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North Congregational Church is from 1872 and is a Richardsonian designed church. The designs are from 1868. It is also called the Grace Baptist Church and the Hispanic Baptist Church. The parish house is attached to the north.

The original North Congregational Church was on Main Street. It was founded in 1846.

Grace Baptist Church Sunday School is at 22 Salem Street.

Springfield Weekly Republican
Thu, Sep 18, 1913 ·Page 14

Oak Grove Cemetery

Oak Grove Cemetery is from 1881 and the gates are from 1884. The first burial was Lizzie Belden Whitcomb who died the 12th of April 1882. FINDAGRAVE There are over 500 people in this cemetery that have death dates older than 1882 but they are all cenotaphs. This is very common is a beautiful cemetery such as this one that was built late in the history of a community. James Kirkham was the founder of this cemetery. The chapel like the gate is from 1884. Yes, it is in front of a holding tomb.

GATES

CHAPEL

CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL

Long Hill Cemetery reburials

LINK

Deacon Samuel Chapin

Christ Church Cathedral

Christ Church Cathedral was built in 1876 and became a cathedral in 1929.

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Alexander Hamilton Vinton	1902	1911	burial
Thomas Davies			burial
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Before 1876 the Episcopal Church was across the street. It faced either State or Dwight Streets. It was called Christ Church.

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

Roaring Brook

Brooks of Holyoke

A brook is a small stream of water. A creek is a stream intermediate in size. A river is large stream. Holyoke has one river – the Connecticut River. It has no creeks but does have many brooks. [A creek is deep enough to float a boat and wide enough that you cannot jump across it but they are hard to navigate since they are often blocked by fallen trees.]

name	headwaters	naturally flows into	link
Barry Brook	Snake Pond	Bush Trask Brook (West Springfield)	link
Bray Brook	Mount Tom	Connecticut River	link
Broad Brook	East Mountain	Nashawannuck Pond	link
Cascade Brook	Mount Tom	Bray Brook	link
Crystal Spring	Crafts Hill	Day Brook	link
Day Brook	Crafts Hill	Connecticut River	link
Dibble Brook	East Mountain	Ashley Pond	link
Free Orchard Brook	Mount Tom	Roaring Brook	link
Green Brook			link
Hastings Brook	swamp near Whiting Street Reservoir	Roaring Brook	link
Paucatuck Brook	East Mountain	Westfield River	link
Riley Brook	East Mountain	Tannery Brook	link
Roaring Brook	East Mountain	Connecticut River	link
Schoolhouse Brook	Bobala Road	Goldine Brook (West Springfield)	link
Serendipity Brook	Mount Tom	Bray Brook	link
Silver Brook	Pleasant near Dartmouth Street	Connecticut River	link
Tannery Brook	East Mountain	Connecticut River	link
Tatro Brook	East Mountain	Ashley Pond	link