Built in 1847-48, it is one of the earliest and largest surviving examples of company-built worker housing in the state.

It includes five rowhouses facing Center, Lyman, Grover, and Canal Streets.

[1] The Hadley Falls Company Housing District is located on the north side of Holyoke's former industrial core.

[2] The rowhouses were built by the Hadley Falls Mill Company, which was established in 1847 in a bid to recreate the success at Holyoke of the industrialization effort at Lowell, Massachusetts.

They were built by engineer John Chase and contractor Charles McClallan.