Saint William’s Church


The church burned to the ground in the period from 1928 to 1936.


There are three major churches on Main Street in Agawam. This is a grouping of those churches for a walking tour.
Saint John Evangelist Roman Catholic Church

Brainard Church in Belchertown at 12 Park Street. The church was built in 1836 when it separated from the First Congregational Church of Belchertown. Henry Fox was the maker of the stained glass.
It would become a Baptist Church from 1842 to 1913.
It would be a community hall from 1913 to 1923.
It would then become the Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in 1923 until 2004. It would then become a parish office. A new church was made in 2004 and is at 24 Jabish Street.
Saint Francis Roman Catholic Church Rectory is at 20 Park Street. It was built in 1922.
Old Hampden Cemetery is on Chapin Road.
It is from 1755.
The tomb is in the NW corner.
CORBIN collection has a lot of data on the burials.
Adams Cemetery is on Tinkham Road off of Main Street.
It is from 1736 and was originally in Springfield’s Fourth Precinct.
It was at first called Wilbraham Old Yard – Center Cemetery.
The Adams Cemetery Hearse House is now at 450 Main Street.
The Adams House (for the deacon) is at 685 Main Street.
Elizabeth Cockril was the first burial – FINDGRAVE
In the Afro-American section there is Caesar Mirick and Joseph Cutt
Elm Grove Cemetery in Montague
This is a neighborhood style cemetery with over 1000 burials within it. James Mathews who died at Gettysburg has a cenothaph there. FINDAGRAVE