| Depot Street
can be seen. Well, yes, that's it in the lower picture too, 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) 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. |
2010
Satellite view of the center of Hopedale. The three canopies (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. |