Assumption Church

Assumption Church

Sanborn 1896 map

Assumption Convent

The convent is the former home of Doctor Kimball. It was purchased in 1925 for the teaching nuns. It has since been demolished. It was built in 1842 in the Greek Revival style.

The order was the Order of the Holy Spirit. They had served Chicopee well and left for good November 30 1993. This order had come to Chicopee in 1903. The name of building was the Convent of the Immaculate Conception.

Assumption Rectory

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This rectory was the home of the former governor of Massachusetts – George Robinson. It was purchased when the church was built. The first rectory was the home of Father Bonneville.

It was made in 1869 in the Second Empire style.

pastorstartsendsburialnotes
Andre Dufresne18711874pastor to the mission church
Hermas Landry18741885
pastor to the mission church
Evariste Pelletier1885May 16 1893Canada
Frederick Bonneville18931928Calvary
Louis T RodierJuly 10 1928July 30 1932dies in 1933
Pierre H Gauthier19331938St Patrick’s of Northbridge
Jean-Baptiste MessierJuly 31 19381946
Augustin B AugeFebruary 2 19461954St Mary of Putnam Conn
Roy E Leroux19541969Notre Dame of South Hadley
Richard Faucher1969St Rose de Lima

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

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A mission church of the Precious Blood Church of Holyoke at first, masses were held in a small chapel from 1871 to 1875. Then it became a mission church of the Saint Aloysius Church of Springfield in 1874. A larger chapel was made on Front Street in Chicopee in 1875. In 1885 a church was built on Academy Street for the new parish. The new pastor would live in the chapel.

In 1903 a school (October 12 1903) and convent (September 17 1903) were built far from the church. They were at 94 Center Street and at Cabot Street. The Center Street location is now the modern post office. The nuns were from the order of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. Their motherhouse is in Saint Brieux France.

The present church was built from 1924-1925. This church is in the Classical Revival style. This replaced the other one which had burnt in a fire on October 23 1911. From 1911 to 1925 the Union Canadien Hall at Center Street near Market Square was used for masses.

The church is now associated with the Holy Name of Jesus parish.

Sanborn map 1896

Assumption School

This new Assumption School was made ready and dedicated September 4 1954. It replaced a 4 room schoolhouse that was built here in 1925. It was the home for Holyoke Catholic High School for a few years.

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