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| The Clapp Memorial Chapel in Pittsfield Cemetery, shown above in 1911, was built in 1900 as a gift to the cemetery by Mrs. Edwin Clapp, in memory of her father, Calvin Martin, first president of th... |
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01-30-2011
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| The Clapp Memorial Chapel still functions as a chapel in January 2011
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01-30-2011
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| The Thomas Allen Memorial, shown above in the early 20th century, is a 42-foot obelisk of polished red marble erected in 1885 in the High Grove secton of Pittsfield Cemetery. Quarried in Missouri w... |
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01-09-2011
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| Here is the Thomas Allen Memorial as it is today, Jan. 2011. Even reduced, it is still thought today to be the largest piece of polished red marble in the world. |
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01-09-2011
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| Park Square, pictured above in 1856, used to be the home of ‘ Old Elm,’ the tall tree that was a symbol of Pittsfield’s moniker, ‘ The Elm City.’ ‘ Old Elm’ would eventually be struck... |
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09-28-2010
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| Park Square today (Sept. '10) is at the center of bustling Bank Row.
Park Square, pictured above in 1856, used to be the home of ‘ Old Elm,’ the tall tree that was a symbol of Pittsfield’... |
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09-28-2010
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| A.H. Rice silk mill at 55 Spring St. in Pittsfield, shown above in 1938, was built in 1880 and used for the maufacture of silk thread, last operated as a factory nearly five years ago. The previous... |
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09-28-2010
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| A.H. Rice silk mill in 2010. Jon Rudzinski of Rees-Larkin Development in Boston, who proposes to turn it into 45 units of affordable housing, expects to break ground in the spring, nearly two years... |
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09-28-2010
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| If the First Church of Christ, Congregational, left, and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, right, flanking Pittsfield’s former Town Hall on Park Square in the 1850s, look closer than they do toda... |
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08-01-2010
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| The space between the Episcopal Church and the Old City Hall is called Allen Street today, August 2010. Notice the barrier built not allowing entrance to Allen Street from traffic heading east past... |
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08-01-2010
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| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, at 358 Fenn St. in Pittsfield, shown above in 1949, was dedicated on Oct. 26, 1924, after eight years of construction. Designed by architect George E. Haynes and se... |
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08-01-2010
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| This is was used to be called Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on August 1, 2010.
The property was acquired in mid-2010 for $877,000 by the Brien Center, a nonprofit mental health provider, that pl... |
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08-01-2010
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