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Saint Michael’s Church

Saint Michael’s Church is from about 1856 to 1861. Saint Michael’s Church turned into the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel in 1870. It is located on State Street in Springfield Massachusetts and the St Michael’s Cemetery is on the same street. Down Elliot Street was the Saint Joseph’s Convent, Novitiate, and Normal School (1900). A bit more is the Saint Michael’s Cathedral Chancery Office in a Victorian home from 1871. Saint Benedict’s Church on Union Street is the prior church of this parish. It was dedicated February 14 1847. This Saint Benedict’s Church was formerly a Baptist church at the corner of Maple and Mulberry Streets and was moved to Union. On Edwards Street is the parish house. On Spring Street are the two Saint Luke’s Homes for Young Women.

bishops	starts	ends	burials
Patrick O’Reilly	1870	1892	burial
Thomas Beaven	1892	1920	burial
Thomas O’Leary	1920	1949	burial
Christopher Weldon	1950	1977	burial
Joseph Maguire	1977	1991	burial
John Marshall	1992	1994	burial
Thomas Dupré	1995	2004	burial
Timothy McDonnell	2004	2014
Mitchell Rozanski	2014	2020

priests	starts	ends	burials
Michael Galligher	1856	1869	burial
Thomas O’Sullivan	1869	1870	burial

Springfield Technical High School from 1904 is across the street.

Also the Cathedral High School from 1919. This school was first opened in 1883 at another location. In 1921 its name was changed to Beaven Catholic High School.

Sanborn 1896 map

Sanborn 1911 map A

Lovering School

Lovering School starts at 253 Oak Street under Lila Clary. She would live in the house. The school went by the name The Private Clary School from September of 1905 to September of 1910. (I can however only find it under Clary School in 1909 onwards.) Lila starts as teacher and then becomes a principal. The school in 1905 was started because the private kindergarten of May A Lentelle was closing. That school was at 214 Walnut Street.

The house belongs to Charles and Ettie H Richards. In early 1918 Ettie moves to 283 Maple Street but the school remains at Oak. Mary Lovering is one of the founders. Mary is the daughter of Charles Ranlet and the spouse of Ernest. Then the school moves to 50 Pleasant Street. That address would be renumbered in the year 1924 to 252 Pleasant Street. Thus it is also 250 Pleasant Street since it is a two family house.

The school might have had its name changed to Lovering when the Lovering family moved from Holyoke to Brookline. Ernest Lovering died about June 2 1932.

address	principal	starts	ends	FINDAGRAVE
253 Oak Street	Lila F Clary	1905	1918	FINDAGRAVE
50 Pleasant Street / 250 Pleasant Street	Doris Kimball	1918	1929	FINDAGRAVE
250 Pleasant Street	Helen A Springer (later Russell)	1929	1937	FINDAGRAVE
	Elma G Balise	1937	1939	FINDAGRAVE
	vacant	1940	1946

In 1911 the school was still small. Students were James Ramage (age 6), May Lincoln (12), Eleanor Whitten (11), Benjamin Childs (8), William Hammond (8), Joseph Metcalf (8), and Margaret Penning (7).