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Chapel at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Chicopee

This chapel was built in 1871. A second chapel was built attached to the back of the convent.

Sacred Heart of Mary Convent

The Sacred Heart of Mary Convent (LOCATION) was built in 1867 for the Notre Dame nuns who staffed the girls school. It had a small front on South Street but a longer section along Clinton Street. It gained a chapel in 1899.

Notre Dame de Namur nuns – EXTERNAL LINK

Holy Name Girls’ School

This was the first Catholic school in Western or Central Massachusetts. It was built in 1868 between the church and the convent. This was the Saint Joseph School. The school (LOCATION) was only for girls. In 1894 Holy Name campus finally gained a high school but it was only for girls also – Holy Name High School.

In the early days the classrooms (September 2 1867) were in the side chapel of the church.

Echo Program

Promenades of Forest Park (Springfield)

Recreation

Prouty Grove

Rose Trellises

Omiskanoagwiak – The Wolf People Sculpture – Trail of the Whispering Giants 1984

Funerary Monument in Forest Park of Springfield

Porter Pond in Forest Park of Springfield

Porter memorial

Porter Lake Stone Dam 1919

Fountain Lake Stone Dam in Forest Park (Springfield)

The Fountain Lake Stone Dam is from 1922.

Pecousic Pond in Springfield Massachusetts

The covered footbridge over the Pecousic Brook is from 1980.

Aquatic Gardens in Forest Park