Sacred Heart Old Cemetery is a French Canadian ethnic group cemetery in New Bedford. A cemetery section map is HERE. It is also called the Sacred Heart Cemetery number 1. The Levasseur family mausoleum is obvious. It was most likley built in 1910.
Typical of burials in this cemetery is my great grandfather Joseph Treflé Comeau born in Warwick of Quebec, Canada but baptized in St-Christophe-d’Arthabaska.
Saint Anthony of Padua Church
The campus is at 1359 Acushnet Avenue.
The founder and first pastor of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church is buried alongside the church. CHURCHYARD The Saint Anthony of Padua Parish started in 1895. They built a wooden church in 1896. This was on the side street of Bullard Street. The school was in this wooden building. The basement of the masonry church was ready in 1908. The full church was ready in 1912. It is made in a heavy Romanesque style. Longmeadow brownstone is used.
| pastor | |||
| Hormidas Deslauriers | 1895 | 1916 | |
| Louis Arthur Marchand | 1916 | ||
My grandfather Laurent Comeau (HIS LINK) did the artwork found on this page.
The Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church Parochial School is in back of the campus. This school is from 1925. The convent to the back side right is from 1922. The rectory is in the front right and is from 1896.
Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard
Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard is on Nye Street in New Bedford. It has one burial there and that is of the first priest of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church – Hormidas Deslauriers. The gravestone is surrounded by an iron fence and hence a close up of the stone is hard to obtain. Painting seen on this page was done by my grandfather Laurent Comeau.
Rev Father Hormidas Deslauriers died in 1916 of heart problems – FINDAGRAVE – First pastor of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford. Died in the rectory after a month long struggle with heart problems. He was buried in the churchyard with an iron fence surrounding him.
FINDAGRAVE
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery has a beautiful chapel inside it plus a nice gate and sign. A MAP is available.
This is a Portuguese ethnic group Catholic cemetery at 664 Allen Street in New Bedford.
Burials from people that were born in Portugal, Madeira, or the Azores are typical.
Jacintho Fernandes – FINDAGRAVE – Jacintho was born in Madeira and his wife Odilia was born in the Azores.
FINDAGRAVE
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Churches
Cemeteries
Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery
Rural Cemetery
Memorial Hall and its Plaza
The hall is from 1872 and is Second Empire in style. The library had its books donated and its services maintained by a grant from John Clarke.
Northampton Soldiers and Sailors Monument is from 1883 and is by Melzar Mosman of Chicopee.
Memorial Hall opened in 1872 as both a library, a museum, and a memorial site for the veterans of Northampton. In 1883 Melzar Mosman sculpted the military statue.
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.
Sanborn map analysis:
1900 map – no church and 1895 is the same
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church
Established 1910
Church/ Parish Office: 127 Holyoke Rd in Westfield
Rectory: 85 Ridgeview Terr
