Factory Hollow - Greenfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 37.000 W 072° 33.351
18T E 700457 N 4721143
The Greenfield Kiwanis Club has erected a historical marker with the history Factory Hollow by a roadside cutout on the south side of Route 2, the French King Highway, just west of Factory Hollow Road in Greenfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMWFNP
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2017
Views: 1
On the eastbound side of Route 2 a historical marker placed by the Greenfield Kiwanis Club describes a brief history of Factory Hollow.
The historical marker is inscribed:
FACTORY HOLLOW
{Seal of the Town of Greenfield 1753}
AN ORIGINAL INDUSTRIAL
AREA OF GREENFIELD AND SITE OF MILLS
FROM 1784. IN FOUR STORY GRANITE
FACTORY BUILDINGS, BUILT IN 1830,
WOOLENS WERE MADE FOR UNION ARMY
DURING CIVIL WAR. OPERATIONS CEASED
IN 1872 AND FACTORY BURNED IN 1933.
THE BELL TOWER REMAINS.
SIGN DONATED BY GREENFIELD KIWANIS CLUB
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