Streets and Neighborhoods of Holyoke
Chestnut Street Walking Tour from Lyman to Hampshire Street
Veterans Park to High Street Walking Tour
High Street Walking Tour
Flats Neighborhood Walking Tour
Brightside Neighborhood Walking Tour
Wyckoff Park area
Cemeteries of Holyoke
Smith’s Ferry Cemetery and Neighborhood tour
Calvary Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence Tour
Burial Grounds of Holyoke throughout its History (presentation)
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
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
Methodist Episcopal Church of Holyoke
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church of Holyoke
Second Baptist Church of Holyoke
First Presbyterian Church of Holyoke
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)
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.
| name | tour link | location | year | comments |
| Anniversary Field | tour link | location | information | |
| Avery Field | tour link | location | Hampden Field | |
| Bonin Field | tour link | location | Germania Park | |
| Community Field | tour link | location | information | |
| Crosier | tour link | |||
| Deroy Park | tour link | location | Canonchet Park | |
| DiNapoli Plaza | tour link | location | ||
| Elmwood Park | tour link | location | MacKenzie, Crosier, Sheard, Roberts, and Young | |
| Feldman Park | tour link | see Pulaski | ||
| Harper Park | link | Wyatt Harper | ||
| Holyoke Heritage State Park | link | |||
| Ingleside Playground | link | |||
| Jackson Courts | link | |||
| Jones Point Park | tour link | location | Highland Park | |
| Kennedy Park | tour link | |||
| Kenney Park | link | |||
| Korean War Veterans Memorial Plaza | link | |||
| Kosciuszko Park | tour link | location | ||
| Laurel Park | tour link | |||
| Library Park | tour link | location | ||
| MacKenzie | tour link | see Elmwood | ||
| Mayer Field | link | |||
| McNally Field | tour link | May 21 1939 renamed and rededicated | William McNally died in France in June 1918 | |
| McNulty Park | tour link | |||
| Mitchell Field | tour link | location | Prospect Field | |
| Morgan Street Park | tour link | |||
| Peasants Park | link | Appleton and Beech | ||
| Pina Park | link | Flats | ||
| Pulaski Park | tour link | location | Prospect Park | |
| Rohan Park | tour link | location | Kirtland School | |
| Roberts | tour link | see Elmwood | ||
| Roosevelt Triangle | link | 100 feet west of Hillside and Westfield Road | ||
| Sheard | tour link | see Elmwood | ||
| Soucy Park | link | |||
| South Chestnut Street Park | tour link | South Chestnut Street School | ||
| Springdale Park | tour link | location | Riverside Park | |
| Sullivan Square | tour link | location | 1889 | Appleton, Pleasant, and Dwight |
| Vega Park | tour link | location | 1889 | Hamilton Park |
| Veteran’s Park | tour link | location | Hampden Park | |
| Young | tour link | see Elmwood | ||
| Liberty Park | tour link | NW corner of Winter and Appleton Streets | 1943 (gone) | |
| Waterfront Park | link | called Depression Park | ||
| Henry Toepfert Playground | at foot of Lyman Street | 1961 | ||
| Alfred Corbeil play land | behind White Restaurant in Smiths Ferry | 1961 | ||
| Ivers Square | ||||
Cemeteries of Ware
Incorporated 1775 settled in 1717
West Street Burial Ground – West Street Route 32 (Palmer Road) near Robbins Street 1761 to 1826 – family cemetery
Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery
Burial Grounds of Ware throughout its History
Churches of Ware
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Saint William’s Catholic Church
Methodist Episcopal Church of Ware
Ware Center Congregational Meeting House
Trinity Episcopal Church – on Park Street – 1888
Saint Patrick’s Church of South Hadley
Saint Theresa of Lisieux Church of South Hadley
South Hadley Center Congregational Church
South Hadley Falls Congregational Church
Second Baptist Church of South Hadley
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Abbey Chapel
Saint Michael’s Byzantine Old Slavonic Church
Second Meeting House of South Hadley
Churches of South Hadley
Churches of Northampton
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
Our Lady of the Annunciation Church
Saint John Cantius Polish Catholic Church
Saint Catherine the Martyr Church – Leeds
Saint Valentine Polish National Catholic Church
Florence Congregational Church
First Church of Christ Congregational Church
Second Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Edwards Congregational Church – Main St 1833
Free Congregational Society of Florence – Main Street in Florence 1863
First Church of Christ Scientist – 44 Center
Congregation B’Nai Israel – 20 Bridge
Union Chapel – 37.5 Chapel – Hospital Hill Chapel
West Farms Chapel – West Farms Road
