Springfield city directory and business advertiser 1871-1872, Part 7

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1871
Publisher: Samuel Bowles & Co.
Number of Pages: 442


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NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- West side of Main street, between Worth- ington and Bridge streets. Founded in 1846. Rev. Richard G. Greene, pastor ; settled in 1866; salary, $3,500. Deacons, E. G. Norton, O. D. Morse, J. W. Hawks, L. S. Stowe. Sunday-school superintend- ent, H. S. Brooks.


Meetings-Sunday, 1012 A. M., 7 P. M. from October to March inclusive, and 712 P. M. from April to September inclusive- with preaching; missionary meeting on the first Sunday evening in each month, church prayer meeting, Thursday night at 712 P. M. from October 1 to April 1, and at 734 P. M. from April 1 to October 1. The commun- ion service is at 212 P. M. on the first Sun- days of January, March, May, July, Septem- ber and November.


This church was organized with twenty- two members, and held meetings at first in Frost's Hall on Sanford street. The pas- tors preceding the present were : Rev. Ray- mond H. Seeley, D. D., dismissed to take charge of the American Chapel at Paris, France; Rev. James Drummond, removed by death ; Rev. L. Clark Seelye, dismissed to accept a professorship in Amherst Col- lege. A colony of fifty five members from this church was organized into the Memo- rial Church, October 27, 1865.


The membership of the North Church, May 1, 1871, was 391, about 100 of whom


were absent or non-resident ; and about 50 members of other churches are regular com- municants here. The number of separate families represented in the parish is 225; parishioners, regular or irregular in attend- ance, about 1,000 ; usual congregation, about 400. The Sunday-school numbers 314. The annual expenditure is not far from $5,500.


A lot has been purchased on Salem street, nearly opposite Elliot, on which a new house of worship is soon to be erected, but the plans for it are not yet completed.


The Sunday-school on York street is partly sustained by the North and partly by the First Church, and numbers 50. J. M. Cowan of the former church is superintend- ent. It meets on Sunday at 214 P. M.


CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT INDIAN ORCHARD-Rev. Stephen Harris, pastor ; settled June, 1871 ; salary, $1,200. Deacon, Jacob S. Eaton. Sunday-school superin- tendent, Andrew Woodman.


Meetings-Sunday, 1034 A. M. and 2 P. M., with preaching; Sunday-school at 12 M. Prayer meeting at Library Hall, Friday evening, at 71% P. M.


The church membership is 24. There is a good congregation, and the Sunday-school numbers 87, with an average attendance of 72. The house of worship is pleasantly situated upon a hill overlooking the village, and back of it and on either side is a fine grove, where out-door services have been held in the warm season.


SANFORD STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHI (colored)-Sanford st. Founded in 1849. Pulpit vacant. Mr Isaac Tem- brook of the New York Union Theological Seminary preaches every Sabbath for the present, and it is expected that Rev. Mr. Van Horn of Newport, R I., will be settled as pastor the coming autumn. The deacons are John N. Howard, I. J. Baptist and Jolın H. Thompson. Sunday school superinten- dent, Eli Baptist.


This church was originally Methodist, and the pastors, while it was connected with that denomination, were Revs. Leonard Collins, John N. Mars, George Spiwood, Daniel Vandever, John A. Williams, Samuel Gray, Robert R. Morris, William Butler and James A. Jones. In 1864, the church reorganized as Congregational, and


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Revs. W. W. Mallory and Samuel Harrison have been the subsequent pastors. The number of members is 36; average congre- gation, 100 ; members of Sunday-school, 60, and average attendance, 45 ; benevolent con- tributions, $32. Some outside aid is re- ceived.


MEMORIAL CHURCH, UNION EVANGELI- CAL-Round Hill, junction of Main, North Main, Bradford, and Plainfield streets. Or- ganized October 29, 1865. Rev. W. T. Eustis, pastor ; settled June 2, 1869 ; salary, $4,000. Deacons, J. D. Stratton, Joshua Grant, D. J. Bartlett, A. F. Niles. Sun- day-school superintendent, Dr. J. G. Hol- land.


Meetings-Sabbath, 1034 A. M. and 3 P. M. in winter, and in summer the second service is at 6 P. M. ; every second Sunday in the month, the second service is one of praise. Sabbath-school, 1134 A. M. Prayer- meetings, Sunday and Thursday evenings, in the chapel; young people's meeting, Wednesday evening. Social meetings on alternate Friday evenings. The lesson of the Sunday-school is usually the subject of lecture, Thursday evening.


North of the Boston and Albany Rail- road, there was a large population, but no house of worship, nor regular preaching, when this church was formed. It has done a missionary work here. Many of its mem- bers were from the North Church; some came also from other religious societies. The help of the children was assured when Scattergood Sunday-school came in. The latter had been started in 1861 by a Metho- dist lady, and largely sustained by the Pynchon Street Church.


The membership is about 200; the av- erage congregation, 600; and the Sunday- school numbers about 450. The whole district north of the railroad is visited by the Sunday school teachers, and all children not connected with any other Sunday-school invited to attend.


The house of worship was built of Mon- son granite, in the gothic style, costing about $120,000.


CHURCH OF THE UNITY, UNITARIAN -- East State street, above Maple street. Founded in 1819. Rev. Charles A. Humphreys, pastor ; settled, November 29, 1865 ; salary, $3,600. Superintendent of Sunday-school, F. S. Bailey


Meetings-Sabbath, 101% A. M., 712 P. M. Strangers are shown to seats five min- utes before the morning service and ten minutes before the evening service. Sun- day-school immediately after the morning service.


This church was formed of a number of members who left the First Church be- cause they held more liberal views than the pastor. They were incorporated as the " Third Congregational Society of Spring- field." Jonathan Dwight, one of tlieir number, gave to the society a meeting- house, built at his own expense, and of such dimensions and elegance as they di -. ·rected. Other members subscribed sixteen thousand dollars, as a permanent fund for the support of preaching. The pastors preceding the present one were : Rev. Wil- liam B. O. Peabody, Rev. George F. Sim- mons, and Rev. Francis Tiffany.


The society is represented by 200 families aud over 700 parishioners. The church membership is about 100; average congre- gation, 400. The Sunday-school has 130 pupils.


The present house of worship was com- pleted and dedicated early in 1869, and cost $150,000. It is of the Italian-Grecian style of architecture, and built of brown stone from the Longmeadow quarries. The audience room is 85 feet long and 54 feet wide, with walls 30 feet high on the inside ; back of this is the chapel or Sunday-school room, 55 feet long and 24 feet wide. A tower rises from the the north-west corner, terminating in a spire, whose point is 144 feet from the ground, and all of stone. For situation, style of finish and general appearance, this church edifice ranks among the finest in the country.


CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL - State street, near junction of Chestnut and Maple streets. Founded in 1838. Alexander Burgess, D. D., rector, from November 28, 1869; salary, $3,000 and use of rectory. Wardens, J. B. Stebbins and R. B. Hil- dreth; vestrymen, J. D. Brewer, E. S. Allin, Francis Norton, R. G. Shumway, James D. Safford, Clark W. Bryan, and Charles Ely ; clerk, J. H. Morton ; treas- urer, J. D. Safford. .


Meetings-Sunday 1012 A. M., 712 P. M. On the first Sunday afternoon of every month, the four mission Sunday-schools as- semble at the church with the home school


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there, for catechising. Meetings are held pered, and a colony of 143 members was in the chapel, Wednesday at 10 A. M., dismissed from it in 1864 to form the State Street Baptist churchi. Friday at 712 P. M .; and on two evenings in each month, there is one for teachers.


Meetings held in the chapel at the United States Armory, and afterwards at the Town Hall, resulted in the organization of this church. The rectors, prior to the settle- ment of Dr. Burgess, were : Rev. Henry W. Lee, now Bishop of Iowa ; Rev. Henry W. Adams ; Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn, now Bishop of Long Island; Rev. William S. Child ; Rev. George H. McKnight.


There are about 310 communicants, and 200 families in the parish. Five Sunday- schools are sustained; one at the church, with 250 members, John B. Stebbins, su- perintendent ; and Bible class of 80; St. James mission Sunday-school, meeting at Oak street school-house, John Thonger, superintendent; St. Peters, meeting at Cen- tral street school-house, J. Louis Stebbins, superintendent; St. Johns, meeting at Au- burn street school-house, J. E. Shipman, superintentdent ; and one at the Chapel of the 'Good Shepherd, West Springfield, Charles Ely, superintendent. The mission Sunday-schools number 175 members. The sum raised for church purposes, the past year, was $12,000, and $3,000 charitable offerings. A new stone church, to accom- modate nine hundred persons, will probably be commenced before another year.


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Corner Main street and Harrison avenue. Founded in 1811. George B. Ide, D. D., pastor; set- tled, October, 1852; salary, $2,500. Dea- cons, Harvey Foster, John E. Taylor, Isaac E. Williams, H. C. Martin, George A. Lawrence. Sunday-school superintendent, Frank M. Tinkham.


Meetings-Sunday 1012 A. M. and 712 P. M .; Sunday-school, immediately after the morning service. Monday evening, young people's meeting, and Thursday evening, prayer-meeting, the two last, at 712 P. M. in winter, 734 P. M. in summer.


This church was organized with 19 mem- bers, at the Water Shops, and struggled for years in poverty and feebleness, without pastor or house of worship. Its first church edifice, built in 1821, was near the Water Shops; the second, built ten years later, was at the corner of Maple and Mulberry streets ; the present house was completed in 1847. The church has since greatly pros-


The membership of the First Baptist is 475 ; average congregation, 450; total con- tributions the past year, $6,053, of which $1,951 was for benevolent purposes; $1,075 of the latter sum was for the aid of poor churches in the county. The Sunday- school numbers 325, with an average at- tendance of 175. The mission Sunday- school in Carlisle district has 40 pupils and teachers from this church. A Baptist Sun- day-school has also lately been established in Emery street school-house, starting with 44, and E. J. Avery is superintendent. Among the liberal things devised by mem- bers of the First Baptist, is the building of a new church for those of their faith in ward one, and another in ward seven. Funds are already assured for one of these enterprises.


STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH-State street, opposite Dwight street. Organized in 1864. Rev. A. K. Potter, pastor; in- stalled, January, 1865; salary, $2,500. Deacons, Nathan G. Corning, John H. Lawton, Alpheus Hawkes, Jonas H. Hast- ings, David M. Chapin, Andrew Titus. E. F. Foster, clerk and treasurer. Sunday- school superintendent, D. H. Brigham.


Meetings-Sabbath, 1012 A. M., 214 P. M., with preaching; 7 P. M., prayer-meet- ing; Sunday-school immediately after morn- ing service. Monday night, young peo- ple's prayer-meeting; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting; Thursday night, church prayer-meeting. There is also a prayer- meeting on Tuesday night at Central street ward room. The hour for week-day meet- ings is 712 P. M. in winter, and 734 P. M. in summer.


This church was formed of a colony from the First Baptist. In the beginning, its motto was "work," and it made the Sun- day-school a prominent feature. It has had a marvelous growth. The church mem- bership is 539; average congregation 650; number in the Sunday-school, 841, average attendance over 500; total raised for church purposes the past year, $13,164. A tem- perance department has been organized in the Sunday-school the past year, and has 450 members, who circulate the pledge and have occasional public lectures.


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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH - Corner Florence and Hancock streets. Founded in 1815. Rev. C. D. Hills, pastor ; salary, not yet determined for the year.


Meetings-Sunday, 1014 A. M. and 214 P. M., with preaching. Prayer meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M., Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 712 P. M., in win- ter ; in summer, evening meeting on Sun- day half an hour later, and on other days a quarter of an hour later. Sunday-school meets at 12 M., and Charles H. Ladd is su- perintendent.


The society worshiping here is the parent of the others of its denomination in the city. Asbury Chapel, its former house of worship, was built in 1821, and occupied in two weeks after work was commenced on it; it cost $300. The present house of worship was built in 1866, and cost nearly $15,000. A new bell has been put in the past year, cost- ing $513, a new organ, valued at $2,200, a neat fence around the grounds, and a chapel will soon be completed. The latter will be nearly as large as the church building, and connected with it, and costs $6,500.


The church membership is 140, average congregation nearly 300, and 221 attend the Sunday-school. The sum raised for church purposes the past year was $5,573, of which $578 was for benevolent purposes.


UNION STREET METHODIST CHURCH- Corner Union and Mulberry streets. Founded in 1823. Rev. J. H. Mansfield, pastor ; salary, $1,500. Sunday-school su- perintendent, Joseph Hallett.


Meetings-Sunday, 1014 A. M., and 21/4 P. M. Prayer meetings are held Sunday evening, 7 P. M., Monday evening (young people's meeting), 712 P. M., and Thursday evening, 712 P. M. In summer, the Sun- day afternoon service is omitted, and week- day meetings begin a quarter of an hour later. Teachers assemble in the pastor's study Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock.


The church membership is 203; proba- tioners, 16; average congregation, 240. Nearly $4,000 was raised last year for church and benevolent purposes, and in payment of a debt. The Sunday-school numbers 231; average, 185.


A fine lot has been purchased for $18,000 on the east corner of State and Myrtle streets, on whichi a new house of worship is soon to be commenced for this church.


TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH-Bridge street, near Main street. Founded in 1844. Rev. J. Oramel Peck, pastor ; appointed April, 1870 ; salary $2,800; Sunday-school Superintendents, M. Wells Bridge and J. R. Childs.


Meetings-Sabbath, 1014 A. M., and 21/4 P. M., preaching; Sunday-school, 12 M. Church prayer-meetings, Sunday and Thurs- day evenings ; young people's prayer-meet- ing, Monday evening ; class-meetings, Tues- day, Wednesday and Friday evenings, all at the church, 71% P. M., in winter, 734 P. M., in summer.


This church was formerly on Pynchon street. Though a colony went out from it to form the Central Methodist Churchi, the old house was too small for the congrega- tion. The new edifice was completed little more than a year ago, and cost, including the land, $73,000. A subscription of $30,000 has just been made by a number of persons, payable in installments during the next four years, which extinguishes all debt for it. For light, ventilation, solidity of construc- tion, and appropriate adaptation to its vari- ous uses, it is a model. It is of the " ro- manesque " style of architecture, rectangu- lar in shape, and is 122 feet long and 74 wide. The tower projecting six feet in front, is 22 feet square, and rises in that form 100 feet, and the spire above the tower is 85 feet to the top of the gilt cross, making a total hight of 185 feet from the sidewalk. In the basement is a vestibule extend- ing the whole width of the church; a vestry, 68 by 70 feet, and 15 feet high ; a juvenile Sunday-school room, 30 by 24 feet, opening into the vestry by mammoth slid- ing-doors ; on one side of the latter, a ladies' room, with kitchen below, and on the other side, a gentlemen's room,-all beautifully carpeted and furnished. The audience-room is reached by two broad flights of stairs, and is 96 by 70 feet clear on the floor, ex- clusive of ample space for the large organ and choir, and the speaker's platform ; and the walls are 24 feet high, the extreme hight of the room being 36 feet. Over the upper vestibule are the pastor's study and a com- mittee-room, both handsomely furnished.


The church membership is 400, and there are about 100 probationers ; average congre- gation, 750. The annual current expendi- ture is about $4,500 ; benevolent contribu- tions last year, $1,800. The Sunday-scliool


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numbers 528; average attendance, 341; contributions the past year, $976 ; expended for books, papers, etc., $643, and for mis- sions and clothing poor children, $333.


CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH-Main street, opposite Bliss street. Founded 1867. Rev. Charles T. Johnson, pastor ; appointed 1870 ; salary, $1,300.


Meetings-Sabbath, with preaching, 1014 A. M., and 214 P. M. Sunday-school im- mediately after morning service. Church prayer-meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M., and Thursday evening at 712 P. M .; young people's prayer-meeting, Monday evening at 712 P. M.


This church was organized with a few members from the Pynchon Street Church. The present membership is 116, and there are 50 probationers ; average congregation, 175; Sunday-school, 210; raised for benevo- lent purposes last year, $333. The society own a parsonage, and hold meetings in the house of worship formerly occupied by the Universalist church.


UNION AMERICAN METHODIST (colored) -Loring street. Rev. William H. Thomp- son, pastor ; settled, 1871. Sunday-school Superintendent, Edward Williams. Meet- ings, with preaching, on Sunday, at 1012 A. M., 212 and 712 P. M .; Sunday-school at 12 M. The prayer-meeting, Tuesday evening, and class-meeting, Thursday evening are at 8 P. M. The membership is 60; congrega- tion about 150; Sunday-school, 32.


The congregation is largely made up of people from the South. Their chapel was formerly familiar as the Soldier's Rest, near the depot, and was removed here and neatly fitted up. The fence on each side nearly as high as the eaves, shutting out the daylight, and painted black, was not built by the society.


ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, UNIVERSALIST- Chestnut street, corner of East Bridge street. Founded in 1827. Rev. H. R. Nye, pastor ; settled, June, 1867; salary, $3,500; Deacons, George S. Lewis, Sr., Wil- liam Merriam, William B. Carter; Sunday- school Superintendent, Dr. W. W. Gardner.


Meetings-Sabbath, 1012 A. M., and 712 P. M. in summer ; 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. in winter. Sunday-school immediately after morning service. [Friday evening, confer-


ence meeting at 712 P. M. in winter, and 8 P. M. in summer. Saturday evening, teach- ers' meeting, at 712 P. M., conducted by the pastor, and well attended.


The former pastors of this church were : Rev. D. J. Mandell, Rev. A. A. Folsom, Rev. R. P. Ambler, Rev. J. W. Ford, Rev. J. J. Twiss and Rev. Josiah Marvin. The society did not erect a house of worship un- til 1844. This was a plain brick edifice, on Main street, opposite Bliss street, with stores in the basement, and was occupied by the church until it removed to its present location in May, 1869. The membership is now about 125; average congregation, 500; Sunday-school, 260; raised for church and denominational purposes the past year, over $26,000.


The present house of worship was dedi- cated June 2, 1869. It is built of brick, with free-stone trimmings, and cost, with the site, nearly $50,000. It is 92 feet long, 65 wide, and 42 high from basement to roof apex in rear, with a tower 100 feet high. The audience-room contains ' 750 sittings, and below is a Sunday-school room which will accommodate 500 scholars, and a ladies' parlor and a sociable room, each 35 by 21 feet.


ST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner State and Elliott streets. Three churches are connected with it. The one here was founded in 1861. Chief pas- tor, Rt. Rev. P. T. O'Reilly, D. D., Bishop of Springfield. Rector of Cathedral, Rev. James J. McDermott. Assistants, Rev. M. E. Barry, Rev. Myles O'Reilly. ' Salary of rector, $800; assistants, $600 each. The church and congregation number about 10,000.


Services-First mass, 7 A. M .; second mass, 9 a. m .; high mass, 1012 A. M .; ves- pers, 312 P. M. The Sunday-school meets at the Cathedral at 9 A. M. and 2 P. M., continuing one hour each time ; in the fore- noon, mass is attended, and in the afternoon lessons are recited. There is an average attendance at the Sunday-school of about 1000 children ; P. J. Ryan is superintendent of the male department, and Miss Mary Hart, of the female. The Sunday-school teachers organized themselves into the St. Michael's Sunday School Association, April 30, 1871, to care for the spiritual welfare of the children. President and Treasurer,


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Rev. J. J. McDermott, vice-president, Alexander Chisholm ; secretary, M. Heffer- nan. Meet the third Sunday ofevery month, in one of the rooms of the vestry of St Michael's church. There are 80 members.


St. Thomas' Church, West Springfield is connected with the cathedral; mass, Sun- day, at 10 A. M .; membership, 800.


St. Mary's church Longmeadow, is also connected with the cathedral ; mass once in two weeks, at 10 A. M .; membership about 150.


A residence for the bishop and clergy is being erected, near the cathedral, and a de- scription of it will be found under the head of "New Buildings," on another page. When this house is completed, a new church will be commenced on Linden street.


ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner Worcester and Pine streets, Indian Orchard, Founded in 1863. Under the pastoral care of Rev. Patrick Healey of Chicopee. Services every second Sunday in the month at 8 A. M .; on the other Sabbaths, at 10 A. M. The member- ship is about 1000, and there are 150 in the Sunday-school. The latter is held in the afternoon.


ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner State and Willow streets (old Unitarian Church building). Founded in 1871. Rev. Augustine Laver- diere, pastor; salary, $600. Services on Sunday-Mass at 1012 A. M .; Sunday- school, conducted by the pastor, at 2 P. M .; vespers at 3 P. M.


The members of this church are French Canadian people, of whom there are about 2,000 in this city and 800 in West Spring- field, mostly at Mittineaque. Of the 1,200 communicants, 900 reside here, and 300 come over the river. The usual congrega- tion is over 500, and 100 attend the Sunday- school. The church of this name existing last year, became scattered, in the absence of a pastor, and a new organization has now been effected.


SECOND ADVENTISTS, or the Association of Believers in the Pre-Millennial Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ-Chapel on Vernon street. Rev. William N. Pile, pastor ; set- tled, July, 1869; salary, $1,000. Deacons, James M. Currier, Thomas J. Wethierell, B.


F. Thompson, James Towle. Sabbath- school superintendent, T. R. Weaver.


Meetings-Sabbath, with preaching, 1012 A. M., and 214 P. M. Prayer-meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M., Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 712 P. M.


The membership is about 275, congrega- tion, 300; Sunday-school, 100. With free seats and congregational singing, the contri- butions during the past year amounted to $2,500.


THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH OR SWEDENBORGIANS - Founded in 1853. Meet for divine worship Sabbath after- noons at their chapel, No. 3 Maple street.


THE FRATERNAL SOCIETY OF SPIRIT- UALISTS-Hold meetings in Franklin Hall, Pynchon street, every Sunday, at 214 and 714 P. M. About 200 attend, and $1,600 was raised last year for the purposes of the society.


THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY-SCHOOL AS- SOCIATION-Organized in June, 1871. Ob- ject, to hold institutes and otherwise pro- mote the efficiency of teachers. Officers,- President, D. H. Brigham; Vice-Presidents, Dr. J. G. Holland and W. J. Holland; Sec- retary, B. F. Quinby ; Assistant Secretary, J. L. Hallett ; Treasurer, H. W. Boardman ; Auditor, L. A. Tifft; Executive Committee, J. D. Stratton, H. W. Hallett, H. S. Brooks, A. J. Pease and S. B. Bartholomew.


MANY OF OUR CHURCHES are associated with the others of their denomination in the county for Christian work and culture. The Westfield Baptist Association gathers in convention, the third Wednesday in Sep- tember each year, representatives of each church of that denomination in the county ; their total membership, as reported at the last convention, is 2,755; Sabbath-school scholars, 2,997. The Association will meet this year with the First Baptist Church of Holyoke, the third Wednesday in Septem- ber.


The Hampden Conference and Benevolent Association represents the Congregational churches of the county, in annual conven- tion. Besides their own support, twenty- seven of the churches, at the last meeting, reported benevolent contributions for the year amounting to $30,176.97. The annual


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meeting this year is with the First Church in Westfield, the last Tuesday in October.




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