Holden Center Then and Now ...

(Preliminary material -- not official -- to be edited by the Holden Historical Society)

Town Hall (c. 1836) as seen in 1999 Holden was incorporated in 1741. The Congregational Churches were used as the town meeting houses for over 100 years until this hall was built.

Select an area you would like to explore from this excerpt of a 1900 map.  Click here to see an enlarged 1900 view of central Holden

Turn around at the corner of Main (MA Route 122A) and Highland streets and see both historic and new sites. How did the places you see change over the past 100 years or so? Now, at the close the 20th century, this web overview presents a few current and past images as well as a brief history for a number of these sites.