Now ande Then at the Chapel Street Block

The Chapel-Hopedale-Freedom-Dutcher Block

The picture at the top of this page shows the building erected in the 1840s by the

, to be used as both a school and a chapel. It was on what is

now Hopedale Street,

between Freedom and Chapel. In later years it was converted

into a store (in the basement,

facing Hopedale Street) and two apartments.

The second photo shows the Chapel Street School. The Community school/chapel,

the

Chapel Street School and two duplexes on the block were razed in the 1950s. A

little of the

Dutcher Street School can be seen at the left side of the Chapel Street

School.

The sepia pictures were labeled "Political Rally." There's no more information on this

rally,

although some sources have mentioned that such events would sometimes be

held near the

corner of Hopedale and Chapel streets when the workers left the shop at

lunchtime.

Thanks to Art Sanderson for the two photos of the demolition of his childhood home at

the

corner of Hopedale and Freedom streets.

The bottom picture shows all that remains on the block - the former Dutcher Street

School,

now the Uncommon Place condominiums.

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