Chestnut Park - Holyoke

Chestnut Park in Holyoke, Mass., is the new name for a complex of four historic buildings on the campus of the former Holyoke Catholic High School that were redeveloped in 2015 into the 54 updated and beautiful apartments. They include a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. All are classified as affordable, and all offer the best of the new while preserving the beauty of the old.

The school building was built in 1884, and the Boy’s Institute was built in 1874.The other buildings were also built during that era. The chapel, in particular, is a stunner as a studio apartment, with 1,000 square feet of space and 25-foot ceilings. The bedroom is in the former choir loft and looks down at the altar, where the kitchen resides now. Stained glass gleams over all.