. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. Dr. Holland Monument, Springfield Cemetery. 2 3° KINGS HAND POO A OF SPRINGFIELD. Union Street, the burial-place connected with the Methodist-Episcopal churchonce located there, which has been incorporated into the Springfield Ceme-tery; the Baptist Burying-ground, on Cherry Street, in the vicinity of whichonce stood a Baptist church ; another on Sumner Avenue, Long Hill, west-. erly of Faith Chapel; another still onAllen Street, three miles out, on theroad to Hampden; and still anotheron Park
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. Dr. Holland Monument, Springfield Cemetery. 2 3° KINGS HAND POO A OF SPRINGFIELD. Union Street, the burial-place connected with the Methodist-Episcopal churchonce located there, which has been incorporated into the Springfield Ceme-tery; the Baptist Burying-ground, on Cherry Street, in the vicinity of whichonce stood a Baptist church ; another on Sumner Avenue, Long Hill, west-. erly of Faith Chapel; another still onAllen Street, three miles out, on theroad to Hampden; and still anotheron Parker Street, between SixteenAcres and Ludlow Mills. The Catholic Cemeteries. — There are two Catholic cemeteries. Theold one at the junction of Liberty and Armory Streets, containing five orsix acres, was opened in 1847; and, being the only one for what is nowSpringfield and Chicopee, the lots were all taken up long ago, and it is nowused only by those who own the lots. In 1871 Bishop OReilly, the presentbishop of the diocese, purchased a suitable tract of 83 acres between theBoston and Wilbraham roads, 3^ miles from the City Hall, which belongsto St. Michaels Church, the cathedral church, but is ample and convenientenough to accommodate all the churches, both here at the centre and atIndian Orchard, and is being rapidly taken up. It is well located, and caneasily be enlarged. The only two of their clergy who have died here werenot buried in either cemetery, but under wh
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