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Colton Place

plus the Longfellow Drive Area – called Foxmeadow – 1930s Colonial and Craftsman

Williams Street Area

Westmoreland Avenue

Wenonah Road Area – Hopkins Place – Greenacre Avenue – Cross – Fairfield – 1910s 1920s 1930 bungalow neocolonial and craftsman

Kibbe Tract West

Ellington and Farmington Streets were platted by Clifford Kibbe.

Forest Acres – aka the Kibbe Tract – is Converse – Ellington – Oxford – Durham

South Park Terrace includes Roseland, Birchwood, Hazelwood, Benedict, and more. On May 30 1898 the lots opened for sale. There are colonial revival, craftsman, and Victorian.

Longmeadow Country Club

Bliss Park and Laurel Park were to be one park called Longmeadow Park.

The Olmsted firm drew up plans for the Longmeadow Park in 1934. OLMSTED PLAN

West end of park – LINK

This once was the area of the Longmeadow Water Works. The standpipe was razed in 1936. ERA workers developed the park a bit.

Laurel Manor is mostly defined by Laurel, Chatham, and Harwich. Most homes are Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival.

Colony Hills is a neighborhood that is both in Springfield and in Longmeadow. It was designed by the Olmsted firm.

Charles Parsons in 1921 with the Olmsted firm and Smith and Bassette – Greenwich – Wendover – Brittany – Colony – and a lot of Park Drive