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Churches of Holyoke

Catholic Churches of Holyoke

Mater Dolorosa Church Campus

Immaculate Conception Church Campus

Holy Rosary Church Campus

Blessed Sacrament Church Campus

Precious Blood Church Campus

Saint Jerome Church Campus

Sacred Heart Church Campus

Our Lady of the Perpetual Help Church Campus

Holy Cross Church Campus

Protestant Churches of Holyoke

First Congregational Church of Holyoke

Second Congregational Church of Holyoke

for the First French Congregational Church – see the Second Congregational Church

Grace Church

Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church

Methodist Episcopal Church of Holyoke

German Reformed Church

German Evangelical Lutheran Church

First Baptist Church of Holyoke

Second Baptist Church of Holyoke

First Presbyterian Church of Holyoke

Endeavor Chapel Mission

Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall

Jewish

Congregation Rodphey Sholom Synagogue

Congregation Sons of Zion Synagogue

Other

Saint Michael’s Byzantine Old Slavonic Church

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Four Churches in the Highlands Walking Tour (includes Holy Cross Church, Saint Paul’s Church, First Congregational Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church)

Parks of Holyoke

The Holyoke Parks and Recreation Department not only does a great job of maintaining their parks, they also do a fine job of describing their park system. Read about their many PARKS at their external link. I give tours of some of these many parks and that is described at each link below.

At the peak of recreation in Holyoke in 1953 for an example, there were 8 softball diamonds, 7 baseball diamonds, and 7 skating rinks. Also in that year Toto’s Restaurant donated the use of its picnic grove for the summertime youth programs. This was called the Smith Ferry Community Center. These city program were even in the Holyoke Jewish Community Center. They had programs in fields and parks and in private business and public schools.

nametour linklocationyearcomments
Anniversary Fieldtour linklocationinformation
Avery Fieldtour linklocationHampden Field
Bonin Fieldtour linklocationGermania Park
Community Fieldtour linklocationinformation
Crosiertour linksee Elmwood
Deroy Parktour linklocationCanonchet Park
DiNapoli Plazatour linklocation
Elmwood Parktour linklocationMacKenzie, Crosier, Sheard, Roberts, and Young
Feldman Parktour linksee Pulaski
Harper ParklinkWyatt Harper
Holyoke Heritage State Parklink
Ingleside Playgroundlink
Jackson Courtslink
Jones Point Parktour linklocationHighland Park
Kennedy Parktour link
Kenney Parklink
Korean War Veterans Memorial Plazalink
Kosciuszko Parktour linklocation
Laurel Parktour link
Library Parktour linklocation
MacKenzietour linksee Elmwood
Mayer Fieldlink
McNally Fieldtour linkMay 21 1939 renamed and rededicatedWilliam McNally died in France in June 1918
McNulty Parktour link
Mitchell Fieldtour linklocationProspect Field
Morgan Street Parktour link
Peasants ParklinkAppleton and Beech
Pina ParklinkFlats
Pulaski Parktour linklocationProspect Park
Rohan Parktour linklocationKirtland School
Robertstour linksee Elmwood
Roosevelt Trianglelink100 feet west of Hillside and Westfield Road
Sheardtour linksee Elmwood
Soucy Parklink
South Chestnut Street Parktour linkSouth Chestnut Street School
Springdale Parktour linklocationRiverside Park
Sullivan Squaretour linklocation1889Appleton, Pleasant, and Dwight
Vega Parktour linklocation1889Hamilton Park
Veteran’s Parktour linklocationHampden Park
Youngtour linksee Elmwood
Liberty Parktour linkNW corner of Winter and Appleton Streets1943 (gone)
Waterfront Parklinkcalled Depression Park
Henry Toepfert Playgroundat foot of Lyman Street1961
Alfred Corbeil play landbehind White Restaurant in Smiths Ferry1961
Ivers Square

Cemeteries of Ware

Cemeteries of Ware

Incorporated 1775 settled in 1717

Aspen Grove Cemetery

Walnut Grove Cemetery

West Cemetery

West Street Burial Ground – West Street Route 32 (Palmer Road) near Robbins Street 1761 to 1826 – family cemetery

Old Saint William Cemetery – West Street near Vermont Street 1850 – near the Saint William Church that was built in 1853 (services started in 1850 in a home) – church in 1888 (completed in 1894) moved to North Street where they had a new structure and and new name All Saints Church

New Saint William Cemetery – Belchertown Road

Quabbin Park Cemetery

Mount Carmel Cemetery – Crescent Street 1879

Saint Mary’s Cemetery – at juncture of South Street and West Ware Road

Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery

1887