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College Hall at Smith College is from 1874. It is in the Gothic style.

Elizabeth Pomeroy Residence

First Baptist Church is from 1826 with the current church being from 1903. The first edition was on West Street opposite Elm Street.

Forbes Library was dedicated in 1894. It was designed by William Brocklesby in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. This style stresses deep windows and dark colors. This designer also did the Academy of Music.

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Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum – external LINK to the presidential library. Here is a WIKIPEDIA article on all the presidential libraries.

Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church is from 1900 as the cornerstone states. Work started in 1899. The church is at 344 A Elm Street and later is listed as 354 Elm. The rectory is at 336 Elm Street.

pastor
T P Lucey	1900	at least 1910
James Broderick		1933
John F O’Connor	at least 1934	at least 1950

Sanborn maps do not show this area.

The Saint Mary’s Church that existed now was completed in 1881 and the rectory in 1888. The older church was made in 1844 on King Street. It was a mission church of the Saint Matthew Church in Springfield/Chicopee and then the Holy Name Church in Chicopee. The cemetery of the church is at LINK.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
Patrick Moyce	1866	1872	FINDAGRAVE
Michael E Barry	1872	1889	FINDAGRAVE
John Kenny	1889	1917	FINDAGRAVE
Thomas Cummings	1917	1961	FINDAGRAVE
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John T. MacPherson	1967	1973	FINDAGRAVE
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Thomas Cummings served for 44 years at the church as pastor.

The Reservoirs of Southampton

Tighe-Carmody Reservoir

New Intake Reservoir

Fomer Reservoir

White Reservoir

Southampton Mill Pond – on the Mill Brook at the Meadow Park

Lyman Mill Pond – on the Manhan River

Lost Pond – on the Potash Brook that runs into the Manhan River – pond is 1000 feet from Elm Street which is off of East Street – 2000 feet south of the Helen Dr – might have fed the Hampshire and Hampden Canal

Alder Pond – on the Alder Meadow Brook – 1000 feet west of Russellville Road and Crooked Ledge Road – has a dam – in a conservation area

pond – at corner of Fomer Road and Delisle Road – fed by the Blue Meadow Brook

pond – on Brickyard Road travelling to Strong Street – on the Moose Brook

pond – at the Easthampton Fish and Game

pond – NW area of Conant Park

pond – at the NW corner of High Street and Fomer Road – near Red Brook

three ponds at the Southampton Country Club – on the Moose Brook

pond – Russellville Road near Sacket Brook – Wyben Road

pond – behind the cemetery – in the park off of High Street

Fine details about the region of the northwestern portion of town. LINK but sign in for free to read it.

PONDS

Pequod Pond – in Hampden State Park

BROOKS

Manhan River
Moose Brook

Red Brook
Pequot Pond
Broad Brook
Alder Meadow Brook
Blue Meadow Brook

Mill Brook

The Power Canals of Northampton

Clement Mill Canal

Cooks Canal

Lamb Wire Mill Canal

Maynard Shovel Mill Canal

Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 1

Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 2

Northampton Woolen Mill Canal

Nonotuck Silk Mill Canal

Northampton Cutlery Mill Canal

Northampton Paper Mill Canal

Warner Silk Mill Canal

Watson and Chamberlin Canal

Sources for the maps:

1831 town map

1845 and 1860 county maps

1873 1884 and 1895 atlases

Saint John the Apostle Church was started in 1915 as the first Catholic church in Hadley. Before that the Catholics of Hadley had to attend the Saint Brigid’s Church of Amherst. They existed as a mission church of that latter church from 1902 to 1915.

pastor
Cornelius Donoghue	1915

Hadley Center Historic District

William Goodwin Memorial Library

Hadley Town Hall – 1841

First Congregational Church – 1808

Hadley Farm Museum (Charles Phelps Barn) – 1782

Saint John the Apostle Church – 1902

Russell School – 1894 – corner of Russell and Middle Streets – (4th Hopkins Academy)

Sanborn map 1915

Hayden Mill Canal had a dam divert the Mill River into the powerhouse of the Hayden Cotton Mill.