Depot Street
be seen. Well, yes, that's it in the picture with the shovel, or what was left of it after it was razed in the fall of 2008. In the upper photo, I think the building on the right was the Home School which operated for a few years during the days of the Hopedale Community, Sons of at least two famous abolitionists, William Lloyd Garrison and Samuel May, were educated there, as well as the daughter of a Nantucket abolitionist family, Lilla Joy, who later marred William F. Draper. I don't know if the smoke in the picture was from the shop or the train, (probably the train, though, being that low and in that location) but in any event, it must have been a normal part of daily life in Hopedale for many years. The house eventually became the American Legion home, and in 1982, after the Legion disbanded, it was moved and was added to the Mallard home, behind the post office. The fifth photo shows it when it was the Legion Home. That was taken in 1982, and it appears that they were getting ready to move it. The second picture shows the World War I honor roll, which was on the little piece of lawn on the Depot Street side of the town hall for some years The third picture is of a German mortar in the front yard of the Legion Home. (Thanks to Jack Ghiringhelli for sending the photo.). Below it is the World War II honor roll that was in the front yard of the Legion Home for many years. Click here for a larger version if you'd like to read the names. The building on that location now (see picture above the newspaper photo showing the home being moved, on the right) was built by Arthur Young as an office, and is now the police station. |
canopies on the Community House lawn (top center) were there for a benefit event, held on June 19, 2010. |
the Unitarian Church. November 22, 2010. Click on the picture for more views from the steeple. |
The area near the bottom of Depot Street - July 11, 2010. |
years, but it seems to me that it was there for much longer than that. The one he refers to in the next-to-last paragraph was very likely the one shown in the second picture on this page, although that one was for World War I, and was on the lawn beside the town hall. |
The former Legion home, on its Depot Street location, is on the left. Photo taken in 2014. |
Click here for a version large enough to read the names. |
Razing the G&U station, October 27, 2008. |
Police Station |
Looking down at Depot Street, highway barn and buildings, Harrison Block, medical building and Draper area. |