The photocopied pictures are from Perry MacNevin's collection of Hopedale history items. They show the shop being moved from the Progress Street side of Hopedale Pond to the Hopedale Street side. The Worcester Telegram clippings are from the Bancroft Library
in 1841, and the picture caption above pushes it back to 1840. I don't think Adin Ballou would agree with either date. The Hopedale Community was established in 1841, and the Jones Farm was bought for its site soon after, but only one family had moved into the Old House shortly before the end of the year. Click on the Red Shop History link below for more.
west side of Hopedale Pond and was used for storage, mainly for supplies for the Draper houses, such as paint. It was moved to its current location in 1950 and opened as a museum in 1951. Red Shop History and Pictures Red Shop Interior - 1951 to 2007 . |