.G85 G84 ■ ■ ■ ■ . . ' ' ' '■.'■'■■.' ''■■■'"'..'. ' I i GREENFIELD One Hundred and Fifty Years Ol i) '753 1903 I'l 111 Ism 11 r.y C. M. Mi >< idy, Greenfield, M \ss. 1903 THE LIBRARY OF CONl Two Copies Received JUN 6 1903 Copj'ifcM CLAS& .. XXc. No. • 1 COPY - a Copyrighted ..■■■-. bj I M. Moodv, Greenfield Mas CHRONOLOGY [676 Captain Turner, with 145 men, surprised and destroyed 300 Indians at the falls 011 the Connecticut River, now known as Turner's Falls. [686 First house built. 1687 Lots apportioned on Main street. [693 Mill for grinding corn erected on the river called by the Indians " Picomegan," and now known as Green River. [736 Road to Country Farms laid nut. 17, V s The inhabitants oi Green River petitioned the town 11! Dcerfield In lie set nil as a separate- parish. 174W Mam street laid mit in its present form. 1753 Incorporated as a town. Population, 192. 1 7.S4 First Church organized, with Rev. Kdward Billing, pasti >r. 175(1 Five men at work at Country Farms were at- tacked by the Indians. Two were killed, nue captured, and the nther two escaped. 1760 The building oi the first meeting-house begun 1 >n Trap plain. Silver street laid mil . 1761 Rev. Roger Newton settled as pastor. 1763 Road from Silver street to Beruardston built. Population, 368. 1 772 £ 20 appropriated for public schools. 177;, Mr. David Wells receives the thanks ,,1 the town for having given Rev. Mr. Newton "a cushion to lean on." Meeting-house finished. 1774 Delegates elected to represent the town at the Provincial Congress. Voted to purchase one hundred weight oi powder and one hundred weight ol lead In add to the town stuck. 1775 Voted to seat the meeting-house by age and estate, each man to " nindle " his estate as he sees lit in his own family . April mth news is received of the " Concord 1775 Fight," and the next day Captain Agrippa Wells and his company of Minute Men start for Boston. Road to Shelburne laid out. 177') Captain Agrippa Wellsand his company served for three months at Ticonderoga. 1778 Federal street laid out. Voted to approve of the Confederation of the United States. 17S1 The eastern portion oi the town set off as the town of Gill. [783 Voted, "That three fourths ol a cord is a middling load of wood." 1 71)1 1 Population, 1 ,498. 1792 First uewspaper published. 1705 Republican Lodge of Masons instituted. Voted to keep all accounts in dollars and cents. Great Fourth of July celebration. First bridge at Cheapside built. Population, (,254. Montague City bridge built. [804 Voted to hire a master to teach singing for two months. 1805 Petitioned the General Court to divide the County ol Hampshire. [808 Protest-, against the " Embargo." [810 Population, 1 , [65. iSm Franklin County formed and Greenfield made the County Seat. By vote oi the town, wages to he ninety cents per daj from May to August inclusive, and seventy-five cents per day the remainder of the \ear. Voted to raise and appropriate five hundred dollars towards building a Court House. iSij Protests against war with England. 1^17, Rev. Gamaliel ( >lds ordained as pastor. [814 Rev. 'Titus Strong begins his ministr) as pas tor of the St. James Episcopal Church. [815 Church street opened. 1816 St. James Episcopal Church built. [817 Franklin County Bible Society founded. Second Congregational Society organized, IS|- 1 8 8 1 8 [9 r 8 :< ) IS 2 1 IS22 [824 [82.S [826 Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, pastor. Brick schcolhouse on School street built. Franklin Royal Arch Chapter instituted. Brick church for Second Congregational So- ciety built. Population, 1 ,36 1 . By vote lit the town, labor to be paid one dol- lar per day from April 1 to Sept. 30; the remainder ol the year seventy-five cents per day. Greenfield Bank established. School street laid 1 nit. Ames street laid 1 iut. Price ol labor, ten cents per hour. Third Congregational Church (Unitarian) organized. Appropriated for schools, $500. Hampshire and Hampden Canal extended to the Vermont line. First steamboat reaches Cheapside Great fire in Greenfield. Loss nearly $6,000. Franklin County Temperance Society formed, with Franklin Ripley president. [828 Boarding-School for Young Ladies opened in the Coleman I louse. Town divided into school districts. Franklin Mutual lire- Insurance Company incorporated. Resolved in town meeting, "That this town disapproves ol treating at elections." 1829 First Congressman from this town elected,— ( iei irge ( rrinnell. [830 Population, 1.540. [832 The church at Nash's Mills built. Fellenberg Academy opened in the brick schoolhouse on Main street. 1834 Franklin Savings Institution chartered. Methodist Episcopal Society organized [835 First Methodist Episcopal Church built. Fire engine purchased. First survey for Troy Ov Greenfield R. R. begun. Dexter Marsh first calls the attention of scientific men to the footprints found in the stones near Turner's Falls. i.\v Agitation begun for the annexation ol Cheap- side. First deposit made in the Franklin Savings I nstitution. [837 First Unitarian Church built and society or- ganized. Hope street laid out. [840 Population, 1.756. Town Hall on Federal street built, now known as Fireman's 1 1 all. 1 s 1 5 First fin.- company organized. Pocomptock Lodge of Odd Fellows ion ml. d. Greenfield and Northampton steam railroad chartered. I (avis, Franklin, and Pleasant streets opened. "( (wing to a break in the Holyoke dam an unusual quantity of shad were caught in Montague." iSjo Daguerreotype rooms opened 1>\ Dr. Joseph Beals. Steam cars began running to Greenfield on the G. ,\: X. R. R. Newton place opened. 1S47 Elm trees on Franklin street set out. Town By-Laws adopted. Mansion and American houses named. 1 848 First Cattle Show . Tro\ & Greenfield Railroad incorporated. Wells street opened. [849 Present Episcopal Church built. Franklin County Rank chartered. Second Court House built. Fire 1 >istrict organized. First message received by the Electric Tele- graph; Major H. Tyler, operator. < )live street opened Railroad extended to Brattleboro, Vt. [850 Firsl exhibition of the Franklin County Agri cultural Society. Population, 2,581 1. Fifteen hundred dollars appropriated foi sch< iols. [85] Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad op to Greenfield. Green River Cemetery dedicated. Unii m street 1 ipened. IS52 1853 [854 18 = iSso. '857 1858 1S59 i860 First Baptist society organized. Chapman and Maple streets opened. Town Hall dedicated and named Washington Hall. First year oi the High School; Luther B. Lincoln, Principal. Devens, Grove, Conway, and Park streets opened. First Baptist Church built. Library Association organized. Jail and House ol Correction on 1 1 1 >jie street built. Indignation meeting held to denounce the outrage committed upon Senator Charles Sumner. High schoolhouse on Chapman street built. Congress street accepted. Town voted to subscribe for three hundred shares of the capital stock oi the T. & ( '. . k. k. Illuminating gas introduced. Population, 3, rgS. 1 Sim New-- of the firing upon Fort Sumpter received April i j. First war meeting held the 20th. Greenfield Guards, Co. G, ioth Regiment, M. V. M.. left for the war in June. [862 Parsonage oi the Second Congregational Soci- ety built. The 52nd Regiment, M. V. M., left for the w ar in November. 1863 The railroad bridge at Cheapside burned by the opponents oi the draft in July. 1864 First National Bank, succeeding Greenfield Bank, chartered. [S65 Franklin Count} National Bank succeeded the Franklin County Bank. [869 Greenfield Savings Hank chartered. Prospect Hill School for Young Ladies founded. School districts ab dished. [S70 Present church for the Second Congregational Society dedicated. Soldiers' monument erected. Edwin K. Dav Post G. A R. organized. [870 First Memorial Daj services held. Glen water brought to town. Church of the Holy Trinitj built. Population, 3,589. 1S71 $1,363 subscribed for and sent to the sufferers from the great Chicago fire. First Governor ol Massachusetts elected from this town, William B. Washburn. 1872 High School building on Pleasant street erected. [873 The great fire on Main street, July 3. 1S74 First United States Senator (nun Greenfield, William B. Washburn [875 Packard National Bank chartered. 1876 Rural Club organized. Greenfield selected 1>> the State Board oi Education torepresent by itsvvork the country schools ol the State at the Centennial Expo- sition at Philadelphia. [877 Old Town Hall on Federal street leased to the Fire I listrict. [878 Library Association Building erected. Great temperance revival, under the lead. 1 ship ol Francis Murph) [880 Free Public Library started. Galleries and scenery put in Washington Hall. Fort square accepted. Population, 3,903. [88] German Methodist Church built. Union Depot built . Miles street and Wilson avenue laid out. The dark day oi the century in September. [882 German Lutheran Church built. Maple street from Union to Federal opened. ( iarfield street laid out. [883 Leonard street accepted. [884 Davis and School streets extended. [885 Present Methodist Episcopal Church built. brick schoolhouse on the extension oi School street built. Walnut street accepted. [886 Stone-crusher purchased and the town began macadamizing its stn > I James, Allen. George, Orchard, and Pond streets accepted. i s s 7 1888 [889 [890 [891 iSoj 1 893 [89 [ Town lighted by electricity. Interstate Mortgage and Trust Co. chartered. Power court and Power square accepted. The great blizzard March 1: 1 |. New liv-I.aws adopted. ( Idd Fellows Hall dedicated. The towerbl the I loly Trinity Church erected. Highland Avenue Park bought. North street accepted. Population, 5,252. Appropriated for schools, $15,600. Greenfield Club incorporated. Franklin street extended to Maple street. Chestnut and Sanderson streets accepted. Voted to pay for labor at the rate of Si. 75 per day ol nine hours. Remarkable hail-storm in June. Grade crossing on Clay Hill abolished. Lincoln street accepted. Riddell street accepted. Superintendent of Schools appointed. Memorial to First Church, on Silver street, erected. 1894 Present Unitarian Church built. Hastings and Pierce streets accepted. 1895 Electric railroad to Miller's Falls opened. High schoolhouse mi Federal street built. Pierce street schoolhouse built. Franklin County Hospital founded. Pumping station on Green River established Fire-alarm system put in. Iron bridge at west end ol Main street built. Heyw 1. Cleveland, and Shattuck streets accepted. Appropriation lor schools, $22,950. [896 Cheapside annexed. School committee increased from three to nine members. Phillips and Beech streets accepted. [897 Masonic block erected. Columbus and Newton streets accepted. [898 Public kindergarten opened. Prick schoolhouse at the Four Corners built. Laurel street accepted. Company L. ol the Second Regiment, M. Y. M.. leaves for the Spanish War. [>i< » > Population, 7.027. First tree warck-n elected. Building and lot at the corner oi Main and Hope streets bought for the use of the G. A. R. Spring terrace and Charles street accepted. Brick schoolhouse on Davis street built. New Almshouse built. M unsi 'ii street accepted. Electric railroad opened to South Deerfield. First "Old Home Week " celebrated. Second Baptist Church built. 1 91 12 [901 I r [9O3 High School building on Federal street de- stroyed bj lire. Unitarian parsonage built. Voted that the minimum wages lor labor for the town should he $1.75 for a day of eight hours. High School building rebuilt. Electric railroad extended to Northampton. Meridian. Myrtle, Quincy, Holly, Linwood, and Forest streets accepted, appropriated tor schools, $41,850. ] Vk r MAIN sTKl 11 KESIDEN C 1 mi [.'KANKLIN (1 L-'E SSEN DK.N Kl ML] Nt I .il [OS] I'll ..KISWOLD T URN ERS FALLS LATH JWIIs S i.KI.WIII RES1P1 >\l "1 MRS. Will I \M It. WASH HI KN K 1 s] |>] Nl 1 o] [. \\ \ MALflNl i:\ AN I' Ml I uiWUIKi I RIVE1 RESIDEXCl OF W II. 1. 1AM E. WOOD II STREET RESIDENCE "1 HENRY D. PACKARD RESIDENC] "1 MRS ■ O] i ■ i C. FfRBUSH RF.SIUKNC1 "1 W. ] I.KOI '18MM9* ii iNKLIN STREET KKSIUKNl'l "i GKi iKi .1 I*. IWIIUIIH M i - GREENFIELD 1 Ri iM I II I Ml H \ I UN 1' A 1 H l I !1>IM.] "I MRS. ISABELLA RVSSELI ]'l MIH S'l I m[ WILLIAM N. U IMIIMKN I ii Mills RESIDENCE OF JOHN Sill I PON RESIPENC1 "I GEORGE 1RMS SHELPON UIM MAIN STRKE IN U \ \ --1 I- I i I Hiil \ rRIXITV AMi I'ARISH KlLlnR\ K UI.Rt • \1 • STATU IN Mll-llll.lt Ml Al" »\\ - KED] RAI SI HI ET KESIDENC] 'ii WILLIAM E. TRAYEK RESIDENCES OF WILLIAM A. FORRES AND FRANK P. 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