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Long Hill Cemetery

Long Hill Cemetery was at 45 Sumner Avenue in Springfield. FINDGRAVE

Long Hill Cemetery existed in Springfield from about 1834 to October 1907 in which year all the burials and gravestones were moved to the Oak Grove Cemetery also in Springfield. This was a Baptist burial ground that served the families around this area. The cemetery was moved in order to make room for the Sumner Avenue Elementary School. (I wrote the description used at Findagrave and that is why it is copied here.)

Ezra Osborne was at FINDAGRAVE.

Ezra Osborne is now at FINDAGRAVE.

Church of the Unity

Church of the Unity belonged to the Third Congregational Society. It was directly across the street from the current Springfield Central Library. It was Henry Hobson Richardson’s first work ever. Too bad that it was taken down in 1961 since he is the most influential architect in American history. It was worked on from 1866 to 1869. It was at 209 State Street.

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In 1928 the Saint Paul’s Universalist Church merged with the Church of the Unity.

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Sanborn 1911 map

Methodist Episcopal Church of Holyoke

on Appleton Street

Methodist Episcopal Church of Holyoke

It started on Main Street at the southeast corner with Appleton Street but it ended up at the northeast corner of Elm and Appleton Streets. This move happened in 1890. This Appleton Street church was still there in the 1950s. The origin of the church in Holyoke is known to be in 1853 but the location was never a set place. In 1869 it had its own building on Main Street.

In 1968 the United Methodist Church of Holyoke South Hadley and Granby was formed. It is on Carew Street of South Hadley. LINK

for the Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church – see LINK