Canal Days

Farmington Canal

Farmington Canal was joined to the Hampshire and Hampden Canal to make the New Haven and Northampton Canal.

Manhan Farms

house	location	notes	built
Edward Ferry	189 East Street		1860
John Sparko	199 East Street	craftsman bungaloo	1918
Stanislaw Razmus	205 East Street	Queen Anne	1919
Dominick Talunas	211 East Street	colonial revival foursquare – school was here before the house	1916
	219 East Street		1870

Saint Luke’s Home for Working Girls

John Donohue LINK designed the brick block building at 85 Spring Street in Springfield. He was the official architect of the Springfield Catholic Diocese. His work is found throughout Massachusetts. His first structure for the Saint Luke’s Home for Working Girls was done in 1915. His second was across the walkway at 79 Spring Street. This second is from 1926. Both are done in the Georgian Revival style and both have his signature brickwork. The Sisters of Providence staffed the Saint Luke’s Home for Working Girls. The girls who resided there were those who had jobs but whose families were dysfunctional or non-existent.