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SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION-George Bliss, Presi- dent; Lewis Gorham, Clerk and Treasurer. The Cemetery grounds cover an extent of nearly forty acres, and from their opening in June, 1841, to January, 1867, 6,290 interments have been made in them, 210 of that number being from January, 1866, to January, 1867. The whole amount received for lots from May, 1866, to May, 1867, was $3,290.79.
PRINCIPAL PUBLIC HALLS IN SPRINGFIELD-City Hall, having seats for 2,700 persons. Application for the Hall to be made to the City Clerk. Music Hall, corner of Main and Pynchon streets, owned by Tilly Haynes, will seat 1,200 persons, is rented for lect- ures and first class entertainments only. Union Hall, adjacent to the Union House, South Main street; Rice's Hall, State street, Massasoit Hall, in Fallon's Block, and Lincoln Hall, in Brown & Pinney's Block, near the Water Shops, are all commodious and pleasant places for assemblies, meetings, etc.
PLACES WORTHY OF NOTICE FROM STRANGERS.
THE CITY HALL, fronting Court Square, erected at an expense of $100,000, ranks among the finest buildings in New England. It has an audience room capable of holding 3,000 persons, and accom- modations for all city officers, Police Court, City Library, and City Museum.
THE CEMETERY-In the south-easterly part of the city, has its main entrance from Maple street, near its junction with Central street, with an entrance for carriages also from Pine street, and for people on foot from Mulberry and from Union streets. It has great natural advantages of location and scenery, combining a fine vari-
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ety of hill and dale, and is constantly being beautified and adorned by the hand of art.
THE UNITED STATES ARMORY-Has undergone much improvement and enlargement during the war, but the reduction of the force em- ployed has of late been very great. The following comparative sta- tistics will show the vast increase in the business of the armory : In the month of April, 1861, there were 504 men employed; in April, 1862, there were 1912; and in April, 1863, 2635. The num- ber of muskets fabricated in April, 1861, was 1202; in May, 2000; in June, 3000; May 1863, 25,000; April, 1864, 26,000. The de- struction of some of the buildings by fire, July 2, 1864, reduced the production to 15,000 per month for six months, when it was increased to 25,000 till July 1st, 1865, since which time, but few guns have been fabricated. The greatest number of men employed at any one time during the war was 2,992; 828 men were employed May 1st, 1866, the entire force being engaged in repairing old guns ; July 1st, 1867, there were 1220 men engaged in repairing arms and altering Springfield muskets of the pattern of '64, into breech-loaders. During the six months ending July 1, 25,080 of these muskets were remodeled.
HAMPDEN PARK-Inaugurated September 29, 1857. Purchased and improved by the Hampden County Agricultural Society at a cost of $31,600, for an exhibition ground; "the finest and most con- venient location the Society could have fixed upon, and unsurpassed for beauty and fitness by any lot devoted to a similar purpose, in the world." These grounds, sixty acres in extent, enclosed on the river side by a costly levee, on the other side by a substantial fence, con- tain a splendid barn, with stalls for cattle and horses, and extensive sheds in addition, devoted to a like purpose; a mile and also a half mile track, graded and kept in good condition ; a range of seats three hundred feet long ; and a judge's stand, tasteful in appearance and per- manent in construction. Here have been held the far-famed Spring- field Horse Shows, and the annual Cattle Shows of the County Society. Its use as a public park is strikingly appropriate, for it was the first lot of land granted by the early settlers, within the first month after their arrival in 1636.
GREAT FRESHETS-Highest Rise of Water in Connecticut River- 1801, twenty-one feet six inches; 1843, April 18, twenty feet eight inches; 1854, May 1, twenty-two feet four inches; 1856, August 21, eighteen feet nine inches, (Camp Thompson inundated); 1859, March 20, twenty feet six inches; 1862, April 20, twenty-two feet two inches (Hampden Park flooded); 1865, March 18, eighteen feet ten inches.
POPULATION OF SPRINGFIELD-Census of 1865, Ward 1, 3,775 ; Ward 2, 3,417; Ward 3, 4,051; Ward 4, 2,880; Ward 5, 3,470; Ward 6, 1,405; Ward 7, 1,494; Ward 8, 1,546; total, 22,038. A large number left the Armory before this census. In 1860, the popu- lation of the city was 15,200; in 1867 (estimated), 30,000.
Y. M. CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
THE Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield offer a pleas- ant place of resort for evenings and leisure hours, enable young men to become acquainted with each other and welcome and befriend strangers. Rooms in new Insurance Building, 211 Main Street, second floor ; open from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M. The leading political and religious newspapers, daily and weekly, together with the mag- azines, may be found here.
President, Charles Marsh; Vice Presidents, O. S. Greenleaf, H. W. Hallett; Secretary, W. H. H. Wooster; Treasurer, William H. Hawkes; Directors, F. A. Brewer, J. D. Safford, F. H. Sterns, G. F. Green, C. A. Jacobs, H. R. Stockbridge, Henry Hutchinson, H. S. Bushnell, H. F. Foster.
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS.
No. 23 West Union Street, Springfield.
OFFICERS-Mrs. Charles Merriam, President; Mrs. William Rice, Mrs. James Barnes, Vice Presidents ; Mrs. Geo. Walker, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. T. S. Chaffee, Recording Secretary, pro tem .; Mrs. J. R. Hixon, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. F. J. Parker, Treasurer. MATRON-Mrs. A. M. Phillips.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- Rev. Mr. Buckingham, Rev. Mr. McKnight, Hon. George Walker, D. H. Brigham, O. W. Wilcox, Charles Marsh, A. L. Soule.
The Board of Managers consists of two ladies from each religious society in town. Applications for admission may be made at the Home on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, between the hours of 3, and 5.
SPRINGFIELD POST OFFICE.
SUMMER TIME TABLE-Post Office open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M .; Sunday from 9 to 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 7 A. M., 1 P. M .; New York, 11} A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Eastern, 64 and 10} A. M., 8 P. M .; Western, 8 A. M., 54 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 6} and 114 A. M .; Agawam, 8 A. M .; Feeding Hills and West Suffield, 1 P. M .; East Longmeadow and South Wilbraham, daily, at 1 P. M .; West Springfield, 8 A. M., 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M. Delivery of mails-Northern, 12 M., 6} P. M .; Southern, 7 and 11} A. M., 1ª P. M .; Eastern, 7 and 9 A. M., 12 M., 62 P. M .; Western, 7 and 12 A. M.
WINTER TIME TABLE-Post office open from 7} A. M. to 8 P. M .; Sundays, from 9 to 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 7 A. M., 1 P. M .; New York, 114 A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Eastern, 6} and 11§ A. M., 8 P. M. : Western, 8 A. M., 54 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 64 and 1} A. M .; East Longmeadow and South Wilbraham, daily at 1 P. M .; Agawam, Wednesday and Saturday at 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M .; Mails arrive-Northern, 12 M., 6} P. M .; Southern, 7 and 11} A. M., 1} P. M .; Eastern, 7 and 9 A. M., 12 M., 6} P. M .; Western, 7} A. M., 12 M.
BANKS, BLOCKS, HOTELS, AND IN- SURANCE COMPANIES.
BANKS.
Agawam National Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Chicopee National Bank, Main street, west side, corner Elm street. First National Bank, Main street, east side, opposite Court square. Five Cents Savings Bank, West Court street, opposite Court square. Hampden Savings Bank, at Agawam National Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street.
John Hancock National Bank, Main street, west side, corner Fort street.
Pynchon National Bank, Main street, west side, near State street. Second National Bank, (formerly Springfield Bank,) Franklin Block, corner of Main street and Townsley avenue.
Springfield Institution for Savings, Company's new building, corner Main and State streets.
Third National Bank, Barnes' Block, Main street,
BLOCKS.
Allis' Block, North Main street, west side, between R. R. Depot and Cypress street.
Allis' New Block, Main street, North of R. R. Depot.
Barnes' Block, (stores,) Main street, west side, opposite Harrison avenue.
Barnes' Block, (dwellings,) East Bridge street, south side, midway between Main and Chestnut streets.
Brewer's Block, Brewer's Court, North Main street.
Bridgman's Block, Main street, west side, near corner of Howard street.
Burbank's Block, corner of Stockbridge and Willow streets.
Burt's Block, Main street, west side, corner Bliss street.
Bush's Block, South Main street, opposite Howard street.
Byers' Block, Elm street, south side, opposite Court square.
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BLOCKS.
Chicopee Bank Block, Main street, west side, corner Elm street. Colton's Block, Howard street, north side, near river bank.
Commercial Block, corner Main and Hampden streets, formerly called Patton & Loomis' Block.
Day & Jobson's Block, North Main street, west side, cor. Cypress street.
Dunham's Block, corner North Main and Ferry streets.
Fallon's Block, Main street, near Vernon street.
Franklin Block. corner Main street and Townsley avenue.
Foot's Block, Main street, west side, corner West State street.
Fort Block, Main street, west side, corner Fort street.
Goodrich Block, Main street, west side, corner Hampden street.
Granger's Block, Main street, south of Union House.
Gunn's Block, opposite Armory Grounds, East State street.
Hampden Hall Block, Main street, east side, corner East Court street.
Hampden House Block, Main street, west side, corner West Court street, and opposite Court square.
Harthan's Block, river bank, foot Pynchon street.
Haynes' Hotel Block, corner Main and Pynchon streets.
Hubbard's Block, East street, south side, corner Walnut street, and opposite Armory grounds.
Kirkham's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Armory grounds.
Kirkham's Block, West State street, north side, near Main street. Lincoln Hall Block, Mill street, near Water Shops.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Block, south of Franklin Block. Massasoit Block, Main street, west side, next south of R. R. Depot. Music Hall Block, Main street, west side, corner Pynchon street.
Old John Hancock Bank Block, East State street, south side, oppo- site Armory grounds.
Old Post Office Block, Elm street, south side, near Main street, and opposite Court square.
Pynchon Bank Block, Main street, west side, between State and Elm streets.
Pynchon House Block, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Rice's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Dwight street. Savings' Bank Block, north-east corner Main and State streets. Shaw's Block, Main street, opposite Barnes' Lot.
Stebbins' Block, North Main street, near Carew street.
Stockbridge Block, Main street, East side, corner Stockbridge street. Taylor & Olmstead's Block, Main street, corner of Taylor street.
Trask's Block, river bank, near foot of Pynchon street.
Townsley's Block, Main street, opposite Vernon street.
Union Block, Main street, east side, corner Harrison avenue and op- posite Pynchon street.
Walker's Block, East State street, south side, corner Maple street. Western Railroad Buildings, Main street, east side, south of and adjoining railroad track.
Wilcox Block, Main street, west side, between Worthington and Fort streets.
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HOTELS .- INSURANCE COMPANIES.
HOTELS.
Carlton House, Hampden street, south side.
Cooley's Hotel, Main street, east side, corner Liberty street, north of R. R. Depot.
Eagle Hotel, East State street, south side, opposite Government square.
Exchange Hotel, Main street, west side, between Elm and State streets. Gruendler's Hotel, West Bridge street, south side, corner Water street. Hampden House, West Court street, corner Main street, and oppo- site Court square.
Haynes' Hotel, corner Main and Pynchon streets.
Massasoit House, Main street, adjoining R. R. Depot, south side. Myrtle Street House, Myrtle street, between State and High streets. Nayasset House, Railroad Row, adjoining R. R. Depot, south side. Park Street House, Main street, east side, corner Park street. Pynchon House, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Rockingham House, East State street, south side, corner Walnut street.
Sanford Street House, corner of Sanford and Market streets. Union House, Main street, west side, corner Bliss street.
United States Hotel, Main street, east side, nearly opposite Howard street.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, office new block, 209 Main street.
Springfield Fire Assurance Company, office second floor Chicopee · Bank Block.
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, office second floor Fort Block.
New Buildings.
NEW CHURCHES.
THE church edifice of the MEMORIAL CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY, on North Main street, at the junction of the Plainfield road and Bradford street, is now in process of construction. The masons commenced work upon it in November, 1866, and after bringing the foundations above the surface of the earth, work was suspended for the winter. It was resumed again April Ist. The carpenters began operations June 1st, 1867. The edifice will probably be completed ready for dedica- tion in November, 1867. R. & R. M. Upjohn of New York were the architects; Ponsonby & Maginn of that city have charge of the ma- son work, and Mr. Edward Cooley, of this city, the oversight of the carpenters. The style of architecture is gothic; the walls are to be built entirely of Monson granite. Those walls around the south end, and the east and west side, as far back as the south side of the tran- sept, which will have to sustain only the weight of the smaller roof, will be but twenty inches in thickness; the wall from the south side of the transept toward the north end of the edifice will be two feet thick. The distance on the inside, from the extreme point of the octagonal end at the south, to the rear of the chancel at the north end, is 137 feet, 31 feet extending back through the octagonal lecture-room to the screen which separates it from the main audience room, and 106 feet carrying it to the rear of the organ recess. The width of the audience room, inside, is 54 feet; the transept recesses, on the east and west side, are 15 feet deep and 30 feet long. The ridge of the tran- sept roof on the outside, measures 92 feet. The length of the ridge of the principal roof, from the intersection with the hip roof above the octagon, to the rear of the building, is 108 feet, and its hight on the inside, from the floor of the audience room, 51 feet. The princi- pal rafters, extending from the ridge to the plates, are 26g feet long. These plates rest on iron pillars. The short rafters, running at a less acute angle back to the walls, are 17 feet in length. The chancel will be 22 feet deep, by 29 feet from east to west. The organ will have its position first in the rear, then the singer's seats, and the desk for the pulpit. On the west end of the chancel there is a door to the minister's private room, 16 feet by 19, on the same level with the floor of the chancel, and 12 feet from floor to ceiling. On the east end a door opens into the committee room. Over this, and also
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over the pastor's room, there is a room convenient for Bible classes, etc. These will be of the same dimensions as those below them, and will be 10 feet from floor to ceiling, and surmounted by a French roof. The entrance to these is from the galleries over the transept recesses. The lecture room in the octagonal southern end is to be 10 feet from floor to ceiling. Separating it from the audience room is first, a wainscoting, some three feet high, extending across the build- ing; above this is to be a movable screen, probably of ground glass, which can be taken away in case of great gatherings, to throw the lecture room open to the larger portion of the house. Above the lecture room there is a gallery. There is one entrance through the tower on the east side, one on the west side, opposite; and one each from the east and west side, through the transept, thus making four ways of ingress and egress, a desideratum not often obtained in the construction of churches. At each of the angles of the octagon there are buttresses extending, up, 42 feet, from the foundations, and terminating in stone-capped pinnacles. The tower, on the east side, near the south end, is 19 feet by 25, at the base, and 88 feet high, the top presenting the same horizontal surface as the base. The four windows in the southern end are of gothic style with tracery tops ; two of the same size are on each side of the audience room. The galleries above the transept are lighted by smaller windows of the same style. In each gable end of the transept there is to be a mag- nificent arched window, ten feet across, and one in the rear of the building. Thus not only the audience room, but all the apartments of the edifice will be well lighted, and with good effect throughout.
The new edifice for the CHURCH OF THE UNITY, (Unitarian,) de- signed by H. H. Richardson of New York, will be an architectural ornament to Springfield and the Connecticut Valley of which our citi- zens may well be proud. It is to be built in the Italian Grecian style of architecture. The material is brown stone from the Longmeadow quarries. The length of the building from the front to rear is 150 feet, including the chapel. The length of the audience room alone is 120 feet. The width is 56 feet. The height from floor to the apex of the roof is 56 feet. The height of the clear story wall is 34 feet, on the outside; and that of the lower walls 17 feet. The height of the front to the cross at the apex of the gable is 64 feet. At the north-west corner a tower, 18} feet square at the base, extends aloft, terminating in a spire, the point of which is 144 feet from the ground. The width of the main nave, between the columns is 40 feet, and that of the side naves 7} feet each. The clear story walls, on the inside, are 30 feet high; the lesser walls 14 feet. There are to be seven stone columns between the main, and each of the side, naves, with twelve arched windows on each side, six of which will be in the clear story. On each side there is to be a rose circular window with lan- cet windows on either side of it. Between the two rows of win- dows and extending entirely round the inside of the church, there will be an ornamental frieze. On this will be emblems and texts of Scripture. The pews are to be of unpainted chestnut. Similar in
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finish will be the pulpit, which will have an elevation of several feet from the floor. Behind it will be the recess for the organ, with seats for the choir in front. The dimensions of the chapel, or Sunday school room, are 55 feet in length, and 24 feet in width. There are to be two entrances into the tower, one on the west, and the other on the north, side of it. Opposite them will be two other entrances into the church, one from the east side and one from the front or north side. Ponsonby & Maginn of New York are the masons, and John Mar- shall of that city does the carpentry. Work was commenced March 1st, 1867, and it is intended to have the church ready for dedi- cation in July, 1868. Pleasantly located, 75 feet back from the south side of East State street, a few rods from Maple, and directly oppo- site the site of the proposed new city library building; built in the most appropriate style of architecture, and adorned with the choicest inventions of art, it will take rank among the best houses of worship in the country.
The STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, of which we give a hand- some engraving, is nearly completed. The corner stone was laid in August, 1865, and the work commenced at that time. The extreme length of the edifice is 110 feet; the width, including the tower, is 104. The height of the audience room is 48 feet. There are two towers-the one in front, through which is the principal entrance to the church, and one in the rear-the former 164 feet high, and the other 75 feet. The chapel, in the west end of the church, was dedi- cated July 8, 1866, and since that time the society have worshiped there. S. S. Woodcock of Boston was the architect, A. S. Dwelly & Co. did the stone work, J. W. Hawkes the brick work, and A. G. Car- penter & Co., of Westfield, the slating.
The CHURCH OF THE ASBURY CHAPEL, OR FIRST METHODIST SO- CIETY, on the corner of Florence and Hancock streets, was dedicated Saturday, November 24, 1866, Rev. Bishop Mathew Simpson, of Phila- delphia, preaching the sermon. The corner-stone was laid September 15, 1865. The frame was raised in April, 1866. The building is 76 feet long by 50 wide. With the tower in front and a recess in the rear, 18 feet by 15, the entire length is 103 feet. From the base of the tower to the point of the spire the distance is 132 feet. The Ionic style of architecture predominates. Chauncey Shepard of this city designed the plans and superintended the work. The society worshiping in this church is the parent of all the other societies of that denomination in this city. The Asbury Chapel, their former house of worship, was built in 1821. Two weeks after the first stroke of work upon it, services were held within it. The cost of building was a little over $300, that being the amount of the build- ing fund subscribed. Ten years ago it was remodeled and enlarged.
THE "BETHEL CHURCH" of the Second Advent Society was dedi- cated July 10, 1867. It is pleasantly located on the north side of Vernon street, a few rods from Main, is a one-story Gothic build- ing, of wood; and has a front of 36 feet and a depth of 66 feet. The audience room is 35 feet by 55, and has a height of 20 feet from floor
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STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. (See p. 30.)
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to ceiling. The vestibule extends nearly across the building, and is 10 feet in width. From the vestibule a stairway connects with the vestry in the basement, which is 10 feet high, and extends under the whole building. Mr. J. M. Currier of this city is the architect. This is the first church edifice erected by any society of that denomination in Western Massachusetts. There is an opinion gaining ground very fast among them that the building of sanctuaries-the establishment of permanent religious homes for their people-con- duces to their prosperity and effectiveness as a denomination; and the Springfield brethren have taken the initiative step in the matter of church building.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
An imposing structure, four stories high, on the corner of Main and State streets, is the property of the SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS; and their banking room is in the south-west corner of the first story. It is one of the most attractive and convenient business rooms in the city, or in the State. The wainscoting is of black wal- nut with butternut trimmings; and the counters, made upon a plan designed by Herter of New York, form an item worthy of mention. The fire and burglar proof vault, containing one of Herring's mag- nificent safes of 9,000 pounds weight, is probably unequaled by any- thing of the kind in the country. Pynchon, Lee & Co. occupy, for their grocery and provision establishment, the portion of the ground floor not taken up by the office of the bank and the stairways lead- ing to the upper stories. The principal entrance is from Main street. This leads to the second story. This floor is designed for offices, and is occupied by the business office of the Springfield Gas Company, Messrs. Chapin & Lee's insurance office, and has besides one or two other offices for rent. Burnham's American Business College is lo- cated in the third and fourth stories, the various halls, offices and recitation rooms of that institution taking in all the available space. The front on Main street is 56, on State street 89, and on Mar- ket street 59, feet. The upper story is a French roof. The building is constructed of brick with brown stone trimmings, and in a mixed style of architecture which is at once dignified and attractive. The substantial appearance which the edifice has even to the eye of the casual observer, and the numerous evidences of skill and taste which a close inspection adduces, testify to the wisdom of the officers of the institution in securing George Hathorne of New York to furnish the plan for the building; and Royal Harrington and J. M. Currier of this city to superintend the mason work and carpentry. The total cost of the structure has not been made public, but it is safe to say that it is the most expensive, as well as the finest, public building in Western Massachusetts.
The new building of the MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY, on Main street, reflects credit to the proprietors and the builders. It has a front of 64 feet and a depth of 138 feet; and is four stories high. The northern portion of the first floor is occu-
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