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117 Court Street was a Queen Anne Style house that was among the buildings torn down in the Chicopee Falls Urban Renewal project.

Aerial of the Savage Arms Company facility along Broadway Street in Chicopee Falls. Broadway Street runs through the manufacturing plant facilities with buildings on either side of the street. A bridge was built over the road for transporting…

The original J. Stevens Arms building in 1864. J. Stevens Arms was an American firearms manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Stevens was purchased by the Savage Arms Company on April 1, 1920, with Stevens…

Savage Arms Company facility along Broadway and Linden Streets in Chicopee Falls. Broadway Street runs through the manufacturing plant facilities with buildings on either side of the street. Visible to the side of the plant is a cemetery, currently…

Savage Arms Company facility looking south along Broadway Street in Chicopee Falls. Broadway Street runs through the manufacturing plant facilities with buildings on either side of the street. Visible on the right is the bridge built over the road…

Market Street in Chicopee Falls showing the St. Michael's Church at the end of the block.

Main Street in Chicopee Falls looking West along the Mitchell's Bakery building. The freight train station is at the end of he block with a men's club in between.

View of the front of the Church Street School, which was the USO during World War II and then the Community Center for Chicopee Falls. It was torn down to make room for the current police and fire departments headquarters.

Eighty-eight Church Street is the house located to the right of the Church Street School. It belonged to the Whitimore family before being torn down to make room for the current police and fire departments headquarters.

MacArthur's Ball is named for Chicopee native Lt. General Arthur MacArthur Jr., Medal of Honor Recipient in the Civil War. The monument, a five ton granite ball, was originally located at the intersection of East and Broadway Streets and was…

Trollies, run by the Holyoke Street Railway Company, were used extensively in Chicopee until the late 1930s. Shown here is one that has crossed over the Chicopee River on the Falls bridge. The bridge was wiped out in the 1938 hurricane and subsequent…

View of the Royal Theater located at the intersection of Main Street and Montgomery Street.

Entrance and parking lot of the Joseph Orwat and Sons Inc., General Contractors on Main Street in Chicopee Falls.

Main Street and the Old Skip Cafe. One of the many cafes and watering holes that catered to the mill and manufacturing workers in Chicopee Falls prior to the Urban Renewal era.

View of the American House from 1919. It was on Main and Court Streets where the current District Court building is located.

The Falls Theater, on Main Street near Belcher Street, was the location in the Falls for movies and entertainment. The Falls View Apartments are currently located there.

Belcher Street looking North towards the Baptist Church and its attached buildings. The church is still located in the same place today.

A color post card showing Main Street in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts looking towards the Chicopee River and the Falls Bridge.

Main Street in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts looking towards the Chicopee River and the Falls Bridge in the 1920s.

Main Street in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts looking towards the Chicopee River and the Falls Bridge in the 1920s. People are out walking dressed in their Sunday best.

Ziemba's storefront on Church Street in Chicopee Falls. The store sold shoes, furnishings, dry goods and notions. Edward J. Ziemba, Chicopee Mayor from 1970-1975, was responsible for ending the funding for the Falls Urban Renewal project.

View of Frank's Hardware store located at the corner of Church and Main Streets in Chicopee Falls.

A color post card showing the Chicopee Falls Savings Bank on Main Street in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.

The entrance of Grattan Street across the Chicopee River from Chicopee Falls showing the Deady Memorial Bridge and the Chicopee Manufacturing Company.

Intersection of Main and Church Streets in Chicopee Falls showing the Falls Inn, the Rex Club and Frank's Hardware Store.

Stanley's Medical Center on Main Street in Chicopee Falls was located across from the post office and near the train station.

Looking across the Falls Bridge at the Chicopee Manufacturing building. The Lamb Knitting Company and Savage Arms also used the building before it became DHJ Facemate Corp. On August 7th, 1980 lightning caused a fire that destroyed the building and…

The Hotel De Gray at the corner of Main and Church Streets in Chicopee Falls decked out for the Fourth-of-July around 1910.

What was once the Hotel De Gray, a three story hotel in the heart of Chicopee Falls, became a two story center for small businesses, including One-Hour Martinizers.

Tausher Diner, located on the corner of Church and Court Street in 1966.