Sanford Whip Factory

The Sanford Whip Company is a historic factory located at 330 Elm Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1883, it was owned and operated by one of the whip-making business that led Westfield to become widely known as "Whip City".

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Type: Apartment building
Description: factory in Westfield, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Advance Whip and Novelty Company”, “Sanford Apartments”, and “Sanford Whip Company”
Address: 330 Elm Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mechanic Street Cemetery and Saint Mary High School.

Mechanic Street Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Mechanic Street Cemetery is a historic early cemetery on Mechanic Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. The 4-acre cemetery is the city's oldest, with the oldest documented grave dating to 1683. Mechanic Street Cemetery is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Sanford Whip Factory.

Saint Mary High School

School building

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Saint Mary High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Westfield, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, which assumed the financial management of the formerly-parochial school and its programming in August 2019. Saint Mary High School is situated 1,200 feet south of Sanford Whip Factory.

H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company

Apartment building

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The H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company is an historic factory building at 42 Arnold Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1917, it is the last purpose-built whip factory to be built in Westfield, which was nationally known as "Whip City". H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Sanford Whip Factory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westfield and Southwick.

Westfield

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Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. It includes the village of Wyben.

Southwick

Town

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Southwick is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,232 at the 2020 census, down from 9,502 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Southwick is situated 5 miles south of Sanford Whip Factory.

Feeding Hills

Village

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Feeding Hills is a section of the city of Agawam, Massachusetts, United States, with its own ZIP Code and post office. Line Street in Agawam is generally accepted by residents as being the unofficial border. Feeding Hills is situated 5 miles southeast of Sanford Whip Factory.

Sanford Whip Factory

Categories: factory, building, and residential building
Location: City of Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.12766° or 42° 7′ 40″ north

Longitude

-72.74728° or 72° 44′ 50″ west

Open location code

87J947H3+33

OpenStreetMap ID

way 213988281

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q16899773

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