Springfield Experience Walk
Springfield Experience Walk
| stop | place | location | LINK |
| 1 | French Congregational Church | 94 Union Street | LINK |
| 2 | National Guard Armory of Springfield | 29 Howard | LINK |
| 3 | YWCA | 22 Howard | LINK |
| 4 | Howard Street School | Howard Street | LINK |
| 5 | Union House | 1156-1176 Main Street | LINK |
| 6 | Mass Mutual Building | 1200 Main Street and 101 State | LINK |
| 7 | State Building | 95 State Street | LINK |
| 8 | United Electric Company Building | 73 State Street | LINK |
Walk the perimeter block of the casino. LINK
| park | my link | location | year started |
| Emerson Wight Playground | LINK | 1908 | |
| Emily Bill Park | LINK | Franklin Street | 1912 |
| Gurdon Bill Park | LINK | Liberty Street | 1916 |
| Nathan Bill Park | LINK | on Plumtree Road near Allen Street | 1942 (named 1947 from Nathan Bill Playground) |
| Ruth Elizabeth Park | LINK | Walnut and Hickory Streets | 1922 |
| person | FINDAGRAVE | relative to Nathan | died |
| Gurdon Bill | FINDAGRAVE | father | 1916 |
| Emily Denison Bill | FINDAGRAVE | mother | 1879 |
| Nathan Denison Bill | FINDAGRAVE | self | 1947 |
| Ruth Elizabeth Wight Bill | FINDAGRAVE | wife | 1950 |
| Emerson Wight | FINDAGRAVE | father-in-law | 1890 |
Acorn Street Park
North Branch Tributary Park holds part of a tributary of the North Branch Brook which is itself a tributary of the Mill River.
Breckwood Park – at juncture of Breckwood Blvd and Breckwood Circle
Gunn Square – Westford Ave
G Frank Adams Park – Wilbraham Road near Dearborn
Schools in Easthampton
Easthampton High School 1864 at 1 Northampton Street and then 1912 to 1939 Park Primary School and then Memorial Hall
Easthampton High School and Park Primary School – 4 Park Street 1912 – later Pepin School
Center Union School – 9 School Street in Easthampton
Easthampton High School
Mountain View School
Holyoke High School started in 1852 at the Gallaudet Block on High Street.
Then the school was at the Chapin Block at the corner of Race and Dwight using the Parsons Hall as a hall for functions.
Then it was at the corner of Suffolk and Elm Streets.
The 4th location was at the Beech Street location.
The current location is the fifth location of Holyoke High School. (LOCATION) The first location was on Elm Street were the Holyoke Juvenile Court is located. It lasted from 1862 to 1898. The second location was between Beech Street and Pine and between Sargeant and Hampshire. This lasted from 1898 to 1964. In 1964 this newest high school was built. 38 acres were taken from parkland to construct the HHS grounds.
Sanborn map analysis:
by 1862 the Elm Street School:
in the Beech Street area:
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
