Summer Street Business District Tour
Last night the Adams Historical Society presented a walking tour of the Summer Street Business District filled with historical facts about our street and the merchants who once made this a thriving commercial area. We learned about the immigrants who built Summer Street, and about some of the over 60 stores that once lined it. The German butchers and bakers, the Polish Catholic church and school, the speakeasy that existed here during prohibition, and the Pociask family, who built the building where Greylock Arts now resides. The Pociask’s lived and ran a department store here until the 1960’s. Summer Street is so rich with history, and the people of Adams clearly want to see this commercial area thrive again.
- Matt
