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Pulaski Park opened in 1908 as Main Street Park. That name stuck until 1945.

First Church of Christ Congregational Church is from 1877. Its architect was Peabody. It is still at the corner of Main and Center Streets.

edition	built	razed	notes
a	1661
b		1737
c	1737	1812
d	1812	1877
e	1877	still	Peabody

The Holy Trinity Parish formed in 1903. Holy Trinity Church is from 1909. The church is at 333 Elm Street. John Donohue is the architect. The rectory is from 1909 and is to the left. The school is from 1925. The school takes up the Lay Whip Company from 1870. The LaSallette Shrine is from 1950. The Czelusniak Funeral Home is next to the left at 347 Elm Street. It is from 1850 and is the H O Clark house.

Church External LINK

Sanborn map analysis:

1900 map – no church and 1895 is the same

1905 map

1910 map

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church

Established 1910
Church/ Parish Office: 127 Holyoke Rd in Westfield
Rectory: 85 Ridgeview Terr

Saint Peter Church is on 24 State Street in Westfield. The church is from 1916. A new parish was formed in 2016 with the Saint Peter and the Saint Casimir Parishes. The Slovak ethnic group of Westfield wanted its own parish and they formed one within the Saint Mary Church in 1909.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Louisa May Alcott

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Henry David Thoreau

Mary Moody Emerson

Concord

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sudbury

Saint Thomas Aquinas Church is at 40 Waverly Street and is now called the Blessed Sacrament Parish. The Saint Thomas Parish is a French Canadian one. It was an offspring of the Saint Joseph Church. The school served as the church from 1908 to 1926. The first mass was in May of 1908 and was held at the Fisk’s Casino. The mass would be held there until October of that year when the school would be ready and take over functions. The church is from 1926. The church was white stucco with black trim. The church is based upon those found in rural Quebec which had stout church structures with small towers. This church is NOT based upon the Spanish mission style.

The school was at 22 Waverly Street. Its first floor was where the chapel was and its second floor was the parish hall. Another building was added to the campus in 1925 and housed the K and 3/4 grades. It was at the SE corner of Harriet and Main. The school was run by the sisters of the Holy Cross.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church Rectory is at 17 Harriet Street in a building from 1898. This structure started out at 347 North Main Street and was moved to this location in 1914 to serve as the parish, rectory, and school. The home was made for the Johnson family and has their initials. It is in the Colonial Revival style.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
Adelard Landry	1908	1930	burial
Wilfred Choquette	1930	1942
William J Leclaire	1942
William Pomerleau	1990

Holy Name Church is another John Donohue design. It is at 323 Dickinson St Springfield. In the courtyard there are multiple statues. The rectory and convent are from 1910 at the corner with Alderman Street. The Holy Name School at 323 Dickinson Street is from 1910. The school at 37 Alderman Street is from 1924. The Holy Name Social Center from 1951 at 49 Alderman Street.

CHURCH LINK

The modern church from 1968 is at 323 Dickinson Street. The old church was at Alderman corner of Berendo.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
Thomas A McGovern	1909

Sanborn 1911 map