page_title: Oscar Beauchemin
hierarchical_section_title: Oscar Beauchemin
caption_attribution_description: English: Oscar Beauchemin (circa 1867 date QS:P,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902–1938), a prominent architect in Western Massachusetts who was best known for designing the Valley Arena and the main blocks of Springdale
context_page_description: Oscar Beauchemin was an American architect, and civil engineer based out of Holyoke, Massachusetts who designed a number of tenements and commercial blocks in the Greater Springfield area, and whose work was prominent in the Main Street architectural landscape of the Springdale neighborhood of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
  Beauchemin was born in Quebec around the year 1876, with his family relocating to Holyoke within a year, where he would spend nearly his entire childhood. For the first part of his subsequent career, he was employed by the Merrick Lumber Company. Having a long-held interest in designing buildings, he first became active as an architect in 1903, and opened his own independent firm in 1908.
  By the end of his career Beauchemin had become under the employ of Holyoke's municipal engineering department. Throughout his life he was an active member Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters and was known to be a competitive candlepin bowler.
  Following a period of brief illness, he died in the evening of January 15, 1938 at his home at about the age of 62.
context_section_description: Oscar Beauchemin (c. 1876–January 15, 1938) was an American architect, and civil engineer based out of Holyoke, Massachusetts who designed a number of tenements and commercial blocks in the Greater Springfield area, and whose work was prominent in the Main Street architectural landscape of the Springdale neighborhood of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
  Beauchemin was born in Quebec around the year 1876, with his family relocating to Holyoke within a year, where he would spend nearly his entire childhood. For the first part of his subsequent career, he was employed by the Merrick Lumber Company. Having a long-held interest in designing buildings, he first became active as an architect in 1903, and opened his own independent firm in 1908.
  By the end of his career Beauchemin had become under the employ of Holyoke's municipal engineering department. Throughout his life he was an active member Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters and was known to be a competitive candlepin bowler.
  Following a period of brief illness, he died in the evening of January 15, 1938 at his home at about the age of 62.
caption: Portrait of Beauchemin, c. 1938
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