Author: admin

Williams Street Area

Westmoreland Avenue

Wenonah Road Area – Hopkins Place – Greenacre Avenue – Cross – Fairfield – 1910s 1920s 1930 bungalow neocolonial and craftsman

Kibbe Tract West

Ellington and Farmington Streets were platted by Clifford Kibbe.

Forest Acres – aka the Kibbe Tract – is Converse – Ellington – Oxford – Durham

South Park Terrace

Longmeadow Country Club

Bliss Park and Laurel Park were to be one park called Longmeadow Park.

The Olmsted firm drew up plans for the Longmeadow Park in 1934. OLMSTED PLAN

West end of park – LINK

This once was the area of the Longmeadow Water Works. The standpipe was razed in 1936. ERA workers developed the park a bit.

Laurel Manor

This is an Olmsted designed sub-neighborhood just north of the Longmeadow Country Club Golf Course. The neighborhood and course were laid out by the Olmsted firm. Donald Ross laid out the golf course.

Colony Hills is a neighborhood that is both in Springfield and in Longmeadow. It was designed by the Olmsted firm.

Charles Parsons in 1921 with the Olmsted firm and Smith and Bassette – Greenwich – Wendover – Brittany – Colony – and a lot of Park Drive

NEIGHBORHOODS

Colony Hills	Williams Street Area
Laurel Manor	Colton Place
South Park Terrace	Chandler Avenue
Forest Acres
Kibbe Tract West
Westmoreland Avenue

Davis Court – Crescent – Villa – Edson – many types

Maple Road Area – Maple – Lincoln – Nevins – Norway 1910s 1920s bungalow neocolonial and craftsman

Western Drive – Englewood Pleasantview Avenue – Hillcrest and Allen Roads Area 1920s Colonials

The Elms – Meadowbrook Road Area – Elmwood Avenue – Warren Terrace – Riverview Avenue – medley since 1897

Edgewood – Codley Manor – Glenwood Circle – Riverview – Ridgewood Avenue 1910s Craftsman

Emerson – Arlington and Emerson Road Area – 1925 to 1930

Crescent Road – Longview Drive Area – Sylvan Place – at 134 Crescent is a mission style house

Homestead Lawn – Homestead Blvd – Meadow Road – Barrington Road – platted in 1911 and developed into the 1950s

Smith Tract – Longwood Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue – platted in 1897 there are a few Victorian houses

Glen Arden – Woodsley Ardsley Overbrook Roads – 1930s to 1950s – Olmsted