This is the recording of the presentation of ‘A House in Holyoke Through Time – 159 Chestnut St.’ by local historian Robert Comeau.

The building at 159 Chestnut turns 155 years old in 2023. It was once the home of James Newton of the entrepreneurial Newton brothers and later the Holyoke Club. It is currently the Holyoke Day Nursery. In this presentation, we learn about the biography and residents of one of Holyoke’s oldest homes in this second annual “House through Time” presentation for the Holyoke History Room by local historian Robert Comeau.

Recorded at the Holyoke Public Library’s Community Room, on November 16, 2023.