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PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
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1 50a ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sunday July 2
Monday July 3
Tuesday July 4
ISfineteen Hundred Eleven
OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND SOUVENIR
■AU Rights Reserved.
PITTSFIELD
^^^^ ITTSFIELD, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of its corporate existence July 2d, 3d and 4th, 1911,
is the shire city, or county seat, of Berkshire, the western county of Massachusetts. History relates that
the pioneer settlers located here in 1743. The township was then known as The Plantation of
Pontoosuck, but when Col. William Williams secured the passage of the act by which the settlement
was incorporated as a town. Sir Francis Bernard, the royal governor of Massachusetts, gave it the name
of Pittsfield, in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and popularl>- known as "The Great Commoner.'' The town
form of government was continued until 1S91 when, by vote of the citizens, Pittsfield became a city.
Situated as it is in the center of the Berkshire Hills, the most famous scenic region in America, Pittsfield has
never ceased to be a favored place of residence and has grown steadily in population, the last census showing 32,121.
The city is served by the Boston and Albany and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads and is in close touch,
thereby, with New York, Boston, Springfield and Albany. Its street railway system extends to Connecticut on the
south, Vennont on the north, and will soon be connected with an eastern system reaching to Boston and a western sys-
tem to Albany. Fine water, a complete and modern sewerage system, well paved streets, admirable schools, a well
equipped fire department and an efficient police department, are some of the municipal features. Pittsfield boasts
many large manufacturing industries, eight banking institutions, a live board of trade, and mercantile establishments
second to no city of its size in the country. It is a city of homes, with beautiful shaded streets, and the educational
opportunities offered by such institutions as the library, museum, Y. M. C. A., Boys' Club, Business Women's Associa-
tion and Working Girls' Club, appreciably supplement the work of the pubHc schools. Its church organizations have
handsome edifices and are flourishing and prosperous.
Pittsfield is known far and wide as "The Gem City of the Berkshires," a title of peculiar appropriateness, because
of its natural beauty, its high standards of municipal and individual life, and because, from a materialistic as well as
from an idealistic standpoint, it possesses in an unusual degree the characteristics of the ideal American city.
Outline o f Program
Sunday, July 2nd
10.30 A. M.
Services in all churches with Anniversary
sermons.
AFTERNOON
2.15 P.M.
Laying of the Corner Stone of the Ncav Morn-
ingside Baptist Church. Address by Hon.
Louis A. Frothingham, Lieutenant Governor
of Massachusetts.
Public address by President Harry A. Gar-
field of W^illiams College, on the First Street
Common. Special music.
Monday, July 3rd
10.30 A. M.
Dedication, under the auspices of the Berk-
shire County Chapter, Sons of the American
Revolution, assisted by Mr. F. E. McSweeney
and school children, of Memorial Bowlder
on site of Easton's Tavern, South Street.
2 P. M.
Historical Street Pageant, representing Pitts-
field's progress for 150 years.
8 P.M.
Anniversary Meeting at Colonial Theatre.
Address by Ex-Gov. John D. Long of Hing-
ham.
9.30 P. M.
Illumination of Park and streets.
Tuesday, July 4th
10.30 A. M.
Civic, Military and Industrial Parade.
AFTERNOON
Aeroplane flights at Allen Farm.
EVENING
Firew^orks display at Colt's Lot.
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Mr.
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Mr.
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Mr.
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Mr. William Russell Allen
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. 150th Anniversary Celebration
Chairmen
of Committees
ECCLESIASTICAL SERVICES
MUSIC COMMITTEE
HON. KELTON B. MILLER
MR. HARRY B. SEES
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
DECORATIONS
MR. EDWARD BOLTWOOD
MR. DANIEL ENGLAND
FINANCE COMMITTEE
ENTERTAINMENT
MR. GEORGE H. COOPER
MR. CLEMENT F. COOGAN
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE
MR. WILLIAM L. ADAM
PARADE, FOURTH OF JULY
MR. DAVID J. GIMLICH
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
FIREWORKS
MR. EDWARD J. SPALL
MR. WILLIAM H. EATON
COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE
MR. JOHN H. ENRIGHT
SOCIETIES
MR. EDWARD ROSENBAUM
ORGANIZATIONS
ILLUMINATIONS
MR. LUKE J. MINAHAN
INVITATIONS
MR. HENRY R. PEIRSON
MR. DAVID J, GIMLICH
PRINTING
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
MR. DANIEL ENGLAND
MR. HENRY TRAVER, JR.
AVIATION
PUBLICITY
MR. FREEMAN M. MILLER
MR. S. CHESTER LYON
TRANSPORTATION AND EXCURSIONS
MR. LINUS W. HARGER.
MR. CHESTER E. GLEASON
COMMIl TEES
Ecclesiastical Services
Rev.
W. J. Dower
HON. K. B. MILLER, C/iain„aii
Rev. E. C. Davis
Historical Committee and Sub-Committees
Historical Committee
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John A
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W. L
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EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman
Joseph E. Peirson Arthur N. Cooley
Sub-Committees
a Loan Exhibition of Portraits and Historical Relics
J. M.
Stevenson
Miss Harriet Plunkett
W. C. Moulton
ARTHUR N. COOLEY, CImirman
Miss CaroHnc Tucker Miss Phila Whipple
William Nugent Frank E. Peirson
Oliver Root Fred T. West
George C. Harding
Robert A. Riee
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JOSEPH E. PEIRSON, Chainnqn
McSweeney W. L. Root E. T. Slocum
J. M.
Stevenson
On Anniversary Meeting, Monday Evening, July 3cl
WILLIAM L. ADAM, Chairman
John Barker
Walter C. Kellogg J. Ward Lewis
On Historical Pageant
EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Chairman
Robert F. Stanton
E. W. Backman
Jay P. Barnes Ambrose Clogher
On Marking Historical Sites
J. M. STEVENSON, Chairman
J. McA. Vance.
F. H. Printiss
Henry A. Brewster Edward T. Scully
Aviation Committee
F. M. MILLER. Chairman
Edward B. Hull
K. B. Miller
John Nicholson Geo. H. Cooper
Transportation Committee
CHESTER E. GLEASON, Chairman
L. J. Minahan
W. H. Eaton
C. Q. Richmond Chas. H. Wilson
W. E. Hoyt
Alexander vShaw
S. S. Van Etten Fred Light
Sidney Morton
Harry A. Oltsch
Peter C. Dolan Henry R. Russell
Norman 'C. Hull
Commercial Committee
JOHN H. ENRIGHT,
Chairman
Frank D. Brockett
M. C. Pritchard
M. Rosenthal
H. Cohen
H. A. Bartholomew
C. I. Bigley
S. E. Robinson
E. G. Combes
Frank S. Clark
H. Blank
Henry H. Rice
A. M. Cone
George F. Cullen
C. T. Brigham
Charles R. Stevens
H. L. Dunham
Joseph H. Dudley
Thos. Carder
Frank D. Taylor
Wm. J. Cullen
Louis E. Durfee
R. F. Clary
A. E. Truesdale
C. N. Denault
Benjamin England
W. L. Coleman
L. G. Perry
P. J. Dillon
George W. Edwards
M. H. Condron
H. E. Ames
Oscar Dodge
P. Pf Fallon
C, C. Cook
F. C. Backus
F. I. Drake
Frank A. Farrell
F. W. Crosier
J. L. Bacon
H. T. Root
Fred W. Barris
W. L. Cummings
H. P. Ball
E. 0. Engstrom
Harry Holden
W. J. Dovall
J. W. Balzer
T. H. Farrell
G. A. Kenyon
P. H. Dineen
F. H. Beardsley
Geo. Faulkner
C. D. Butler
A. S. Dorfman
A. L. Boudreau
S. G. Barnes
Geo. Blatchford
A. J. Peacock
0. T. Benedict
W. B. Foote
E. H. Wilson
W. A. Fahey
Samuel Feldman
L. E. French
C. W. Wright
John Granfield
S. D. Andrews
C. C. Gamwell
L. W. Acheson
L. J. Adacken
F. J. Clarke
W. R. Gardener
H. L. Hoag
W. I. Mellen
F. W. Henry
R. P. Mitchell
D. H. Pike
Charles W. Noble
S. Bridges
W. P. Griffen
E. T. Belden
William Nugent
J. J. Canning
0. M. Haley
J. Addison
James J. Pender
H. A. Holmes
Jas. Henchy
E. L. Smith
Frank E. Peirson
W. F. Clark
Jas. Hickey
Commercial C«
ammittee — Continued
H. A. Hovey
E. C. Boice
Dr. J. A. Vreeland
A. V. PhilHps
John Kerins
Frank P. Wood
D. J. Walsh
A. A. Mills
A. Klein
M. Goldstein
C. S. Ferry
N. E. Church
L. L. Larouche
Wm. H. Newton
F. S. Folwell
D. S. Freedman
J. H. Leonard
T. H. Nolan
H. B. Jones
A. W. Plumb
G. E. Lester
J. H. Bigelow
Fred. Fredericks
C. Polly
J. E. Linnehan
Henry Sears
Jos. F. Gardner
M. H. Powell
P. A. Lowe
Wm. H. Shandoff
P. H. Garvey
E. D. Pritchard
Geo. T. Mandigo
James Shipton
F. H. Goodrich
F. J. Quinn
M. Mathews
J. E. Simmons
F. L. Dole
Wm. F. Rainey
T. N. Enright
W. S. Skeats
J. C. Hall
F. F. Read
Arthur Maloney
Chas. F. Smith
Thos. R. Burke
E. F. Rice
R. Mathewson
ElHot F. Smith
E. B. Jacobson
F. C. Rice
Jas. Mattoon
P. M. Smith
W. R. Tiffany
L. H. Riescr
J. F. Mawhinney
F. S. Smith
E. A. Larkin
Wm. P. Boden
J. J. McCarthy
E. F. Flanagan
N. J. Lawton
Thos. P. Reilly
M. McComiick
Frank Spaulding
D. J. Lyons
J. S. Robertson
W. F. McEnany
E. Stanley
L. P. Ogden
Edw. F. Roscoe
J. W. Meehan
Clarence Stephens
John G. Orr
Thos. Kelly
Wm. L Meigs
W. C. Stevenson
E. S. Osteyee
H. A. Dunbar
W. J. MilHken
C. R. St. James
Frank J. Owen
James O'Connor
Jos. Betters
John C. Gerst
John Papas
J. W. Synan
D. Molner
Robert P. Easland
R. P. Parker
W. J. Hamilton
J. J. Mooney
J. A. Wade
Ralph Pezzini
G. Taubert
Commercial Committee — Continued
J. H. Tebbetts
F. B. Tregaskis
A. C. Washburne
Leo Zander
J. H. Tetley
S. S. Van Etten
H. G. West
E. Williams
Dr. J. B. Thomes
C. L. Vaughn
C. B. Wells
E. B. Wilson
E. J. Thurston
Samuel Schwartz
Wm. B. West
S. C. Wood
Edw. Tolman
Dr. R. W. Volk '
F. M. White
Joseph Wood
.I.E. Torrc}'
Andrew J. Barnfather
E. R. Whiting
Dr. R. A. Woodruff
E. A. Tompkins
M. B. Warner
J. J. Whittlesey
C. H. Wright
Jos. T. Yon
J. Woodward
Finance Committee
GEO. H. COOPER,
Chair man
Geo. H. Tucker
C. G. Persons
John D. Woodbuni
A. Cairns
Dr. Henry Colt
Geo. W. Gardner
C. C. Henry
John S. Rice
A. N. Coolcy
S. T. Braman
A. J. Newman
Frank Mackey
D. J. Cximlich
John McQuaid
F. F. Fulcher
Geo. Clark, Jr.
J. H. Enright
E. C. Bence
A. M. Stronach
Jos. Cummings
C. H. Wilson
John McEnany
W. D. Wyman
L. W. Kittredge
J. B. O'Hearn
W. O'Brien
J. J. Pender
Henry A. Francis
W. H. Eaton
Loring G. Robbins
Jos. Insull
C. E. Bennett
L. J. Hollingsworth
Frank Palmer
John A. Chesney
T. J. Nelligan
H. R. Russell
A. H. Bagg
Walter M. Annis
Lemuel G. Lloyd
Educational Committee
W. L. ADAM. Chairman
William Nugent
W. D. Goodwin Miss Clara E. Rogers
Miss Agnes M. Reid
Henry A. Francis
C. E. Bennett Miss Mary A. Brennan
Miss Maria A. Denny
C. G. Persons
Geo. W. Gardner Miss Ellen Irons
Miss Helena J. Jordan
Miss Cora E. Dorr
Miss Rose Duffy Miss
Rose 0. Kendall
Industrial Committee
W. H. EATON, Cliairmau
Hon. W. Murray Crane
Edward A. Jones Thomas P. Plurikett
Charles W. Seager
Winthrop M. Crane, Jr.
George W. Pease Charles W. Power
David Campbell
Z. Marshall Crane
James R. Savery Henry R. Russell
Thomas D. Peck
William J. Foss
Clifford Francis Irving P. Thompson
Charles K. Crane
Henry A. Francis
William A. Pike Charles H. Wilson
Reception Committee
HENRY TRAVER, JR., Chairman
W. W. Gamwcll
H. S. Russell
W. F. Hawkins Hon. K. B. Miller
T. L. Allen
H. J. Jones
Daniel England John M. Taylor
Edward B. Cain
E. H. Robbins
H. D. Sisson C. W. Van DeMark
J. Ward Lewis
C. E. Hibbard
Allen H. Bagg F. H. Printiss
Ernest Johnson
Hon. J. C. Crosby
W. H. Maclnnis J. F. Van Deusen
John Barker
Reception
Committee — Continued
Hon. Zenas Crane
M. G. Rosenthal
A. J. White
W. C. Moulton
Alfred C. Daniels
J. H. Howieson
C. I. Lincoln
J. S. Mattoon
E. H. Kennedy
S. D. Carpenter
John Churchill
A. K. Sloper
F. M. Piatt
James Eagan
D. Rosenhein
S. B. Rothkopf
John Feely
James Kittle
J. J. Bastion
C. L Meyer
H. B. Wellington
Dr. S. C. Burton
D. C. Maclnnis
F. M. Landis
Gilbert West
Dr. J. A. Langlois
George T. Denny
Dr. J. F. A. Adams
George W. Foote
W. M. Clark
A. M. Chapman
Robert W. Adam
Hon. F. W. Rockwell
T. E. Hall
John R. Feeley
Arthur H. Rice
W. G. Backus
J. N. Shepardson
E. B. Wilson
John R. Feeley
James Wilson
C. E. Merrill
E. T. Lawrence
Emory H. Nash
M. Fitzgerald
T. H. Day
M. J. Powers
John McQuaid
E. C. Carpenter
John J. Powers
P. J. McMahon
Philip W. Goewey
J. H. Wood
C. H. Miller
"Dr. E. S. Robison
John M. Burke
R. B. Bardwell
A. W. Stewart
Frank D. Burke
William E. Wilcox
William Turtle
W. H. Swift
W. C. Kellogg
Thomas A. Macken
W. G. Morton
Morris Schaff
H. C. Thomas
George W. Pease
G. W. Branch
James McKenna
P. A. Jacobs
William J. Baughman
J. M. Stevenson
I. D. Ferry
J. H. Newberger
Jay P. Barnes
W. H. Phillips
W. B. Rice
C. A. Finke
James R. Savers-
W. H. Sloan
W. H. Newton
W. H. Young
James Fallon
Oren Benedict
I. F. Chesley
A. F. Dodge
Henry Traver, Jr.
George H. Gary
P. P. Curtin
J. H. Langley
Wni. W. Linnehan
H. H. Ballard
Martin Deihl
J. H. Noble
Roland E. Bur bank
Reception Committee — Continued
Jacob Gimlich
W. G. White James P. Fryer
William A. Burns
Charles M. Wilcox
S. S. Levy John Fitzgerald
William A. Fahey
Peter J. McDonald
Edward T. Slocum Chester E. Gleason
Michael Eisner
William Tolman
John N. Root John Corkhill
James T. Goggins
George W. Bailey
William P. Griffen Arthur H. Wood
Herbert P. Sanders
Charles R. Foote
Harvey W. Partridge Burdick A. Stewart
Clifford H. Dickson
John J. Bastion
Levi A. Stevens Edward Rosenbaum
Michael F. Quinn
Michael Hennessey
Joseph J. St. James William Turtle
C. E. Burke
Daniel F. Farrell
Frank Howard Frank Bartlett
James W. Synan
Thomas J. Kernan
John L. Russell L. D. Hazard
John C. Kelly
Publicity Committee
S. Chester Lyon Linus W. Harger
Music Committee
H. B. vSEES, Chairman
D. Edward Burns Fred T. Francis
Decoration Committee
DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman
Raymond L, Castello
Frank Walker
R. W. Harrington H. E. Hughes W. J. Tonkin
G. E. Haynes
Fred Kahl
Edward F. Fahey W. K. Henry S. G. Barnes
John J. Scully
Fireworks Committee
E. J. SPALL, Chairman
Dr. M. W. Flynn
Frank Hempstead E. F. Rice
F. M. Miller
George A. Grounds
Frank Howard S. T. Braman
Illumination Committee
LUKE J. MINAHAN, Chairman
C. H. Brown
William A. Whittlesey
Thomas Cullen H. C. Crafts Harry W. Tobey
W. J. Baughman
Fred Retallick
H. S. Blake W. T. K. Brown
Invitation Committee
HENRY R. PEIRSON, Chairman
Jos. Insull
Gilbert, West
W. W. Gamwcll Michael Cain
Joseph E. Purches
Thos. H. Villencu\-e Robert C. Rockwell William Meyer
Printing Committee
DANIEL ENGLAND, Chairman
Harry Holmes
John B. Stone James W. Synan
Charles J. Dale
C. L. Acly
H. L. King Frank Howard
T. Cooney, Jr.
Entertainment Committee
C. F. COOGAN,
Chairman
Walter L. Mercer
Cecil C. Gam well
Henry Hay
Henry J. Ryan
A. J. Fcil
Arthur W. Plumb
David L. Evans
Dr. F. S. Coolidge
John H. Eels
Howard P. Brown
H. Neill Wilson
Cyrus C. Henry
Edgar P. Wood
Francis J. McMahon
George E. Haynes
Terrence Cooney, Jr.
F. F. Read
Thomas P. Riley
John Corkhill
John H. Starbuck
DeWitt Bruce
Geo. H. Clark-
William D. Maclnncs
J. C. CuUen
Charles B. Dunham
Fred C. Rice
Jacob Gimlich
W. H. Marra
Arthur B. Famham
Redmond Walsh
Joseph H. Wood
John Stapleton
William P. Wood
James P. Sullivan
William A. Fahey
Charles A. Potter
Daniel F. Farrell
Richard vStapIeton
William A. Burns
James McSweeney
Louis A. Merchant
L. H. Gamwell
Dr. George N. Kinncll
Frank H. Cande
George W. Mcrriam
Walter B. Smith
Michael L. Eisner
E. S. Davenport
Peter W. Burns
H. M. Pitt
John B. Cummings
James Denny
James L. Bacon
M. E. Stockbridge
Thomas F. Demont
Isaac Witten
Milton Newanan
S. W. Shepardson
Franklin A. Smith
John E. Perkins
Charles W. Seagcr
Carey R. Kinney
George W. Bailey
W. F. Hunt
Lomer G. Goodrich
Charles T. Barker
George W. Clark
Patrick Condron
Charles W. Sloper
4th of July Parade Committee
DAVID J. GIMLICH,
Cliairman
John F. CollxTt
W. J. Mercer
Horace D. Eddy
Wm. Ferry
Thos. Cumiin,L;ham
W. F. A-IacKenzie
John J. Ford
Jas. Keenan
James Dyer
E. T. Smith
Wm. Hurst
L. L. Mullett
W. vS. De Voe
Chas. E. Wright
Alphonsc Kosher
Miles Stanton
Edward M. Hall
Louis E. French
E. F. Stanton
C. J. Blaza
William C. .Stevenson
Frank E. Russell
John Skinkel
Chas. Rote
W. H. Fallon
Frank Daly
John White
Henry Barber
Dr. L. H. Hendec
E. T. Granger
B. A. Stewart
C. H. Rice
Emil Dorgcrloh
John Corkhill, Jr.
Frank J. Kie
Wm. Read
John H. McEnany
E. R. Burdick
R. F. Stanton
Geo. S. Harris
Ambrose Stewart
Alexaiider G. Anderson
Chas. R/[cNeil
W. L Rodder
E. E. Mercure
Arthur Pratt
Jos. Heifer
Ernest Carlson
J. J. Woodrow
C. W. Noble
J. J. Nolan
Gustave Anderson
John R. Feeley
Ambrose Cloghcr
Geo. Schmidt
Augustus Peterson
Lemuel G. Lloyd
L. C. Talbot
P. Sullivan
H.F. Sears
A. E. Holmes
Antonio Chiodo, Jr.
John Nolan
John Sutty
M. J. Keliher
Walter E. Bennett
Frank O'Brien
Walter E. Warren
S. C. Wood
George F. Henderson
Geo. S. Holderness
Jas. F. Dean
Frank Ernst
William H. Marsliall
The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 1911
M. J. Powers. Ward I : Patrick J. McMahon. Ward 2: Dr. Elmer S. Robison. Ward 3; Walter C. Kellogg. Ward 4: Henry Traver. Jr.. Ward 5
Frank D. Burke. Ward 0. Hon. Kelton B. Miller. Henry Thomas, Ward 7
The Common Council. 1911
Ward One Ward Two Ward Three Ward Six Ward Four Ward Five Ward Seven
Paul A. Jacobs Christian H. Finite John H. Langley Pres. Edward Rosen baum Wm. C. Moulton Archibald K. Sloper Frank M. Landis
John N. Newbertfer Wm. H. Young Arthur F. Dodge Samuel B. Rothkopf John H. Noble James S. Mattoon Clarence I. Meyer
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The Mayors of Pittsfield
Upper row: — Charles E. Hibbard. 1891; Jabei L. Peck, 1892-3: John C.Crosby, 1894-5; Walter F. Hawkins. 1896-7; 'William W.
Whiting. 1898-9; Hezekiah S. Russell. 1900-1.
Lou'er roil.:— Daniel England. 1902; Harry D. Sisson, 1903-4: Allen H. Bagg. 1905-6-7: 'William H. Maelnnis. 1908-9-10; Kelton B.
Miller. 1911.
THE 150th ANNIVERSARY ODE
By HARLAN H. BALLARD
Our dear loved home, \ve raise
To thee a son^ of praise
On this glad aay :
W^e love thy pleasant land,
W^e love thy mountains grand.
To thee both heart and hand
W^e pledge for aye.
Here in their light canoe
O'er lake Onota flew
Dark Indian braves;
Here hunter's toils were set.
Here chiefs in council met.
Here sleep red warriors yet
In unmarked graves.
W^here Housatonic flow^s
Our fathers' homes arose
Mid forests drear:
Here all they hoped they sought.
Here all they loved they brought.
Here all their lives they wrought;
They slumber here.
Here Williams' footsteps strayed.
Here Parson Allen prayed.
Here Easton sleeps;
Here W^atson, Briggs and Brown
And Tucker w^on renown.
And here the sorrowing town
O'er Bartlett weeps.
Now every flag unfurl
For England's noble earl
And shout his fame :
Thrice fifty years are flown
Since Chatham dared the throne.
And made our cause his own
And ours his name.
O'er Pittsfield's glorious past
No record e'er can cast
A cloud of shame ;
She stands as fair today;
And O, dear God. we pray
That all the future may
Guard her good name.
July 1. 1911
Natives of Pittsfield
They were here when the Indians came
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Early Pontoosuck Landholders
Left to Right:— Col. Elisha Jones, who bought the present Country Club property of Wendell-Stoddard-LivJngston. grantees.
Col. Jacob Wendell, grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who in 1735 bought at auction the inchoate rights of Pontoosuck. 24,040
acres, for 1.320 pounds sterling.
Philip Livingston of Albany, kinsman of Col. Wendell, -who claimed Pontoosuck as part of Livingston Manor, and became a joint owner
with Col. Wendell and John Stoddard.
Sites of Early Pontoosuck Forts
Upper left hand picture: — Site of Fort Goodrich, built by Capt. Charles Goodrich. 1756.
Upper right hand picture: — Site of Fort Fairfield, built by Stephen Crofoot. Nathaniel Fairfield and others. 1758.
Lower left hand picture: — Site of Fort Anson, built by Col. William Williams. 1754.
Lower right hand picture: — Site of Fort Ashley, near Onota Lake, built in 1757.
Historical River and Lake Views
Upper: — Where Deacon Stephen Crofoot built a dam on Housatonic River in 1758.
Middle: — Melville Lake, where Longfellow risked his life to pick pond lilies in 1848.
Lower: — Here Deacon Crofoot built a bridge across the Housatonic in 17 54- First public work in the settlement.
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Solomon Deming's House on Elm Street, built 1752. rared May, 1911
Home of Sarah Deming, first \vhite woman in Pittsfield. and her daughter Dorothy, first white child. Dorothy's chair in small picture.
Parson Thomas Allen
First pastor of The First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, to which he was called in 1 7b4
Men, 22 in number, that responded to the call for aid sent from Bennington
mand of Gen. Stark in the memorable conflict of August lb. 1777.
He led the first detachment of Berkshire Minute
Parson Allen and his comrades fought under the personal com-
The Three Allen Houses
Smal) circular picture: — The home of Parson Thomas Allen.
Lower picture: — The second Thomas Allen home on the same site.
Large upper picture: — "Eagle's Nest", the third Thomas Allen home, now standing.
Small upper picture: — ^The twin elms planted by Parson Allen at the birth of his twin babies. Cut down in 1910.
Famous Old Pittsfield Homes
Upper left picture is the William Brattle house built on Williams Street in 1762. Mr. Brattle kept a malt house near his residence as early as
1763.
Upper right hand picture is of the John Chandler Williams house, built about 1780 by Col. James Easton. In it was celebrated the Peace
Party at the close of the Revolution. Now the St. Stephen's rectory.
Lower picture shows the Hardmg house on East Street. Erected 1793 for a town hall, stood on the site of St. Stephen's Church until 1832.
Cost about 250 pounds sterling. Lafayette in 1825 was received in it. and addressed the people from the upper right hand window.
Sturdy Men of Old Pittsfield
Calvin Martin, for S3 years member of the Berkshire bar.
Jason Clapp. who built carriages for Presidents and royalty
Martin Bai
gg. a Continental soldier of prominence.
Old Vie^vs of Park Square
Park Square in 180". 1310 and 1855. and in small picture, the sundial marking the spot -where stood the Old Elm.
Mortument Mountain there -was no inanimate thing so revered and venerable.'
Trora Greylock to
Three vie^ws show the famous tree.
The Park in the Olden Days
The lower view of Park Square was taken about 1810. It shows the Old Elm. Parson Allen's house and Griswold's Inn.
In the upper view is Capt. Merrick's tavern, on the site of the Berkshire Life Building, and the Bulfinch Church about 1822.
The Revered and Venerable Old Elm
In its prime this tree, one of the most historical in America, was 126 feet high. Picture shows the elm in 1850.
The Three Edifices of the First Church
Lower picture: — Church designed by Bulfinch in 1794. removed to Maplewood 1855. now an assembly hall
Upper picture: — First Church of Christ, dedicated July 6, 1853. Cost J29.600. Capacity. 1,100.
Small view is of the First Church, in which "Parson" Allen preached in 17fc4-
As Pittsfield Appeared 55 Years Ago
This view of Pittsfield, from one of the Maplewood buildings, is reproduced from a lithograph printed in Paris after a
dra\ving made by Mr. James C. Clapp in 1856.
Early Pittsfield Men and Visitors
Upper left to right: — Henry Van Schaack. builder of Country Club house: Elkanah Watson, founder of agricultural societies; Allan
Melville, an early resident.
Lower: - Herman Melville, the famous writer, who bought Arrowhead in 1852; Marquis de LaFayette, who visited Pittsfield in 1825.
Country Club of Pittsfield. Built by Henry Van Schaack, 1785
Once "Broad Hall", a famous boarding: house. Longfello\v. Hawthorne. Holmes and other famous men lived here. First view. 22 foot hallway:
Second view, west front in 1909; Third view, east front in 1911.
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The Berkshire Life Corner
Upper picture: — Berkshire House, erected in 1827. Pittsfield men contributed »650 towards its construction.
Lower picture: — Berkshire Life Insurance Company's building, erected in 1868. now under reconstruction. Home of Pittsfield's Post Office from
1868 to 1911.
Street Corner Changes of Forty Years
Upper picture: — Old United States Hotel building, corner South and West Streets, about 1870.
Lower right hand picture: — Same corner twenty years later.
Left hand picture: — Hotel Wendell, built by Mr. Samuel Bowerman in 1898, at a cost of about $250,000.
The Savings Bank Corner
In 1850 Mr. John C. West built West's Block, shown in the upper picture. It took the place of a wooden building which was accounted very
handsome in its day. In 1896 the Berkshire County Savings Bank built and occupied the attractive and costly building in louver view.
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The^Backus Corner
Bank Row and the so-called Backus Corner in 1869. Picture shows Berkshire County Court House foundations and the Wood Building as it
formerly was, three stories high. New Park Building in lower view, showing development of the corner in 40 years.
Maplewood--01d and New
Berkshire Gymnasium built by Mr. Lemuel Pomeroy. 1826. A high sehool for young men founded on a peculiar German model by Prof
Chester Dewey, a promment American scientist. Now a part of The Maplewood Hotel, shown in lower view.
Prominent Personages in Pittsfield's Past
Upper Left Hand Portrait:-— Hon. George Nixon Briggs, svho never wore a collar. Brought all of his belongings on his back
into Berkshire in boyhood. Congressman from Berkshire, 1830-1841. Governor of Massachusetts, 1843-1850.
Lower Left Hand Portrait: — Lemuel Pomeroy, who came to Pittsfield in 1799, a prosperous, generous, public-spirited early citizen
of Pittsfield.
Upper Right Hand Portrait: — -Thomas F. Plunkett worked his way to wealth and honorable position. Peddler, farmer, manu-
facturer, financier, president of the Berkshire Life Insurance Company.
Lower Right Hand Portrait: — Hon. Julius Rockwell, who succeeded Edward Everett as U. S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Justice of the Superior Court from its organization in 1859 to the time of his death in 1888.
Erected on East Street
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The Pomeroy Homestead
1770 b>' Capt. John Strong, for a tavern. Later the home of.Col. Robt. Pomeroy and a center of Pittsfield social life,
fine Colonial mansion owned by the late Bishop Geortfe Worthin^ton. Col. Pomeroy is shown holding pony.
North Street Fifty Years Ago
Showing the agricultural store of George N. Dutton and the decapitated First Baptist Church spire. 18bl.
Original Mill of The Pontoosuc Woolen Co.
Built by Henry Shaw of Lanesboro; David Campbell, Thaddeus Clapp and George W. Campbell, of Pittsfteld. in the year 1825.
Maplewood in About 1855
Picture sho'ws the Greek Chipel built in 1 84b, the Bulfinch Church, moved to present site in 1 85 1 . and the beautiful grounds.
Park Square in 1865
Showing the fountain, the three rail fence and the band stand.
After Stage Coach Days
Upper-Passenger tra.n on Western railroad, 1843 Cc.ncsr--Luther Taylor, engineer Western railroad. 1843
Lower — Union railroad depot. Built in 1866
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Round House and Jubilee Hill
A scene of 1860 showing a famous engine and "Jubilee Hill" sixteen years after its christening.
In The Days of the Volunteers
George Y. Learned Engine Co. No. 2 and Greylock Hook and Ladder Co. Taken in 18t>5.
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A Beloved Poet and "Holmesdale"
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' villa in 1849. w^here he spent what he called "seven blessed sumnaers."
"Holmesdale", on the site of the poet's "snug little place", the country residence of Mr. William, Pollock.
First Baptist Church of Pittsfield
L.;ft.— Church as remodeled in 1875. Cost $39,000. Ccnler.—Drawing of Church of 1850. Rioht;— Church built in 1830. Cost S8.500.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Left: — Old St. Stephen's, built in 1832. Center: — St. Stephen's Church. Built in 1889. Right: — Union Church. Episcopal services were held 1830-2.
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The South Congregational Church
Left.— The church in 1911. Center.— As built in 1850. Cost $12,000. Rioht.— Drawing of the church in 1849.
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Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church
Dedicated September 15. 1895.
St. Charles' Roman Catholic Church
Corner stone laid October 7. 1894-
Second Congregational Church
Built 184b. Rev. Samuel Harrison preached here nearly 50 years.
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German Lutheran Churches
Ge^an Lu.he.an Church. Bu.lt .8.5. Cost .2.374. EvangcUca. Lutheran Church. Dedicated Feb. 2.. .893. Co. .23.000.
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Unity Church, Unitarian
Duilt 1890.
First Church of Christ. Scientist
Reconstructed 1907.
Attractive Church Edifices
Up,er Icfc picrurv-Th. Mornings.de Bapf.t Church. Organized 1896. Center pi«ur.-The Pilgrim Memorial Church. Organized 1897.
Upper right picture — The Advent Church.
Pittsfield's Famous Literary Shrine
Upper picture — "Elm KnoU" where in 1845 Longfellow wrote "The Old Clock on the Stairs.'
Center— The Clock "half way up the stairs." and the poet at the time of his second marriage.
Lowet — That "old-fashiooed country seat." the Plunkett house of today.
Indian Point. Onota Lake An Early Ford on Housatonic River, near Holmes Road
An aboriginal hunting ground long visited by Mohegan Indians. Route of Indians to their burial grounds at Canoe Meadows.
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Business and Residential Streets
North Street, showio* the heart of trade. East Street, the widest and most historical street.
Landmarks of Rural Pittsfleld
A 1 . Tl,* Balanced Rock 25 ft. long, 15 ft. wide. 10 ft thick, weigtis IbS tons.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes Pine. A primeval tree. 1 he Balancea rock, ijit b
Remarkable Natural Curiosities
Cross Rock. A bowlder shrine.
Split Rock. Where 'Jvood divides stone.
The American House Corner Since 1842
Upper— Old Egyptian Western Railroad Depot, built 1842. burned Nov. 5, 1854. Old American House.
Center — New American House as remodeled in 1911.
Lower — The American House from 1860 to 1898.
Barkerville Fifty Years Ago
The homes of John V.. Charles T. and Otis R. Barker.
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In The Pittsfield Cemetery
-Monu„,e„.s .o Rev. THo.as AUen and Hon. THo.a. ^'^^'^^^^f^J^^'^ ^^"^°'=""^- "'"'' ""■
Lower right:— CUpp Memorial Chapel. Built in 1900.
In the Pittsfield Cemetery
Tvvo attractive views of St. John's Lake, a short distance beyond the entrance.
Entrance to the Pittsfield Cemetery
Grand Portals of Great Barrington blue stone presented by Hon. Thomas Allen. The entrance drive,
with bronze gates presented by Mrs. Allen.
Hon. Phineas Allen
Founder of the Pittsfield Sun.
Men Who Left an Impress on the Past
Mr. Abel West
Who planted the Elms in Pittsfield Park.
Rev. Dr. John Todd
One of Pittsfield's famous ministers.
Historical Homes of Pittsfield
„ , ,, „i„„._nr Timothy Child's home, showing part of the original house built in 1774.
VZZ . :u.:-;r™:h:al. bu.lt about .780, show.ng Herman MeWme's "North P.a..a."
Lo.^":-Old Campbell house on South Street, fine example of early arehueeture.
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"Pale Glory W^alks by Valor's Bier"
Left — Brig. Gen. Henry S. Briggs.
Lower center — Capt. William W. Rockwell.
Upper center — Col. Walter Cutting.
Right — Brig. Gen. William Francis Bartlett.
Judge James M. Barker.
Prominent Figures in the Past
Mr. Edwin ClapP-
Judge James D. Colt.
"To The Dead a Tribute"
Left: — Memorial bowlder to Brig. Gen. Henry S. Briggs.
Center: — Pittsfield's noble soldiers' monument. Erected 1872.
Right: — Native bowlder over grave of Brig. Gen. W. R Bartlett.
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Rev. Dr. 'W. W. Newton
Preacher- Writer.
Four Well-known Faces
Mr. Henry W. Taft
Late Clerk of Berkshire Courts.
Mr. William R. Plunkett
Late President Berkshire Life Ins. Co.
Mr. Robert W. Adam
Lawyer-Banker.
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Municipal Buildings
Upper left:— The City Hall erected in 1832. Upper ritiht:— Municipal Hall. Reconstructed in 1910.
Lower: — Police headquarters.
Two Magnificent Gifts to Pittsfield
-Museum of Natural History and Art. The Gift of Hon. Zenas Crane. Opened April 1, 1903.
Insert:— Hon. Thomas Allen, donor of Berkshire Athenaeum,
Upper: — Berkshire Athenaeum.
Built 1874-5.
Mr. Phineas Allen. Jr.
of the Pittsfield Sun.
Publishers and Editors of Pittsfield
Mr. James Harding
of the Pittsfield Sun.
Mr. Joseph E. A. Smith
Historian of Pittsfield.
Mr. Hiram T. Oatman
of the Sunday Morning Call,
Marble Public Buildings
Upper— The Berkshire County Court House. Erected 1871. Bu.lt of Sheffield marble. Or.g.nal eost, $200,000.
Lou,£r.— United States Post Office. Opened 19H. Cost of land and buildine. $125,000.
*'Its Crowning Glories are its Trees"
Left:^Primevz\ trees on W. Russell Allen farm. Right: — Lombardy poplars on Holmes Road.
CenCer: — Sentinel elm at top of Snake Hill.
Mr. Michael Casey.
Veteran Business Men of Pittsfield
Mr. John Feeley. M- ^°'^' ^ ^rT,u ^. D •
Mr. Gilbert West. Mr. William M. Prince.
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Old and New High Schools
Lower — Pittsfield High School. Built in 189b. Capacity. 600 pupils. Cost of land and building, $100,000.
Upper — Old High School building. Burned 1895.
The Solomon L. Russell School
Built in 1896. Capacity. 320 pupils. Cost. S38.000.
The George N. Briggs School
Built in 189b. Capacity. 250 pupils. Cost. $35,000.
The Henry L. Dawes School
Budt in 1907. Capacity. 300 pupils. Cost. »50.000.
The William R. Plunkett School
Built in 1909. Capacity. 640. Cost. »80.000.
The Joseph Tucker School
Built {n 1888. Capacity, 700. Cost, »30,000.
The Franklin F. Read School
Built in 1884. Capacity. 300 pupils. Cost. »35.000.
The W^illiam B. Rice School
Built in 1890. Capacity. 500. Cost, $40,000.
The William M. Mercer School
Built in 1904. Capacity. 500 pupils. Cost. SdO.OOO.
Gen. William Francis Bartlett School
Built in 1911. Capacity, 400 pupils. Cost, S7S,000. Picture shows Gen. Bartlett {n service uniform.
The William Nugent School
Built in 1910. Capacity, IbO pupils. Cost. $.10,000.
Pittsfield School Buildings
Left — Redfield School, built in 1896. Capacity. 330 pupils. Cost. $40,000.
Center — Pontoosuc School, built in 1884. Capacity. 160. Cost. »18.000.
Right — Stearnsville School, built in 1892. Capacity. 160. Cost. S18.000.
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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parochial School
Opened September, 1899.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Academy
Corner stone laid May, 1896,
Fire Department Buildings
Lower — Morningside Fire Department building, erected 1906. Center — A relic. "The Old Tub."
Uppei — Central Fire Department building, erected 1895.
Street Railway Development
Upper left — Horsedrawn cars in 188to at Lake station. Upper right- First electric car, July 9, 1891
Lowei — -Private car operated by Berkshire St. Ry. Co.. 1906.
Pittsfield's Greatest Charity and W^ork
Lower left hand view — The Henry W. Bishop 3d Training School for Nurses. Lower right hand view — House of Mercy and buildings in 1898.
Upper — The House of Mercy in 1911.
Graduate Nurses' Home. Built in 1909
Owned by Graduate Nurses' Assoc.at.on, alumni of B.shop Training Sehool for Nurses. One of the few Nurses' Homes in Ameriea.
Hillcrest Hospital
EstabUshed by Dr. C. H. R.chardson. Incorporated July. 1908. Capacity. 40 patients.
"Burbank Hotel Across the Way"
Built by Abraham Burbank. conducted by him and others for 40 years. Razed June. 1911.
The Berkshire County House of Correction
Built in 1871. Cost. SI 90.000. Land bought of Abraham Burbank for $6,500.
Armory of Co. F. 2d Infantry. M. V. M.
Erected 1908. Gov. Guild. Gen. Brigham. Gen. Emery. Col. Pierce. Capt. John Nicholson. George H. Cox. commissioners.
Smal} picture — Cannon at the Park.
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The Government Mill
America's most noted paper mill. Here is made the paper on wh.ch bank notes and Government bonds are printed. Owned
and managed by Crane 6? Co.
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•Lake Gems Set at the Foot of Verdant Hills"
-Pontoosuc Lake looking northward, showing Greylock Mountain. Lower lift-
Lower right — Onota Lake, showing Indian Point.
-Outlet of Pontoosuc Lake.
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Springside Park. A Public Playground
This beautiful park, contain.ng 10 acres of woodland, meadow, natural spring lake, hill and vale, was presented to the eity of Pittsfield. 1909.
West Street From Roof of Hotel 'Wendell
-Showing the change in Jubilee Hill since the first Old Home Week celebration, known as "The Berkshire Jubilee." in 1844.
For the Boys and Young Men of Pittsfield
Left — The Pittstield Y. M. C. A. Built by popular subscription in 1909. Cost. $175,000.
Right — Boys' Club of Pittsfield. Built by Hon. Zcnas Crane. Opened 1906. Cost. *eO,000.
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