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Roosevelt Triangle

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Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery

Frances Bonne FINDAGRAVE is the founder of the cemetery and a pastor at its church. Pastor of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church in South Deerfield and founder of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery.

Whately was settled in 1672 and became at town in 1771. In that year it broke off from Hatfield.

Whately Center Historic District

Whately Cemeteries

Whately War Memorial 1921 at 194 Chestnut Plain Rd

Whately House – Whately Inn – 193 Chestnut Plain 1900

Whately Town House – Whately Town Hall at 194 Chestnut Plain Rd W

West Whately Historic District

Whately Congregational Church Parsonage at 208 Chestnut Plain Rd Whately 1822

West Whately Congregational Chapel – 153 Conway Rd 1896 then moved in 1901 from its former SW location

West Whately Schoolhouse – 151 Conway Rd 1813

Noah Field house – 1773 at 148 Conway Rd

Northampton Reservoir

Dexter Morton Mill Stone Dam from 1830 and its canal at Dry Hill Rd

Whately Center Cemetery FINDAGRAVE – 215 Chestnut Plain Road near town hall – founded in 1762 – had a hearse house on the land – behind is the Oliver Morton Farm

East Whately Cemetery FINDAGRAVE – 202 Christian Lane – 1772 – Hope Hill Cemetery

West Whately Cemetery – FINDAGRAVE – 122 Webber Road and 20 feet on a farm road to the grounds – 1776

Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery FINDAGRAVE – Long Plain Road

Free Congregational Society of Florence was founded in 1863. It was on Main Street in Florence in 1875 at Cosmian Hall. It was Unitarian and joined with the Northampton Unitarian Church at some point. Cosmian Hall was near the Lilly Library. Frederick Douglas delivered a speech there. LINK

In 1918 it is at 35 North Main Street and the minster lives at 41 North Main Street. Florence Free Congregational Church is still there but at some point it changed hands to the Florence Seventh Day Adventist Church. Cosmian Hall became the social hall. In the 1950s Cosmian Hall was razed. At 41 N Main is the Florence Sewing Machine Company Worker Housing which became the minister’s home.

Methodist Episcopal Church was at 90 Elm Street in 1904 at least.

Center Street building was from 1852. The society formed in 1841.

Smith-Toogood Tomb if off a hiking trail that is near Maynard Hill Road in Chester. It is south of the middle portion of that road and half way to the Day Brook.

It is one of only three tombs that are hollowed out of rock. This is granite rock.

FINDAGRAVE

Hiram Smith death in 1873

Isabell Smith Toogood death in 1869

Chester

Chester State Forest

North Chester Historic District also called Dayville or Littleville

Chester Factory Village Historic District

Chester Center Historic District

Middlefield–Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District

Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot

CHURCHES

Chester First Congregational Church – 334 Skyline Trail

Chester Old Methodist Church – 221 Rt 20 Chester

CEMETERIES

Smith-Toogood Tomb

Bell Cemetery

Campbell Cemetery

Chester Center Cemetery 1767 – 343 Skyline Trl

Chester Factory Village Cemetery 1799

North Chester Cemetery – East River Road to Smith Road which is the left fork of two with Bemis to the right

Edwards Congregational Church was organized in 1832 and made in 1833 at the corner of Main and South Streets (near the present day Thornes). May 19 1870 it burned to the ground. The next one was made in 1871 and dedicated Feb 8 1872. It was on Main and State Streets.

In 1958 a new church was made.

External LINK to the official church site.

Industry in Springfield

R F Hawkins’ Iron Works (200 Liberty Street)

Wason Manufacturing Company

Ice Industry in South Hadley

Alfred Moody was on Canal Street above the ice houses.

The Bynan Conservation Area is one area where ice was harvested in South Hadley. This is a natural lake area. The trails around it were to help with that mighty labor.