Icehouses in Hopedale, Massachusetts

There have been three icehouses on

. Nineteenth century maps show

one located in

the

Lake Street area

. This photo shows the other two. The one on the

right belonged to

who owned two stores in Hopedale

.

told

us that when the Patrick icehouse was

dismantled, the wood was used in building the

duplex at

56-58 Freedom Street

that was then rented

to employees of Patrick's.

One of Patrick's stores was where Stone's Furniture is now (the intersection was known

for many

years as

Patrick's Corner

) and the other was where the parking lot for the

medical building next to the

library is.

The icehouse on the left in th

e picture above

belonged to the

Hopedale Coal and Ice

. This

is the

one shown in other icehouse views in this site. I believe it was

razed in 1945. The town report

for

1944 mentions a fire alarm there, but it's not listed in

the 1945 report.

Also visible in this photo is the first bandstand at the town park.

Icehouse article by Gordon Hopper

of the two icehouses and the town park.

When does the ice on Hopedale Pond melt?

.

Cutting ice on Lake Nipmuc

- video on YouTube

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The building behind the horses and the ice wagon was the office

of the

Hopedale Coal & Ice Company

.

It was razed in 2014

.

                                 Icehouse article by Gordon Hopper

                   Another view of the two icehouses and the town park.

             When does the ice on Hopedale Pond melt? Find out here.

                      Cutting ice on Lake Nipmuc - video on YouTube

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