Holyoke City Hall - Holyoke, MA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Holyoke is the first completely planned industrial city. The water from the Connecticut river was diverted through a network of canals to power mills. Nearby housing was built for predominately immigrant mill workers.

As the city grew wealthy because of their paper and textile industries a grand city hall building was planned. The Holyoke City Hall was constructed in two phases. The original building was constructed in 1871 of distinctive rough cut gray granite. The architect, Charles B. Atwood, designed this building using a combination of Gothic Revival-Romanesque Revival styles. The most striking feature of this building is its great granite tower which houses a bell and a four faced clock that displays Roman numerals. In a time when most workers did not own watches this tower acted as a community timepiece for the workers in the mills.

When additional administrative space was required an annex to the main building was constructed. The addition was completed in 1913 when the city was at the height of its industrial importance. The same architectural firm was employed and the architecture of the annex matched the style of the original building. It featured ecclesiastical stained glass windows designed by Henry F. Kilburn and Samuel West. These windows are in somewhat disrepair and currently there is ongoing discussion concerning their future.

Street address: 536 Dwight Street Holyoke, MA United States 01040 County / Borough / Parish: Hampden Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Government Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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