Springdale is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located to the south of the city center, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from downtown, on the banks of the Connecticut River.

Day made his homestead by the shores of the Connecticut, about where Springdale Park is located, and it was here that small shallow riverboats would unload their goods going north from Springfield, before reaching the South Hadley Canal.

[8][9][10] The area to the southwest of this land, modern-day Springdale remained largely undeveloped until October 1887, when local brickmaker and developer John J. Prew (née Proulx) announced that he had purchased 11 acres and divided much of it into building lots, about 50 by 125 in size, set along three streets, Vernon, Temple, and one then-unnamed.

Branching off of the Holyoke Turn Hall, a group of German factory workers purchased 12,000 square feet of land off Prew and began construction of the building in July 1888.

[14] Home to a variety of tradesmen, factory, and city workers throughout its history, built from these roots the neighborhood retained a diverse ethnic demography throughout the 20th century.