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Sacred Heart Churchyard of Springfield

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Churchyard

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Churchyard

In the summer of 1887 Father Howard purchased land for the parish. By August 26 of 1888 the basement was finished and pastor Michael Howard served the first masses there. He died that year and was buried alongside his church (Findagrave page at the prior link). In the image above, the burial site of Michael Howard is on the steps of the church between the main portal of the church and the right door. He has a gravestone.

The body of Michael Howard had been disinterred and reinterred in the Calvary Cemetery in 1974 when the church was razed. A new gravestone was used.

Wildwood Cemetery Arboretum

Wildwood Cemetery Arboretum Walking Tour – has map and tree species list

Wildwood Cemetery

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Precious Blood Churchyard

Precious Blood Churchyard

Precious Blood Cemetery

Precious Blood Church

This stone was once in the Precious Blood Churchyard that was located in front of the church. Dufresne was the first priest of the Precious Blood Church and was pastor from 1869 to 1887. This stone was moved when the Precious Blood Church was removed. (Findagrave)

Saint Jerome Churchyard

Jeremiah O’Callaghan was the first priest and when he died the next year he was buried alongside the east wall of the young church. He was the first priest buried alongside his church in Holyoke. Father Michael Howard was buried alongside Rosary Church and Father Andre Dufresne was buried alongside the Precious Blood Church. Father Sullivan served for 5 years and started Saint Jerome Cemetery. Then came the Builder – Father Patrick Joseph Harkins. He started many institutions and had built many structures.

Congregational Cemetery of Ireland Parish

For more on the gravestones and burials that were moved from the Congregational Cemetery of Ireland Parish see stops 1, 4, and 8 at the Forestdale Cemetery LINK. The cemetery was moved in 1888 mostly into Forestdale.

Transcript-Telegram
Thu, Oct 02, 1884 ·Page 4

Saint William’s Church

Saint William’s Church was on Church Street. The school was behind it. The church burned on January 15 1918. There was a blizzard in Massachusetts that ended on January 12 and the streets were still with snow three days later. The fire trucks had a hard time getting to the fire. The church was left at one floor and fixed up to serve as a church for a few years and then a church hall. In 1970 it sold to a social group. In 2003 it was taken down.

Saint Teresa’s Church was made as its replacement. The Saint William’s Church has one image that I have found. It has a streetcar going by. Streetcars went by here starting in 1902.

The Saint William’s rectory was at 5 Church Street. It was for the pastors. The fire of 1918 caught the roof on fire twice but it was minor. The house to its right also had to have a small fire put out that day. That house is from 1900. The rectory is from 1898.

The Convent for the Sisters of the Holy Ghost was at 19 Church Street. The convent was made just for that reason. The structure was made in 1894 as a school and convent. The nuns would live here until 1926.

The school was across the street from this convent and behind the church. It was built in 1912. Did the school close in 1926 when the nuns left. By the 1970s the school structure was gone.

pastor	starts	ends
William Gagnier	1873	1883
E Pelletier	1883	1885
J V Campeaux	1885	1888
J H Biron	1888	1890
Fred Bonneville	1890	1892
J H Wren	1893	1894
Joseph M A Genest	1894	1904
Joseph A Dolpi	1904	1908
J Marcoux	1908	1909
Timothy J Fitzgerald	1909	1925
Alfred Potvin	1925

Agawam Congregational Church

Agawam Congregational Church is at 745 Main Street in Agawam

It was made in 1800 in the Federal style.

Its web site is HERE and its external history is HERE

Agawam Congregational Church Parsonage is at 706 Main Street in Agawam. It is from the year 1850. It is in the Greek Revival style. It was used by the minister for over a half century.