Saint Thomas Aquinas Church is at 40 Waverly Street and is now called the Blessed Sacrament Parish. The church is from 1926. The Saint Thomas Parish is a French Canadian one. It was an offspring of the Saint Joseph Church. The school served as the church since 1908.
Holy Name Church is another John Donohue design. It is at 323 Dickinson St Springfield. In the courtyard there are multiple statues.
The rectory and convent are from 1910 at the corner with Alderman Street.
The Holy Name School at 323 Dickinson Street is from 1910.
The school at 37 Alderman Street is from 1924.
The Holy Name Social Center from 1951 at 49 Alderman Street.
The modern church from 1968 is at 323 Dickinson Street.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 117 Williams Street. It is from 1911 with a chapel serving the Italian community for a couple of years before that.
Springfield Home for Friendless Women and Children at 136 Williams Street is from 1897. This was an organization from 1865. In 1940 Sons of Italy Lodge number 379 bought the building.
At 103 Williams is the Springfield Day Nursery. It started from 1883 to 1886 as the Industrial House Charities. This was on Bliss, Howard, and Water Streets. In 1907 this new structure was made.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church is at 407 Boston Road. It is from 1929.
It was designed by John Donohue in the Classical style.
All Soul’s Catholic Church is at 449 Plainfield Street in Springfield Massachusetts. The first chapel was from 1909. That was removed in 1912 and the modern church was built. John Donohue was the architect.
The rectory next to it is from 1929. It is in the neo-colonial style.
The Brightwood School is just to the north.
Sacred Heart Church is in the Classical style. It was completed in 1916. It is flanked to its left by the rectory. This is a 1830 Erastus Hopkins house. At right, is the Sacred Heart School is from 1911. A chapel and convent were made in 1889.
It is now the heart of the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish. External LINK to their history.
Saint John Cantius Polish Catholic Church is from 1912. The rectory to its left side is from 1913. The school in back is from 1970. The parish is from 1904. The church is now part of the Pomeroy Terrace Historic District.
From 1904 to 1913 the Blodgett house on Prospect Street was used.
Highland Manufacturing Company is at 525 Main Street. They were in the Holyoke Warp Company space. They are the makers of pads, cards, and envelopes.
They ended up at at Cabot and Bigelow Streets.
Cemeteries of Pelham throughout its History
Arnold Burial Ground – 1806
Harkness Cemetery – 1830
Knights Corner Burial Ground – 1832
Pelham Hill Cemetery or Pelham Center Cemetery – 1739
Quaker Burying Ground – 1808
Ruben Allen Cemetery – 1853
Stevens Cemetery – 1843
Valley Cemetery or North Valley Cemetery – 1848
West Burial Ground – 1771
Packardville Cemetery
Packardville Church Cemetery
Pelham Hollow Cemetery
Easthampton Town Hall
dedicated June 29 1869 and is a memorial tower
The white tablet honors the men from Easthampton who died during the course of the American Civil War due to injuries or illnesses caused by the war.
| George Strong | |||
| William Hickey | |||
| Daniel W. Lyman | |||
| Charles Tencellent | |||
| Roland S. Williston | |||
| Alvin W. Clark | |||
| Oliver A. Clark | |||
| Rufus Robinson | |||
| Ezra O. Spooner | |||
| Frederick P. Stone | |||
| Charles Rensellar | |||
| Clinton Bates | |||
| Augustus M. Clapp | |||
| James H. Clark | |||
| Chauncey R. Hendrick | |||
| Daniel Kane | |||
| Elisha C. Lyman | |||
| Henry Lyman | |||
| Salmon H. Lyman | |||
| Herbert W. Pomeroy | |||
| Lewis P. Wait | |||
| Charles L. Webster |
