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West Springfield First Parish Church

West Springfield First Parish Church is also called the White Church. It would later become the West Springfield Masonic Temple. Now it is a private home. It is at 732 Elm Street and is near the Meeting House Hill Cemetery. MY LINK

The West Springfield First Parish Church Parsonage is at 696 Elm Street and is from 1894. It is at the corner of Witch Path. This is the third edition of the parsonage.

The prior parsonage is at 43-45 Witch Path and is from 1873. It is stick style Victorian. This is the second edition of the parsonage. I do not know where the first edition of the parsonage is.

Across the street at 10 King’s Highway is the 1756 house of Jere Stebbins. It was formerly near the Connecticut River but he had it moved here in order to be near the church. He wanted to sell it to them but this did not happen. (Macris WSG.164)

Northampton Downtown Historic District

Lewis Warner Building from 1884 on New South Street.

The Schools of Northampton

Hawley School has a cornerstone of 1904.

Sheehan

Academy of Music

Elwell Recreation Area

Elwell Recreation Area

Connecticut River Railroad Bridge

Connecticut River Greenway State Park

Calvin Coolidge Memorial Bridge

Norwottuck Rail Trail

Olivet Fourth Congregational Church

Olivet Fourth Congregational Church is at 33 Oak Street and is from 1912. The Fourth Congregational Church is from 1833. The church was once on the Armory grounds on State Street. Luther Cone was the pastor from 1867 to 1898. The Dunbar Community Center held space here from the 1930s onward.

Nowadays the Mount Zion Baptist Church is there.

Sanborn 1911 map

Saint John’s Congregational Church

Saint John’s Congregational Church is at 643 Union Street and is from April 16 1911. The initial movement of the congregation to form was from 1889 and they had a couple of simpler churches. The Steere organ is from 1915. The church is in the English Gothic Revival style. William DeBerry FINDAGRAVE was minister of the church from 1899 to 1930. The Hancock Street side of the church has windows in memory of John Brown. The name of the church was changed to one named after John Brown – Saint John’s Congregational Church.

Saint John’s Congregational Church Parsonage is from 1913. It would also at the same time be the Saint John’s Parish Home for Working Girls. The parsonage is to the left of the church. It is colonial revival. A third use of the parsonage at the same time was as a social hall. In 1933 the church purchased a new parsonage at 310 King Street.