Sacred Heart Church of Easthampton is from 1909. It is at 34 Franklin Street.
stop 1 – Sacred Heart Church
Land was purchased from the Stanislaw Popielarczyk family and then from the Oscar Knipfer. In 1952 side chapels were added to the church. The church was given a new roof in 1974 and that might have been when the dormers were removed. New siding was added in 1984.
stop 2 – Sacred Heart Rectory
pastor | dates | burial |
Wladyslaw Kielbasinski | November 10 1907 (mission) | |
Leon Jandy | January 1908 to April 1908 (mission) | |
Marcin Piechota | April 1908 to November 18 1909 (mission) | FINDAGRAVE |
Jan Mard | November 18 1909 to 1911 | FINDAGRAVE |
Wenceslaus Lenz | April 1911 to December 8 1914 | FINDAGRAVE |
Bartholomew Slawinski | December 1914 to January 1925 | FINDAGRAVE |
Andrew A Lekarczyk | January 25 1925 to 1935 | FINDAGRAVE |
Stanislawa Zdebla | July 27 1935 to May 21 1965 | FINDAGRAVE |
John Klekotka | June 1965 to May 19 1974 | FINDAGRAVE |
Ladislaus J. Szymczyk | June 1974 | FINDAGRAVE |
Jan Mard had to live on the ground floor of the Stanislaw Popielarczyk home for his term.
The rectory is at Clifford Street in 1912. In 1929 it is listed as at 33 Knipfer Street.
stop 3 – Sacred Heart School
“Bogu i Ojczyznie” means “God and Country”
The school was blessed August 31 1919 and opened the next day. At first, the nuns were the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph. In July of 1923 they were replaced by the Felicians (from Lodi New Jersey).
the cornerstone of the school has the double inscription of
“Szkola —– 1918”
“Ostoja Religii i Narodj” means “Refuge of Religion and Nation”
stop 4 – Sacred Heart Convent
The new convent was ready in June of 1922. Before that for three years the upper floors of the school was the convent.
Bethlehem House of Western Massachusetts – LINK – is based here. They help young pregnant women during their term and then for 18 more months after their child is born.
stop 5 – Saint Stanislaus Cemetery
The owners of the cemetery land were Wincenty and Waleria Tomaszewski – FINDAGRAVE
Sanborn maps