Depot Street    In the top and the next to the bottom pictures, the Grafton & Upton Railroad station can be seen. Well, yes, that's it in the bottom picture too, or what was left of it after it was razed in the fall of 2008. In the upper photo, I think the building on the right was the Home School which operated for a few years during the days of the Hopedale Community, Sons of at least two famous abolitionists, William Lloyd Garrison and Samuel May, were educated there, as well as the daughter of a Nantucket abolitionist family, Lilla Joy, who later marred William F. Draper. I don't know if the smoke in the picture was from the shop or the train, (probably the train, though) but in any event, it must have been a normal part of daily life in Hopedale for many years.    The house eventually became the American Legion home, although the first picture looks rather different than I remember it in its Legion days.  It was eventually moved and was added to the Mallard home, behind the post office. The second photo shows it when it was the Legion Home. That was taken in 1982, and it appears that they were getting ready to move it.The third picture is of a German mortar in the front yard of the Legion Home. (Thanks to Jack Ghiringhelli for sending the photo.) The fourth picture shows the honor roll that was in the front yard for many years. The building on that location now (lower photo, right) was built by Arthur Young as an office, and is now the police station. The picture at the bottom was taken in October 2008, a few days after the railroad station was razed.     Now and Then Menu          Hopedale Reminiscences Menu           HOME