The pond is open!!! That and much else was covered by Carol and Priscilla when writing about Hopedale in the Fifties, for the combined reunion of the Hopedale High Classes of 1955 and 1956. Click on the picture to see what kids were doing in those days.
July 5, 1975. Bicentennial parade in Hopedale. Click on either picture to see more. Click here to go to a page with many pictures of the Hopedale Centennial parade.
Google Earth view from May 30, 2023, showing Hammond Road, Home Park Avenue, Mendon Street (Route 16), the wastewater filtration plant, and the recycling center.
Muriel grew up on a farm at 200 Dutcher Street. Her father had operated it as a dairy farm. When her brother took it over, he ran a poultry farm there, which closed in 1958.
This house at the corner of Dutcher and Adin streets was originally the home of Warren and Malinda Dutcher.Click here to see their pictures, and to read about them.
Looking toward Dutcher and Prospect streets from an upper floor or roof of a Draper shop. On the left is the Hopedale House, now Hopedale Manor, across Dutcher Street from the fire station. The building at the top must have been the first Larches.
When I first saw the shovel in front of the Green Store, I thought it was about to be razed, like so many other old buildings. I spoke with the owner, who told me that he may remove the addition on the left, but not the rest of it. He said the shovel is there to put in a septic system. It’s probably Hopedale’s oldest building. Here’s a page about it.
Distribution center project at former Rosenfeld Concrete site.Click the picture to see more from the past year. Click here to go to a page about the Rosenfeld family and company.
The Draper Gym is currently undergoing a big project. The heating system is being replaced, air conditioning is being installed, and there will be new windows on the sides of the building.
Thanks to Diane Sears for this view of the full moon from the center of town.
Above – Adin Street sidewalks being rebuilt.
Below- Adin Street around 1910.
I made the house for the birds, but this year squirrels took over. They enlarged one of the holes, and I think they’ve done some interior redecorating.
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