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Northampton Downtown Historic District

Lewis Warner Building from 1884 on New South Street.

The Schools of Northampton

Hawley School has a cornerstone of 1904.

Sheehan

Academy of Music

Elwell Recreation Area

Connecticut River Railroad Bridge

Connecticut River Greenway State Park

Calvin Coolidge Memorial Bridge

Norwottuck Rail Trail

Olivet Fourth Congregational Church is at 33 Oak Street and is from 1912. The Fourth Congregational Church is from 1833. The church was once on the Armory grounds on State Street. Luther Cone was the pastor from 1867 to 1898. The Dunbar Community Center held space here from the 1930s onward.

Nowadays the Mount Zion Baptist Church is there.

Sanborn 1911 map

Saint John’s Congregational Church is at 643 Union Street and is from April 16 1911. The initial movement of the congregation to form was from 1889 and they had a couple of simpler churches. The Steere organ is from 1915. The church is in the English Gothic Revival style. William DeBerry FINDAGRAVE was minister of the church from 1899 to 1930. The Hancock Street side of the church has windows in memory of John Brown. The name of the church was changed to one named after John Brown – Saint John’s Congregational Church.

Saint John’s Congregational Church Parsonage is from 1913. It would also at the same time be the Saint John’s Parish Home for Working Girls. The parsonage is to the left of the church. It is colonial revival. A third use of the parsonage at the same time was as a social hall. In 1933 the church purchased a new parsonage at 310 King Street.

Both buildings are designed by Hammett Seabury.

A new St John’s Church has been built across the street.

In 1894 the Saint John’s Congregational Church was on Quincy Street between Eastern and Hancock Streets.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is at 27 Pendleton Street. The Springfield Day Nursery is from 1917. The church group purchased the building in 1938 and added the tower in 1939. The church group can trace its roots in Springfield back to the 1880s at least.

Springfield Third Baptist Church is at 149 Walnut Street. The church is from 1939 but only had a basement. In 1961 the upper floors were made. The old rectory was at 151 Walnut to the right of the church but is gone.

The first edition of the church is from 1892 on Williams Street (gone). The congregation first came together in 1869.

Springfield Third Baptist Church Parsonage was at 116 King Street which is an 1865 house and also at 80 King Street in another 1865 house.

Barrows Park

Wesleyan Methodist Church of Springfield Massachusetts

Saint Luke’s Methodist Episcopal Church is now called the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ. It is at 145 Bay Street and is from 1888. The first mass was from March 7 1889. The style is Victorian shingle. It is a local historic district within Springfield. It was at first the Advent Christian Church (a Second Advent church).