Florence Congregational Church is from October of 1861. The first pastor was T A Leete. The society to organize the congregation was formed on October 20 1860. This Pine Street church is quite gorgeous. The Florence Congregational Church is at 130 Pine and the chapel is at 132 Pine.
The minister was living at 110-112 Pine. This is the Florence Congregational Church Parsonage. It was most likely built at the same time as the church and chapel. The style is Italianate.
Sojourner Truth Memorial – EXTERNAL LINK
African-American Heritage Trail (from Sojourner Truth Memorial group) – EXTERNAL LINK to trail map
Lilly Library
Park Street Cemetery is from the 1820s.
The Porter curbing is still there but the family tombstone is gone. They were most likely disinterred in the 1890s during the national movement to have better burial places for the families.
Burleigh family
George Hoderstia
Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 1 was the highest upstream on the Mill River within Northampton.
From 1809 they were Shepherd’s Woolen Mills.
In 1828 they became the Northampton Woolen Mills.
In 1858 they became the Nonotuck Silk Mill.
In 1922 they became the Corticelli Silk Mills.
They closed in 1931.
Northampton Woolen Mill Canal
In 1858 it became the Chritchlow Button Factory. In 1871 it became the Warner Button Factory.
Huntington
Highland Mills Canal – Mill Canal – Upper Russell Road
Massasoit Paper Mill Canal
Norwich First Congregational Church – juncture of Searle, Church, and County Roads 1842
Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church – 2 East Main St Huntington 1882
CEMETERIES
Ellis Cemetery 1805 on Goss Hill Road pass Kimball Road
Norwich Hill Cemetery 1771 – County Road just past Pond Brook Road
Saint Thomas Cemetery – start of Russell Rd route 20 in Huntington 1893
Cooks Dam below the bridge
Spillway of the dam
Cooks Canal on old map
1813 Webster has a woolen mill here
1820s Cooks Woolen Mill
1830s and 1840s
1855 Northampton Woolen Mill 2nd mill
1870s Warner Button Mill number 2
Saw Mill Hills – KESTREL trail
Chesterfield
Chesterfield Canals
Chesterfield Cemeteries
East Street Cemeteries – 147 East Street 1820 land donated by Jonathan Ring
Center Cemetery – on North Road 1763 – tomb
Cole Cemetery – Ireland Street Extension
Damon Cemetery – Off Indian Hollow Road
Gate Cemetery – Ireland Street
Ireland Street Cemetery – Ireland Street
Moses Damon Cemetery – 39 Cowper Road
Mount Cemetery – Mount Road
Robinson Hollow Cemetery – Ireland Street
Torrey Cemetery – South Street
Witherell Cemetery – Sweeney Road
Cummington was settled in 1762 and was incorporated in 1779. WIKIPEDIA
Cummington Fair – since 1869 – external LINK
West Cummington First House Marker 1900 on route 9
Historical Society – LINK external
William Cullen Bryant Homestead – 205 Bryant Rd 1789 Colonial
Bryant Free Library – LINK external
Canals in Cummington village of Swift River
Crosby Mill Canal – wood turning shop from N B Crosby – on the North Branch of the Swift River – in village of Swift River in eastern Cummington – wing dam is NW of the mill
Guilford Mill Canal – saw, planing, turning, and penholder mill from W H Guilford – canal is just north of the juncture of the North Branch of the Swift River and the Swift River itself and connects those two waterways
Lovell Mill Canal – J Lovell Plane Factory – full dam across the Swift River
Canals in Cummington village of West Village – later called Paper Mill Village
Brown Paper Mill Canal – L L Brown Paper Mill – dams the Westfield River and uses that water – would be the Holliston Paper Company – ledger and bond paper
Elder Mill Canal – H S Elder Bedstead Factory Sawmill – lumber and shingles
Harlow Mill Canal – Charles Newell Harlow Sawmill and Turning – FINDAGRAVE – dam across the river
Canals in Cummington – village in town center
Bradley Canal – Bradley Brothers Turning Shop – saw mill, towel racks, and penholders and carriage shop – canal from Westfield River – H F Bradley and Z H Bradley
Bruce Canal – E B Bruce Saw and Shingle –
Stevens Canal – N S Stevens Penholder Factory – also marking and brush handles
Orcutt Canal – L J Orcutt
Canals in Cummington – other places
Shaw Canal – L Shaw and Brothers – reservoir on the Shaw Brook – ran a tannery
Crosby Reservoir Canal – N B Crosby – canal and dam at the southern tip of the reservoir – unknown venture
Torrey Brothers and also Sawmill on a tiny brook but no canal
woolen yard mill and another sawmill on the Westfield River but no canal
Churches
Village Congregational Church 1838 – 32 Main Street in Cummington
Cummington Baptist Church 1894 – 17 Main St – first church from 1823 burned
West Cummington Congregational Church – Church Street – 1839
Universalist Church – 27 West Main St 1847
Cemeteries
CORBIN transcripts of Cummington cemetery data
Bryant Cemetery – John Warner is oldest burial at 1776 – Trow Road
Cobb Cemetery – Porter Hill Road
Dawes Cemetery – Potash Hill Road
Gurney Cemetery – Mount Road
Harlow Cemetery – Harlow Road
Shaw Cemetery – private land
Streeter Cemetery – Stage Road
Village Cemetery – Main Street 1823
West Cummington Cemetery – Walker Road – Rev John Bicknell
