Pittsfield High School Class of 1957 - Pittsfield History III

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Pittsfield High School Class of 1957 - Pittsfield History III
More questions.

1. Who was the famous baseball player who hit his first home run as a professional at Waconah Park?
A - Ty Cobb
B - Hank Greenberg
C - Lou Gehrig
D - Ted Williams
E - Carl Yastremski
F - Joe DiMaggio

2. Who built Wahconah Park -- the baseball park?
A - George W. Burbank
B - James W. Allen
C - Henry L. Dawes
D - William W. Wendell III
E - Alan R. Pomeroy
F - Guido Petricca

3. When did the Little League start in Pittsfield?
A - 1948
B - 1950
C - 1952
D - 1939
E - 1903
F - 1956

4. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was named such for what reason?
A - The man who put up money for the church''s building was Stephen Van Rensselaer.
B - A priest who was a close friend of the man who was the push behind the building of the church was named Stephen.
C - The first minister in Pittsfield was Rev. Stephen Wendell
D - St. Stephen was a favorite saint of the founder of Pittsfield
E - The committee formed to build the church pulled the name out of a hat full of names of saints.
F - The Bishop of Westminster Abbey was the Rev. Stephen Pitt, brother of William Pitt.

5. Easton Avenue was named for what reason?
A - The wife of the property developer was born in Easton, PA
B - A Colonel and owner of a local tavern where he met with others to plan an attack on Fort Ticonderoga.
C - Easton was the man in charge of the Mass. Regiment in the Civil War.
D - Easton owned the largest woolen mill in town at the time.
E - The street was built on land previously belonging to the Easton family.
F - George and Amelia Easton was the first couple married in Pittsfield.

6. England Bros Department Store was founded in:
A - 1857
B - 1888
C - 1865
D - 1876
E - 1903
F - 1918

7. England Bros Department Store closed in:
A - 1961
B - 1976
C - 1988
D - 1991
E - 2000
F - 1995

8. The first name of the area that encompasses Pittsfield given by Englishmen was:
A - Poontoosuck Plantation
B - Onota Plantation
C - Allen's Farm
D - Manahetog Plantation
E - Wendel Estate
F - Craneville

9. Why were there so many woolen mills in the area?
A - Sheep were brought in via the Housatonic River and sheered here.
B - Samuel Pomeroy smuggled in the plans for a machine that made woolen goods.
C - Merino sheep were brought into the Berkshires
D - New Zealand sheep were imported into the area and flourished.
E - Laws were favorable for woolen manufacturing vs. other types of factories.
F - William Stanley supported the mill owners and gave them the transformers they needed to run their factories

10. There is a building in Chicago named the Pittsfield Building. Why?
A - Marshal Field was associated with Pittsfield and it was so named because of that connection.
B - The first Mayor Daley worked in Pittsfield in his twenties and wanted to honor the city.
C - Chicago is a sister city of Pittsfield
D - George Cominsky came from Pittsfield, Maine, and it is named for that city.
E - William Wrigley worked at Holden, Stone during his summers while in college and named the building after the city.
F - The architect named fourteen buildings he designed after the county seats in Mass.

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