some two thousand people from the armory was not to leave as many vacant rooms in the city. They expected that there would perhaps be a decrease in the rapidity of the growth of the smaller streets, while the larger ones were built up. This is evidently the case, and since the issue of the Directory of 1865-66, property on Main street has increased at an astonishing figure, and many new blocks have gone up there, while tenement building has not been so much in progress. Numerous elegant man- sions, however, are now in process of erection in various parts of the city. Some description of the newer buildings, and those now in process of erection or to be erected during the current year, will be of interest here.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The new North Main street school-house, about the cost of which there was so much grumbling while it was in progress, was com- pleted during the past year, and fully justified by its appearance all the appropriations which had been made for its erection and com- pletion. It stands opposite Clinton street, on a fine terraced elevation.
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NEW BUILDINGS: SCHOOL-HOUSES, MUSIC HALL.
It is three stories high from front, with a basement making it four stories from the rear, and has a handsome tower in front. Although it cannot boast of the architectural elegance of the Elm street school house, it has decidedly the advantage of it in location, and will more readily strike the eye from an outlook on the city. The hall in the third story is capacious and well arranged, and is at present used for Sabbath worship by the new Memorial Church Society. The ground dimensions of the building are 60 by 90 feet. One particular advantage of the arrangement of the school-rooms, eight in number, is that they are all thoroughly ventilated, something which cannot be said of every new school edifice erected in our large cities. The building, planned by Currier & Richards, home architects, does credit to their taste.
The Elm Street school-house, completed on the 1st of July of the present year, will compare favorably in point of elegance of outside finish with any school edifice in the country. Currier & Richards drew the plans for this building. It is three stories high, with a French roof, which gives room for a fine hall for exhibitions, making in reality a fourth story. The roof gives the building a fine appear- ance. The size of the edifice is the same as that of the North Main Street school-house. Mr. Amaziah Mayo, the well-known carpenter, has had charge of the wood-work of the building. Should the some- what Quixotic project of opening all the space between Elm and Court streets as a public park ever be carried into effect, the Elm Street school-house will certainly detract nothing from the appearance of the park or its surroundings. A new school-house at the junc- tion of Walnut and Oak streets, on the hill, similar in cost and finish to the two above mentioned, and one at Indian Orchard, much needed and long prayed for, are among the certainties of the coming year.
Our old Music Hall, destroyed by fire in 1864, had done good ser- vice, under the management of Mr. Haynes, as the principal amuse- ment hall in the vicinity for a long time ; but there were some faults in its construction, all of which are left out in the plan of the new hall, which was completed in July, one year from the date of the fire which destroyed the old one. The new edifice is a handsome struc- ture of brick, fronting 65 feet on Main and 158 on Pynchon street. The lower floor is occupied by the extensive and well-arranged tailor- ing establishment of T. L. Haynes & Co., and by two fine stores, occupied respectively at present by D. F. Hale of Chicopee and J. Fallon, one for dry goods, the other for millinery. There is a hand- some front entrance on Main street, with broad stairways leading directly to the parquet auditorium of the theater, and communicating by means of side stairways with the offices and tailoring rooms in the third and fourth stories. The interior of the theater is elegantly arranged, a noticeable feature of the interior finishing being the utter absence of gilding or any attempt at gingerbread effects. A plain and elegant white finish gives the hall a fresh and clean look in the evening which most theaters do not possess. The stage is 35 by 40 feet, and is well stocked with fine sets of scenery. The prerequisites
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NEW BUILDINGS: MAMMOTHI HOTEL, LINCOLN HALL, ETC.
so necessary to stage representations are so well kept, here that the hall has won the credit from a large number of the acting profession of being the best country theater they have ever seen. The seating accommodations are for an audience of 1,100, but in one or two in- stances in a successful theatrical season, from 1.400 to 1,600 people have been inside the walls. There will be many improvements in and additions to the hall during the next year.
Opposite the theatre, on the other corner of Main and Pynchon streets, stands the mammoth new hotel erected by Tilly Haynes. The building is now rapidly .approaching completion; in fact, the stores below, and the rotunda, the office of the American Telegraph Com- pany, and the Post Office, are already occupied, and their arrange- ment has given general satisfaction to the public. The new Post Office rooms are every way an improvement on those on Elm street, being larger, and the distributing being much better arranged. The office has entrances on Main and Pynchon streets, and the ladies do not suffer so much as heretofore from waiting in disagreeable crowds for the opening of the mail. The Telegraph Office will compare favorably with any in New England. The hotel above, reached by entrances from Main and Pynchon streets, will contain about 160 rooms, a portion of which are now occupied, while the remainder will be occupied on completion. The house is intended for a pri- vate hotel, and rooms and suites of rooms will be rented to fami- lies. The house will be kept on the European plan. The landlord is to be Mr. Curtis, formerly of the Lake House, Burlington, Vt., and later of the Mansfield Mountain House.
At the Water Shops, two enterprising citizens of Ward 7, Brown & Pinney, have erected a fine brick block, 48 by 75, and in the upper story finished off a fine large hall, called " Lincoln Hall," and well furnished with all the prerequisites of a good audience room. This is something which the inhabitants in that section have long needed, and which they duly appreciate.
The City Library Association have been very successful in can- vassing for a subscription in aid of their new building enterprise, and are now considering plans for the edifice, which is to be located near the corner of State and Chestnut streets, on the lot given for that purpose by Hon. George Bliss. The subscriptions have already reached nearly $100,000. Holly & Hathorne, the new architectural firm at New York, are among those consulted relative to plans.
Of new blocks erected for business or manufacturing purposes exclusively since last July, the following are the most important. Fallon's Block, near the corner of Main and Vernon streets, is one of the most tasteful business blocks in town. It has a front of 51 feet and a depth of 75, and is four stories high. The fine iron front, tastefully designed, was cast expressly for the block by the Archi- tectural Iron Works of New York. On the first floor front there are two handsome stores, one of them at present occupied by Hib- bard & Cosgrove, merchant tailors, and the other by Labaree Brothers, dry goods dealers. The stores are splendidly lighted and 3
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NEW BUILDINGS: FALLON'S BLOCK, LEET'S BLOCK, ETC.
well adapted for the purposes of trade. The main entrance to the block is between the two stores. The second and third floors of the building are rented for offices, ware-rooms, etc., and the fourth floor is devoted to a spacious hall, much rented for dancing parties and the like. Altogether, the block is a very fine one, and adds much to the appearance of the section where it stands. Its cost was $34,- 000. A. L. Chapin draughted the plans, and our city builders did the work of erection. Directly south of the block, and between it and the New York Clothing store, Baldwin & Hitchcock have put up a small two story brick building, narrow in front but quite deep, to be occupied by Mr. Barr, formerly keeper of the old stand where Swetland now is, as an ice cream saloon and eating-house in the lower story, and offices above. Round the corner, on Vernon street, Dr. C. S. Hurlbut has commenced the erection of a fine brick block, to have a front of 26 feet, to be 90 feet deep, and to be occupied for stores and offices. Directly north of Fallon's Block, on Main street, Charles L. Shaw and James Kirkham propose during the season to erect a fine four story brick block, novel in architectural design, with iron front, the building to be used for business purposes. A. L. Chapin is at present engaged in draughting the plans. On the other side of Main street, opposite the Lombard lot, George R. Townsley is putting up a three story brick building, the material used in its construction being old brick resuscitated from the buildings recently torn down on the site. The block is to have an iron front, and will have four stores in both the first and second stories, giving a glass front also to each story. Just south of this building stands a squat one story structure, rented for stores, and erected during last sum- mer. There are already too many of these abortive edifices in town.
Just north of the North Church, on Main street, Smith & Dickin- son propose during the year to erect a fine block. The plans already draughted by Mr. Chapin show that it is to be four stories high, with 100 feet front on Main street, and 130 on Worthington. On the ground floor on the Main street front there will be four stores; on the Worthington street front there will be two. The upper stories will be devoted to offices and ware-rooms. In the centre of the block there will be an open space or court for light and air, and a large hoistway, with steam elevator, will be placed in the building.
On the corner of Hillman and Dwight streets, (extended,) and on line with the cartridge factory, C. D. Leet has erected a large four story block, 181 by 35, and rented it for various manufacturing pur- poses. The building is put up in fine shape, and its special excel- lence is that the work-rooms are all light and well ventilated. They are, without exception, the best work-rooms in the city. The base- ment and first ground story are occupied by Geo. Dwight. Jr. & Co., manufacturers of Earle's Patent Steam Pump, their increasing busi- ness having forced them to remove from their cramped quarters on Market street. The third and half of the fourth stories are rented by Ray & Taylor, of the Massasoit Paper Collar Company, and E.
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Morgan & Co., envelope makers, have the balance of the fourth story. The block has a fine hoistway with powerful steam elevator. The whole cost of the building and land on which it stands was about $30,000. In the rear of this block, on Harrison avenue, R. G. Shumway has recently erected a four story block, 25 by 55, for manufacturing purposes, and occupies the basement and two lower stories as a gold chain manufactory, while the two upper stories are rented with power for light work of any kind.
On Main street, near the Pynchon House, Patrick Meagher has put up a four story block, well built, rented for trade and other pur- poses : on the east side, just north of Worthington street, E. Wight has erected a small two story building ; and on the corner of Water and Worthington streets, on land purchased by C. W. Kimball, the Par- sons Paper Company of Holyoke have put up a fine storehouse, built of wood. It is three stories high, and will be used in the second and third stories as a rag-cutting room ; in the first as a store-house, etc. On the corner of Water street and Railroad row, Charles Shaw of Albany has fitted up an old building anew, and put in a brewery for the manufacture of fine ales. Mr. Shaw is a member of an Albany firm. The brewery is now in operation.
On North Main street, nearly opposite Cooley's Hotel, W. H. Allis has just finished his six story block, which he has been in process of building for two or three years. The block is well built and propor- tioned. The walls are 78 feet high; the block has a front of 40 feet, and a depth of 87 feet. The number of bricks used in the construc- tion of the building was 720,000. The ground floor is devoted to stores, one of which is occupied by John E. Doyle, druggist, and the other is not yet leased. The five upper stories are rented for offices, warerooms, and tenements. H. H. Bartlett & Co., silk merchants, have their store on the second floor.
Work has already been commenced on the new block for the Sec- ond National Bank, and office of The Republican, on Main street, directly below Republican Block. The building is to be four stories, and 65 feet high; will front 59 feet on Main street and 136 on Townsley Avenue. The front is to be of fine Portland freestone, and all the pilasters, architraves, window-caps, etc., of the same material. The Second National Bank will occupy the north corner room on the first floor, 22 feet wide by 82 feet deep, and divided respectively into the banking apartments, and rooms for the directors, clerks, etc. With the exception of this room, The Republican will occupy the entire building. The counting-room of the office will front 28 feet on Main street, extend back 80 feet, and be fitted with every busi- ness appliance. The engine and newspaper press-room, directly in the rear, will be 46 feet square. The steam boilers will be built in under the side walk, in the rear of Market street. The basement, large and well-arranged, will be occupied in front with an electrotype foundry, and in the rear as a store-room for paper bulk. An ample area, with wide stairways, will give entrance to the upper floors from. Main street. The employes of the establishment, and all having
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business in the upper manufacturing rooms, will enter on Townsley avenue. The three upper stories, 50 by 136, will be devoted entirely to the Republican business departments. The job printing rooms will occupy the second floor; the book-bindery the third, and the newspaper, editorial and composition rooms, and photograph album department, the fourth story. All partition walls in the building are to be of brick, and all doors in the upper stories will be of iron, fire proof. The exterior finish and internal arrangement of the building will rival that of any establishment in New England. The work of putting in the foundations is already commenced. It is intended the building shall be completed about the 1st of October. A. L. Chapin has the wood-work and general superintendency; A. S. Dwelly & Co. the stone work, and the Architectural Iron Works of New York the iron work.
Directly south of this block the Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company of this city are erecting a fine four story block, built of brick, with Portland free stone front and trimmings. The block is to have a 62 feet front on Main street. The ground floor will be occupied by stores, the second story by the office of the Insurance Company, and the third and fourth stories will be rented for offices. The foundations of the block are laid, and the building will be com- pleted without delay.
On the corner of Main and East State streets the fine block of the Springfield Institution for Savings is in process of erection. The foundations are put in in a manner which shows that the builder under- stands his business. The ground was formerly a swamp, and there was some talk about the possibilities of an insecure foundation; but by puddling, the bottom of the building has been put down secure, and there need be no fears of the block settling. The block has a front of 56 feet on Main, and 893 feet on State street. It is to be four stories high. The two banking rooms on the south corner will be occupied by the Springfield Institution for Savings, and possibly the Pynchon National Bank. The north corner and indeed the whole balance of the ground floor, with rear entrance on Market street and commodious side entrances on State street, will be occupied by the grocery store of Pynchon & Lee. Their store is to be one of the largest and best arranged in town. The three upper stories of the building will be rented for offices. Among the architectural points of the new block will be many novelties, and they will do much credit to the inventive genius of the architect, Mr. George Hathorne of New York. The iron work will be furnished by the Architectural Iron Works of New York. . The stone work, which is of the very finest order, is by A. S. Dwelly & Co. The building will probably be com- pleted during the coming autumn. The cost of the building is to be about $75,000.
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