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There are three major churches on Main Street in Agawam. This is a grouping of those churches for a walking tour.

Agawam Congregational Church

Agawam First Baptist Church

Saint John Evangelist Roman Catholic Church

Brainard Church in Belchertown at 12 Park Street. The church was built in 1836 when it separated from the First Congregational Church of Belchertown. Henry Fox was the maker of the stained glass.

It would become a Baptist Church from 1842 to 1913.

It would be a community hall from 1913 to 1923.

It would then become the Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in 1923 until 2004. It would then become a parish office. A new church was made in 2004 and is at 24 Jabish Street.

Saint Francis Roman Catholic Church Rectory is at 20 Park Street. It was built in 1922.

Old Hampden Cemetery is on Chapin Road.

It is from 1755.

The tomb is in the NW corner.

CORBIN collection has a lot of data on the burials.

Adams Cemetery is on Tinkham Road off of Main Street.

It is from 1736 and was originally in Springfield’s Fourth Precinct.

It was at first called Wilbraham Old Yard – Center Cemetery.

The Adams Cemetery Hearse House is now at 450 Main Street.

The Adams House (for the deacon) is at 685 Main Street.

Elizabeth Cockril was the first burial – FINDGRAVE

In the Afro-American section there is Caesar Mirick and Joseph Cutt

Second District Schoolhouse

Built in 1855 to replace the wooden school.

Holy Trinity Church of Chicopee was at 75 Cochran Street in Chicopee Falls. It was founded in about 1926 as an Episcopal Church and existed until 1945. It then joined with St James of Springfield and became St Luke’s. The church is still there but is now a home with a large yard.

Elm Grove Cemetery in Montague

This is a neighborhood style cemetery with over 1000 burials within it. James Mathews who died at Gettysburg has a cenothaph there. FINDAGRAVE

East Mineral Road Cemetery in Montague is a town owned neighborhood cemetery that has over a hundred burials. It is found on East Mineral Road.

The first burial is a young boy who died in 1808 at one year old. His name is William Phillips. FINDAGRAVE

Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Montague Massachusetts is on West Chestnut Hill Road. I has a neighborhood style cemetery look to it. It is owned by the town. There are about 60 burials within it.

Dry Hill Cemetery is off Wendell Road in Montague. First burial is from 1803. Burial ground is remote at about 1 hour from a road. It is owned by the town. It is a neighborhood style cemetery. There are about 40 gravestones within the cemetery and of course many more burials than that.