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A Chicopee Falls School Building
type, though somewhat superior. In 1834 a brick building was erected on School street at a cost of $2,000, and in 1842 one for the higher departments, and afterward used for the Center high school, was completed. In 1846 brick buildings were erected at Willimansett and on Chicopee street.
The first town school report was made in 1849, the year following the separation of Chicopee from Springfield. It showed eight school districts with twenty schools, ten of which
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were at Chicopee Center and four at the Falls. District No. .. however, had but one scholar, and that one attended school in Granby. Thirty-three teachers were employed, eight of whom were men, their average monthly salaries being $37.35, and that of the women teachers $14.20. The number of children of school age-four to sixteen-in the town was 1,698, and the average attendance in summer 942, in winter, 1,076. The growth of a half century, as indicated by the 1900 school report, shows an interesting development. There are now fourteen school build- ings in use in the city, including the high school building erected
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in 1890 on Front street, midway between the Center and the Falls, and the Belcher building on East street, Falls, completed and occupied in 1900. The school census of 1899 showed 3.072 pupils between five and fifteen years of age, and the enrollment of the public schools (parochial schools not included ) was 2.392 Sixty-five teachers were employed, and the total amount ex- pended for the support of the schools, not including repairs. amounted to $50,000 in round numbers. The estimated value of the school property was $220,000. Evening schools were also
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held in each of the principal sections of the city, at which the enrollment included 471 names.
The Chicopee City library, now a most creditable institu- tion, had its origin in the Cabot institute, a literary club, incor- porated in 1846. With funds secured from the several corpora- tions and from appreciative individuals, the institute was able during the seven years of its existence to accumulate a library of about 900 volumes. In 1853 it was voted to donate this collection to the town, provided the town would agree for ten years to appropriate annually $100 for new books and to meet the incidental expenses of the library. The offer was accepted and the provisions were carried out in good faith. At the ex- piration of the ten years the supervision of the library was vested in a committee to be chosen annually by the selectmen. Under the city government the affairs of the institution are entrusted to a board of three trustees, one of whom is elected annually by the aldermen to serve for three years. On the completion of the town hall the library was transferred to a room therein set apart for the purpose ; and on the 7th of April. 1884, it was made free to the residents of Chicopee, a nominal fee of fifty cents having been previously charged for the privilege of enjoying its advantages. In 1891, the city hall accommoda- tions having been outgrown, a lot next to the city hall, with a brick dwelling upon it, was bought as a library site, the house being remodeled to meet the purposes of a library building until such time as the city should be able to provide a more adequate structure. The annual appropriation is $3,200; there are now in round numbers 21,000 volumes in the library, and branches have been established at Chicopee Falls and Willimansett for the benefit of residents in those sections. Miss Anne A. Smith is librarian, with four assistants.
Chicopee has never been a successful field for local news- papers, and though having a population of practically 20,000, no paper is now published within its limits. This fact is, of course, largely due to the proximity of Springfield, and the thoroughness with which the field is covered by the excellent journals of that city. Several newspaper enterprises have been
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inaugurated, some of which have been maintained by earnest effort for respectable periods. The first was the Cabotville Chronicle and Chicopee Falls Advertiser, established in January, 1840, by Thomas D. Blossom. It was leased in 1844 by John L. Hall and O. Butterfield, who changed the name to the Mechanics' Offering, but was soon taken back by Mr. Blossom, who continued the publication until the spring of 1846. A new paper by the same name was shortly after started, and with several changes in ownership and management was continued until 1850, the name being changed to the Cabotville Mirror and later to the Springfield Mirror. The Chicopee Telegraph was published by J. C. Stoever & Co. from 1846 to 1853, and the Chicopee Weekly Journal, which appeared soon after the suspension of the Telegraph, was continued, under various owners, until 1862. In the early part of 1896, McPhee & Shattuck established the Chicopee Herald, first as a weekly and after a few months as a daily ,and continued its publication until the autumn of 1898, when the enterprise was discontinued.
The First Congregational Church .- The Chicopee settlers attended religious worship at Springfield, except when oeca- sional services were held at the houses of some of their number, for many years. In 1749, as the precinct had attained a popula- tion of forty voters. they began to consider the matter of a separate religious parish; but the Springfield members were reluctant to grant the request of the Chicopee residents, and re- fused the petition when it was presented. The following year, 1750, a petition was sent to the general court at Boston, Japhet Chapin going down in October of that year to urge the cause of his people. The First parish at Springfield sent a committee in opposition. After hearing both sides the general court re- ported favorably upon the application and the parish was organ- ized, as the Fifth or North parish of Springfield, consisting of the territory now covered by Chicopee Street, Willimansett, Holyoke and part of Chicopee Center. Measures were at once taken for the building of a meeting house 42 by 33 feet in size, the work was done by volunteers from the parish. The frame was raised June 5, 1751, and religious services were held Sun-
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day, July 21, of that year, although the building was far from completion.
In October, 1751, measures were taken to settle a pastor, and Rev. John Mckinstry was engaged "to preach to us for a quarter of a year." At the end of that time it was voted to settle the candidate as a permanent pastor, and September 24, 1752, he was ordained to the position, which he held for sixty-one years, although doing active pastoral duty for only thirty years. Rev. Mr. Mckinstry died in 1813, but there had been no regular religious services in the parish for thirty years preceding his
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death, and it was not until April 28, 1824, that another pastor was ordained and installed in the person of Rev. Alexander Phoenix. One of the conditions of his settlement was the repair- ing of the old meeting house or the building of a new one. The latter measure was decided upon; the structure was erected in 1825 and dedicated January 4, 1826. Mr. Phoenix's pastorate continued until 1835, and the subsequent pastors have been: Ebenezer B. Wright, 1835-9; Eli B. Clark, 1839-75; William E. Dickinson, 1876-87 ; Rev. Collins G. Burnham, 1888-1901.
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The Second Congregational church was organized July 3, 1830, as the First Congregational church of Chicopee Factory Village, Rev. George Nichols as a missionary being the first preacher. A society was organized October 11, 1832, with many of the substantial men of the place as members, and the church building was erected the following year, on the site now occupied at the corner of Church and Court streets. The structure was rebuilt in 1859, a spire being added and vestry rooms provided in the basement. The first settled pastor was Rev. Dorus Clark, who was installed March 4, 1835, and served for five years. His successors have been : Rev. Ebenezer P. Rogers, 1840-43; Rev. Frederick A. Barton, 1843-6; Rev. Stephen S. U. Greeley, 1846- 51; Rev. William Wright, 1852-4; Rev. Richard B. Thurston, 1855-8; Rev. Frederic Alvord, 1858-61; Rev. Roswell Foster, 1863-7; Rev. Joshua T. Tucker, 1868-77 ; Rev. Samuel J. Austin, 1877-83; Rev. Rufus P. Hibbard, 1886-8; Rev. William G. Poor, 1889-93; Rev. H. G. Pillsbury, 1895, yet in service.
The Third Congregational church is situated at Chicopee Center, and was organized with but eighteen members, October 16, 1834. The society was formed March 2, 1835. The erection of a church building was begun in 1836, the structure being completed and dedicated the following year. It is recorded that one influential member of the society, Nathan P. Ames, con- tributed $5,000 toward this building, which must have been much the larger part of its cost. This structure was used for over thirty years, until 1868, when it was taken down and re- placed by a new building, dedicated February 15, 1870, occupy- ing the same site. The first pastor, Rev. Sumner G. Clapp, was installed April 26, 1837, and served until January 22, 1850. His successors in the pastorate have been: Rev. George H. Oviatt, 1850-55; Rev. L. H. Cone, 1857-67; Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, 1869-75; Rev. William L. Gaylord, 1875-82; Rev. Charles S. Murkland, 1884-6; Rev. Burton W. Lockhart, 1889- 93; Rev. Charles Pease, 1895-8; Rev. Herbert P. Woodin, 1899, the present pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, Chicopee Falls, was proba- bly the first religious body organized at that village, though its
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records are incomplete during its first half-century of existence. As early as 1822 a body of worshipers of that faith organized and held meetings-first at the house of one of their number, and later in a brick school house on Church street. A modest house of worship was erected at the corner of Broadway and East street about 1829. A larger church was built on the same site in 1841 and dedicated the following year, and is still in use, having since been remodeled and greatly improved. The pastors, so far as their names and terms of service can be definitely traced, have been as follows: Rev. E. Otis, 1833-5; Rev. A. 'Tailor, 1835-6; Rev. Ebenezer Blake, 1836-8; Rev. Pardon T. Kennedy, 1838-9; Rev. L. W. Blood, 1839-40; Rev. Windsor Ward, 1840-41; Rev. Thomas Morey, 1841-2; Rev. Philo Hawkes, 1842-3; Rev. Freeman Nutting, 1843-5; Rev. David Sherman, 1845-7; Rev. Robert Kellen, 1847-9; Rev. James Porter, 1849-50; Rev. Windsor Ward, 1850-51; Rev. Charles Noble, 1851-3; Rev. David H. Sherman, 1853-5; Rev. Benjamin F. Green, 1855-7; Rev. John W. Lee, 1857-8; Rev. Albert D. Vail, 1858-60; Rev. Rodney Gage, 1860-61; Rev. J. Oramel Peck, 1861-3; Rev. J. S. Thomas, 1863-5; Rev. J. H. Mansfield, 1866-7; Rev. C. T. John- son, 1867-8; Rev. E. W. Virgin, 1868-70; Rev. O. W. Adams, 1870-72; Rev. Fayette Nichols, 1872-5; Rev. C. F. Ely, 1875-6; Rev. Albert C. Manson, 1876-9; Rev. David S. Cole, 1879-82; Rev. L. W. Staples, 1882-5; Rev. George H. Cheney, 1885-8; Rev. Garrett Beekman, 1888-91 ; Rev. Arthur W. Terrill, 1891-2; Rev. N. B. Fiske, 1892-5; Rev. William C. Townsend, 1895-8; Rev. Austin H. Herrick, 1898-1901.
The Central Methodist Episcopal church was organized in August, 1838, with but eighteen members. The house of worship on the east side of Perkins street, near School, was erected the following year, and six years later was enlarged. The present name has been in use since 1882, the church, from its location, being previous to that time known as the Perkins Street Meth- odist Episcopal church. The first pastor was Rev. Edmund S. Potter, from 1838 to 1840, and his successors have been : Rev. Mosely Dwight, 1840-42; Rev. Ephraim Scott, 1842-3; Rev. Benjamin F. Lambert, 1843-4; Rev. Daniel F. Bannister, 1844-6;
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Rev. Loranus Crowell, 1846-8; Rev. James Porter, 1848-50; Rev. Lorenzo R. Thayer, 1850-52; Rev. William Rice, Jr., 1852-4; Rev. William H. Hatch, 1854-5; Rev. J. C. Cromack, 1855-7; Rev. Justin S. Barrows, 1857-9; Rev. Isaac Smith, 1859-60; Rev. John C. Smith, 1860-62: Rev. Pliny Wood, 1862-4; Rev. J. C. Hanaford, 1864-7; Rev. E. A. Manning, 1867-70; Rev. Daniel Richards, 1870-73; Rev. Pliny Wood, 1873 (preached one month, went to Europe for his health and died in Munich) ; Rev. J. A. Bartlett, 1873-4; Rev. Justin S. Barrows, 1874-6; Rev. Edward S. Best, 1876-9; Rev. Albert Gould, 1879-82; Rev. Austin H. Herrick, 1882-5; Rev. Charles H. Hanaford, 1885-8; Rev. George H. Clark, 1888-93; Rev. Charles M. Hall, 1893-5; Rev. George F. Durgin, 1895-6; Rev. R. E. Bisbee, 1896-9; Rev. William A. Wood, 1899, the present incumbent.
The First Baptist church and society were organized at Chicopee Falls, November 28, 1828, with but seventeen members, and for three years the society was served by various preachers, no regular pastor being engaged. A house of worship was erected in 1832, being removed to Market street in 1850, where it was enlarged and much improved. A new church was built in 1877, at the corner of Belcher and Springfield streets, at a cost of $16,000, and was dedicated in February, 1878. The settled pastors have been : Rev. Moses Curtis, 1833-5; Rev. Joseph M. Graves, 1835-8; Rev. Robert F. Ellis, 1838-45; Rev. Rufus K. Bellamy, 1848-82; Rev. James P. Hunter, 1883-6; Rev. Isaac H. Gilbert, 1887-9; Rev. L. L. Hobbs, 1890-94; Rev. Darius H. Stoddard, 1894-9; Rev. Norman North Bishop, 1900, present pastor.
The Central Baptist church, originally known as the Third Baptist church of Springfield, was organized at Chicopee Center, then known as Cabotville, July, 15, 1835, with twenty-one mem- bers. The brick church now occupied, at the corner of School and Cabot streets, was erected in 1838, and was dedicated February 7, 1839. The first pastor, during the period when the parish was without a church building, was Rev. Pierpont Brockett, from 1836 to 1838. Rev. Jonah G. Warren was in- stalled at the dedication of the church, and served with much
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success for ten years, to February 11, 1849. The succeeding pastors have been : Rev. Benajah Cook, 1849-50; Rev. C. Billings Smith, 1851-2; Rev. Warren Lincoln, 1853-7; Rev. George E. How, 1857-62; Rev. M. L. Bickford, 1863-6; Rev. A. M. Higgins, 1867-70; Rev. G. R. Darron, 1870-71; Rev. A. DeF. Palmer, 1872-4; Rev. G. W. Fuller, 1877-80; Rev. George W. Davis, 1882-9; Rev. Thomas DeGruchy, 1890-93; Rev. Clifton K. Flanders, 1895-8; Rev. Eben C. Stover, 1898, now in charge.
Grace Episcopal church was organized April 6, 1846, and the first church building was erected on Cabot street, near School, in 1848, and was consecrated in May of that year. It was partially burned in 1872, and was not rebuilt until 1885, when the present structure at the corner of Springfield and Pleasant streets was erected. The parish has been much of the time without a settled rector, those who have served, with the exception of unimportant periods of supply, having been as follows: Rev. Charles Fisher, 1846; Rev. Andrew Croswell, 1847-9; Rev. Caleb Dow, 1849; Rev. E. F. Remington, 1849-51; Rev. Edward Jessup, 1853-4; Rev. William H. Munroe, 1856; Rev. Andrew Croswell, 1857-8; Rev. W. B. Colburn, 1860-62; Rev. M. A. Johnson, 1866-7; Rev. E. E. Atkinson, 1888-9; Rev. Newton Black, 1895, now in charge.
The Unitarian church was organized November 21, 1841, the society having been formed during the preceding March. A brick church building was erected the following year, and oc- cupied until 1893, when the present house of worship on Grape street and Fairview avenue was dedicated. The pastors have been : Rev. Charles A. Farley, 1841; Rev. John A. Buckingham, 1842-3: Rev. Crawford Nightingale, 1845-51; Rev. Ephraim Nute, Jr., 1851-5; Rev. Samuel Pettes, Jr., 1855-60; Rev. Samuel C. Beane, 1862-4; Rev. John W. Hudson, 1865-6; Rev. Calvin Stebbins, 1866-9; Rev. Robert R. McLeod, 1870-71; Rev. I. F. Porter, 1872-82; Rev. C. W. Heiser. 1882-6; Rev. Edwin F. Hay- ward, 1888-9; Rev. Solon Lauer, 1891; Rev. Cary F. Abbott, 1893-7; Rev. William W. Peck, 1897, now in charge.
A Universalist society was organized February 27, 1835, and preaching services were held regularly, though a church was
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not formed until October 20, 1840. The church building was erected on the south side of Market square in 1836, being dedi- cated in October of that year. It was built by a Mechanics' association, the title being afterward secured by the Universal- ists. Services were suspended in 1883, and the church property was sold a little later. These were the pastors during the exist- ence of the church: Rev. Charles Spear, 1835-6; Rev. W. H. Fernald, 1836-8; Rev. A. A. Folsom, 1838-44; Rev. George W. Gage, 1844-5; Rev. Samuel Bennett, 1845-6; Rev. Zenas Thomp- son, 1846-8; Rev. W. R. G. Mellen, 1848-51; Rev. Uriah Clark,
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1851-2; Rev. Avery Denison, 1853; Rev. C. H. Webster, 1853-5; Rev. J. K. Karcher, 1855-6; Rev. B. V. Stevenson, 1857-68; Rev. Clarence Fowler, 1868-9; Rev. John E. Davenport, 1870-72; Rev. Theodore L. Dean, 1872-4; Rev. J. Riley Johnson, 1874-6; Rev. J. H. Weeks, 1877-80; Rev. G. W. Pierce, 1882-3.
The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is the direct outcome of the early Roman Catholic labors in the Chicopee section. Father James Fitton conducted the first services as early as 1831, when his congregation consisted of thirty people in a population of something over two thousand. In that year the work of build-
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ing a dam across Chicopee river and digging the canals for utilization of the water power was begun, and brought to the scene numerous laborers of the Catholic faith. For some years services were held from time to time in the homes of the people or in other available places, until a congregation was organized in 1838, and placed in the care of Rev. John Brady of Hartford, Conu. In 1839 a building site was secured on Pleasant street, the corner-stone of a church was laid the following year, and the interests of the parish were committed to Rev. John D. Brady, who came from Salem, Mass. It was not until Septem- ber 29, 1843, that the church, a brick structure, was ready for dedication as St. Matthew's church. In 1845 Rev. Bernard O'Cavanagh became assistant to Father Brady, and the two priests cared for the religious interests of all the Catholics in the four western counties of the state. Father Brady died in 1847, and was succeeded for two years by Rev. James Strain. Rev. William Blenkinsop was the pastor from 1849 to 1864, during which time, to meet the needs of his growing congrega- tion, he built a large church on the opposite side of the street. This was dedicated May 29, 1859, under the present name. Rev. Patrick Healy was the pastor from 1864 until his death in January, 1889. In 1867 he built the convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary and established parochial schools for the parish. In 1881 the boys' school and the monastery for the Brothers were built. Father Healy was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Henry L. Robin- sou, who served as pastor until his death in 1894, when Rev. John J. McCoy, the present incumbent, assumed the rectorship. St. Patrick's church at Chicopee Falls had its beginning in a Sunday school established there about 1850 by Rev. James Strain, then pastor at Chicopee. This continued until 1870, when Rev. Patrick Stone, assistant pastor at Chicopee, under- took the task of securing for the worshipers at the Falls a church of their own. The funds were raised, the edifice was built, and on the 15th of December, 1872, was dedicated under the above name. A parish rectory, now the convent home for the Sisters of St. Joseph, was built during the same year. Father Stone was made pastor, and still holds the position, after practically
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thirty years of service. The assistants have been : Rev. Michael J. Murphy, 1874-84; Rev. Martin Murphy, 1884-6; Rev. James Mclaughlin, 1886-9; Rev. Richard Healy, 1889-93; Rev. John J. O'Malley, assigned January 1, 1894, is the present incumbent. In 1880 a site was bought on Columbia street, on which were built, in 1881, a new rectory and the parish schools. In 1890, in connection with other important improvements on the parish property, the church was greatly enlarged, and in 1897 it was furnished with a $4,000 organ.
The Church of the Assumption at Chicopee is the religious home of the French-speaking Catholics of the city of Canadian origin or parentage. Until 1885 it was a mission, having been served first by Father Dufresne of Holyoke, then by Father Landry of Indian Orchard. Its first resident pastor was Rev. Everest Pelletier, who was appointed in 1885 and served until his death in May, 1893. Under his pastorate the parish pros- pered and grew materially, and a frame church of moderate capacity was built. The original parish chapel built by Father Landry was converted into a comfortable rectory. His successor was Rev. Frederick Bonneville, the present pastor, who has re- modeled and greatly improved the parish church and other buildings.
St. Stanislaus' church at Chicopee was organized for the benefit of the Poles, who began coming to the city in 1880. In 1890 Rev. Francis S. Chalupka of Webster was entrusted by Bishop O'Reilly with the task of organizing a Polish congrega- tion. Work on a church building was begun in 1891, but it was not until October, 1895, that the structure was dedicated. In February of that year Father Chalupka settled at Chicopee as resident pastor, and thenceforth regular services were held, al- though the unfinished building had been in use for a considerable time for the religious purposes of the parish. Schools were established in 1897, and in 1898 the parish property was en- larged by the purchase of twelve house lots adjoining the church site. Father Chalupka still remains in charge of the pastoral work, and his assistants have been: Rev. John Conlin, 1892-3; Rev. James Cruse, 1895-6; and Rev. Venceslaus Lenz, the present assistant.
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St. Joachim's church at Chicopee Falls was organized for the benefit of the French-speaking Catholics of that village, in 1893, by Rev. Alexis Delphos, acting under authority of Bishop Beaven, who recognized the necessity of giving those people more immediate church interests than they were able to enjoy through the Church of the Assumption. The organization was promptly effected, and a church structure was erected, which was dedicated November 18, 1894. The DeStelle homestead was purchased in 1895, and the family mansion thereon has been adopted as the parish presbytery. In 1895 Rev. Emile St. Onge came from Worcester as assistant pastor, and remained some four years.
The Catholic church at Willimansett and chapel at Alden- ville are the results of efforts put forth by Rev. John J. McCoy of Chicopee in the autumn of 1894, assisted by Father Delphos- the former organizing the English-speaking and the latter the French-speaking people. A little hall was hired on Olivine street, Willimansett, fitted up as a chapel, and designated Notre Dame des Victoires, where the first mass in the village was said on Christmas morning of 1894 by Father McCoy. From that time regular services were held until September, 1897, when Rev. Hormisdas Hamelin was made resident pastor. During the following year he built a brick church on Chicopee Street at Willimansett and a frame chapel at Aldenville, both of which were dedicated by Bishop Beaven October 30, 1898. The church is now known as the Church of the Nativity. Father Hamelin's curates have been Rev. Peter Higgins and Rev. Michael Walsh.
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CHAPTER XVIII THE TOWN OF AGAWAM
The town of Agawam lies on the south line of Hampden county, west of the Connecticut river and south of the Agawam. Being bounded on two sides by rivers and on the west by the towns of Westfield and Southwick, its outlines are decidedly irregular except on the south, where the state line gives a direct course. The total area comprises a fraction less than twenty- five square miles. Its extent from north to south and from east to west is nearly equal, so that, notwithstanding its irregularity of outline, the town presents geographically a compact and well- defined section. The broad flow of the Connecticut on the east separates it from the town of Longmeadow, and for a very short distance from the city of Springfield; the winding course of the Agawam gives equally positive definition of the northern line, where Agawam is separated from the parent town of West Springfield so uncompromisingly that the village of Mittineague, which lies on both sides of the river, belongs in. part to each of the towns. On the west the division runs on or near the summit of the extensive trap-rock range.
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