Forbes Library was dedicated in 1894. It was designed by William Brocklesby in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. This style stresses deep windows and dark colors. This designer also did the Academy of Music.
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Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum – external LINK to the presidential library. Here is a WIKIPEDIA article on all the presidential libraries.
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church is from 1900 as the cornerstone states. Work started in 1899. The church is at 344 A Elm Street and later is listed as 354 Elm. The rectory is at 336 Elm Street.
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| T P Lucey | 1900 | at least 1910 | |
| James Broderick | 1933 | ||
| John F O’Connor | at least 1934 | at least 1950 | |
Sanborn maps do not show this area.
The Saint Mary’s Church that existed now was completed in 1881 and the rectory in 1888. The older church was made in 1844 on King Street. It was a mission church of the Saint Matthew Church in Springfield/Chicopee and then the Holy Name Church in Chicopee. The cemetery of the church is at LINK.
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| Patrick Moyce | 1866 | 1872 | FINDAGRAVE |
| Michael E Barry | 1872 | 1889 | FINDAGRAVE |
| John Kenny | 1889 | 1917 | FINDAGRAVE |
| Thomas Cummings | 1917 | 1961 | FINDAGRAVE |
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| John T. MacPherson | 1967 | 1973 | FINDAGRAVE |
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Thomas Cummings served for 44 years at the church as pastor.
The Reservoirs of Southampton
Southampton Mill Pond – on the Mill Brook at the Meadow Park
Lyman Mill Pond – on the Manhan River
Lost Pond – on the Potash Brook that runs into the Manhan River – pond is 1000 feet from Elm Street which is off of East Street – 2000 feet south of the Helen Dr – might have fed the Hampshire and Hampden Canal
Alder Pond – on the Alder Meadow Brook – 1000 feet west of Russellville Road and Crooked Ledge Road – has a dam – in a conservation area
pond – at corner of Fomer Road and Delisle Road – fed by the Blue Meadow Brook
pond – on Brickyard Road travelling to Strong Street – on the Moose Brook
pond – at the Easthampton Fish and Game
pond – NW area of Conant Park
pond – at the NW corner of High Street and Fomer Road – near Red Brook
three ponds at the Southampton Country Club – on the Moose Brook
pond – Russellville Road near Sacket Brook – Wyben Road
pond – behind the cemetery – in the park off of High Street
Fine details about the region of the northwestern portion of town. LINK but sign in for free to read it.
PONDS
Pequod Pond – in Hampden State Park
BROOKS
Manhan River
Moose Brook
Red Brook
Pequot Pond
Broad Brook
Alder Meadow Brook
Blue Meadow Brook
Mill Brook
The Power Canals of Northampton
Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 1
Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 2
Northampton Cutlery Mill Canal
Sources for the maps:
1831 town map
1845 and 1860 county maps
1873 1884 and 1895 atlases
Saint John the Apostle Church was started in 1915 as the first Catholic church in Hadley. Before that the Catholics of Hadley had to attend the Saint Brigid’s Church of Amherst. They existed as a mission church of that latter church from 1902 to 1915.
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| Cornelius Donoghue | 1915 | ||
Hadley Center Historic District
William Goodwin Memorial Library
Hadley Town Hall – 1841
First Congregational Church – 1808
Hadley Farm Museum (Charles Phelps Barn) – 1782
Saint John the Apostle Church – 1902
Russell School – 1894 – corner of Russell and Middle Streets – (4th Hopkins Academy)
Hayden Mill Canal had a dam divert the Mill River into the powerhouse of the Hayden Cotton Mill.
Haydenville Historic District
Haydenville Cemetery
Haydenville Library
Josiah Hayden House
Williamsburg Center Historic District
Village Hill Cemetery
Williamsburg Center Cemetery
First Congregational Church of Williamsburg
Meekins Library
Williamsburg Town Hall
