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Blunt Park

Blunt Park serves McKnight, Bay, and Pine Point. Current amenities include an ice rink and a pool. Blunt Park was made in 1928. The front of the park used to be part of the almshouse.

Stanhope Blunt

Bay Path Cemetery

Springfield Central High School

Ellis Elementary School

Edgewood Park – a residential neighborhood

Isolation Hospital and later City Health Department – earlier between 1870 to 1930 the City Farm and the Almshouse were here.

Bay Path Cemetery

Bay Path Cemetery is the almshouse cemetery and was the city farm cemetery. It is the potters field of Springfield and that is one of its many names – Springfield Potters Field. It is also called the City Farm Cemetery and the Almshouse Burial Ground. It is on Blunt Park Road close to Roosevelt Avenue or in other words close to the entrance of the park. The burial ground is in the park itself. It started about 1873 and ended most burials in 1930. This is since the almshouse was taken down then but also since cremations of paupers became more common. In 1926 the name was changed to Bay Path Cemetery. The cemetery was finally dedicated as such in 1933 (June 7).

Death certificate will read death at the City Home Hospital and burial at the Almshouse. Hospital was at 1400 State Street. There are numbered pins (from the year 1932). in this cemetery but no gravestone inscriptions. There are 896 burials here. Last burial was in 1951 and cemetery closed in 1954. It started in the aforementioned year since in 1873 the Almshouse and Farm opened. The first burial here was on December 12 1873. Some of the burials made before 1875 were outside the area of the city farm and these were soon moved to within the burials ground. There are three crypts within the cemetery where stillborn babies have been placed. Each of these crypts can hold 1000 burials.

In 1981, a new gate, crypt cover, sign, and 10 trees were added.

FINDAGRAVE

Warren Chandler

Bay Path Cemetery

1873 – 1954

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

Matt. 5:3

Rededicated 1981 Springfield Historical Society

Hillcrest Park Cemetery

Hillcrest Park Cemetery is at 895 Parker Street opposite Sunnybrook Road. This cemetery is an Olmsted designed one. Letters

DESIGN

The Olmsted family and cemeteries and memorials EXTERNAL LINK

MAP of the cemetery

PLAT MAP

Main Gate (section I)

FINDAGRAVE

Mausoleum, Crematory, and Masonic Memorial (sections A and B)

Office, Gate, Floral Clock, and Odd Fellows Memorial (sections C and D)

FINDAGRAVE

Birch Trees, Waterfall, and Garage (sections E and F)

Summer Garden, Pond, and Gazebo (sections G and Q)

Tower (sections M and N) – The tower is from 1936 and was made from the funds of Frederick and Anne Swindells.

Garden of Bronze, Sunclock, Oak Tree (sections K and O)

Christian Cross, Cremation Garden, Lookout Point, and Masonic Memorial (sections L and P)

SUBNEIGHBORHOODS

SUBNEIGHBORHOODS

Ambrose Street Area

Apremont Triangle Local Historic District – Hillman and Bridge Streets

Colony Hills

Entry Dingle Heights – Bronson Terrace and Olmsted Drive – Park Edge Avenue

Federal Square Historic District

Forest Park Heights Historic District

Kenwood Park

Kimberly Terrace – Kimberly Ave and Burton St

Maple Hill Historic District – Pine and Maple Streets

McKnight Historic District – Princeton Dorchester Lafayette Florida St and Bowdoin Street

Prospect Park – Dorman School Area – Alice Cloren Samuel Street

Rushville – Hobson Street Area

Spring – Pearl Streets Area – Spring and Byers

Spruce Street Area