On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 202) north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Honor Roll
To Its Sons and Daughters
Who Answered the Call of Country in Its Hour of Need
Belchertown, in Grateful Memory,
Dedicates this Memorial at Its Bicentennial
September 23, 1961, A.D.
Where’er they sleep in distant clime . . . — — Map (db m199430) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 202) 0.1 miles north of Maple Street & Jabish Street (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling north.
[Front plaque]
Dedicated to
the
memory of those
who fought and died
from this town in the
Rebellion 18691 – 1865
and all soldiers now
citizens of Belchertown.
Also to the memory of
all those from
Belchertown who served . . . — — Map (db m198096) WM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 202) north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Belchertown
Honors Our Veterans
Who Served in the
Midle East Wars
Phillip Leab · Daniel Bellerose · Matthew Aliberti · Kevin Bowen · Stephen Gallant · Ronald Ryczek · Patrick Loftus · Vincent Engel · Bernard Schliemann · Matthew Blais · . . . — — Map (db m199391) WM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 202) north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Belchertown
Honors
The Men and Women Who Served Their Country
During the Vietnam Period
( back )
Anderson, Robert K. · ★Austin, Michael P. · Austin, Paul F. · Barnes, Frederick W. · Barrett, Warren R. · Barry, William P. Jr. · . . . — — Map (db m199388) WM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Campus Lane, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Easthampton
1869
erects this
tower memorial
to these, her sons who
died for their country
during the Great Rebellion
Maj. Gen. George Crockett Strong, Maj. in U.S. Army and Maj. General of Vol's. A student at Williston Seminary. . . . — — Map (db m198093) WM
On Park Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Park Street.
Vietnam
1959 — 1975
PFC John J. Rabideau U.S. Army 7 July 1948 4 Dec. 1967
L/Cpl. Bruce W. Monska U.S. Marines 21 March 1949 2 May 1968
Sgt. Charles J. Robinson U.S. Army 4 April 1947 16 Jan. 1969
CWO George F. Lapan . . . — — Map (db m194992) WM
On Park Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Park Street.
In Honor of Those who Served
in
1917 The World War 1918
These Gave Their Lives
Charles Bromley · Michael C. Cameron · Abner Laurens Clark · Leo Courtemanche · Louis Cummings · Leonard Dalton · Joseph J. Dineen · Joseph Gilarowski · . . . — — Map (db m195167) WM
On Park Street near Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
World War II
In honor of those who served
1941 – 1945
These made the Supreme Sacrifice
Beyer Edward · Bien Carl · Bostic Joseph Jr. · Boucher Raymond · Bozek Walter · Bridges Ralph · Brooks Albert · Campbell John · Carver Samuel · Chrabasczc . . . — — Map (db m195002) WM
The major industries established in Florence during the 19th century were founded by reform-minded individuals who championed progressive causes throughout their lives. Their success in business was matched by their generosity in giving. Many of the . . . — — Map (db m168919) HM
Florence, or Broughton’s Meadow as it was originally called, was one of America’s early manufacturing centers. In 1837, Samuel Whitmarsh established the area’s first silk mill along the Mill River. Importing silk worms fed on homegrown mulberry . . . — — Map (db m65761) HM
Present-day Florence is the site of one of the most active centers of the anti-slavery movement in America. In 1842, members of the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, among them Samuel L. Hill and George Benson, established a utopian . . . — — Map (db m168866) HM
The Florence Eagles were once one of the legendary teams of early baseball history. In 1865, as the Civil War drew to a close, the Army of the Potomac had its own championship team composed mainly of youths from Western Massachusetts. One of the . . . — — Map (db m65746) HM
On North Lane (Massachusetts Route 9) south of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
Indian land called Norwottock. Settled in 1650 by families from Hartford. The Regicides Generals Goffe and Whalley were concealed for fifteen years in the Pastor's house. — — Map (db m48174) HM
On Russell Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
Indian land called Norwottock. Settled in 1650 by families from Hartford. The Regicides Generals Goffe and Whalley were concealed for fifteen years in the Pastor's house. — — Map (db m48757) HM
On Mountain Road at Skinner State Park Road on Mountain Road.
The park’s westernmost peak, Mt Holyoke, was the site of North America’s first summit house (1821) and the state’s first mountain tramway (1854). Located in the towns of Hadley, South Hadley, Amherst, Belchertown, and Granby, the two parks were . . . — — Map (db m65741) HM
On Russell Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Goffe Street, on the right when traveling east on Russell Street.
Hooker School
Named in Honor of
Major General Joseph Hooker
Born at Hadley, Mass., Nov. 13, 1814
Educated at Hopkins Academy
Cadet U. S. Military Academy 1833 - 37
Served Gallantly in Mexican War
Commander of Army of The Potomac . . . — — Map (db m194733) HM
On Russell Street (Massachusetts Route 9) near Goffe Street, on the right when traveling east.
Hopkins Academy
One of the oldest secondary schools in the country; founded in 1664 through the bequest of Governor Edward Hopkins (1601 – 1607); first classes held at various sites throughout the town including West Street, North Hadley and . . . — — Map (db m194751) HM
On Russell Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Goffe Street, on the right when traveling east on Russell Street.
Established in May 2014 Commemorating the 350th anniversary of Hopkins Academy founded in 1664. The bell in the gazebo hung in 1894 in Hopkins Academy which was then located in the Russell School building. The rock that holds this plaque was part . . . — — Map (db m194752) HM
On River Drive (Massachusetts Route 47) 0.3 miles north of Huntington Road, on the left when traveling north.
Preservation Works!
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Historic House Museum
This property which is listed in the state register of places, has received a matching grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Secretary of the Commonwealth William . . . — — Map (db m194755) HM
On Russell Road (U.S. 20) at Massachusetts Route 112, on the right when traveling north on Russell Road.
Erected by
the citizens of this town
in honor of
her patriotic men and women
who served their country
in the time of war
to the dead-a tribute
to the living- a memory
to posterity- an emblem of loyalty
to the flag of . . . — — Map (db m111665) WM
On Huntington Road (Massachusetts Route 112) 0.4 miles north of Kimball Road, on the right when traveling north.
( upper left inset )
A Wild River
Splashing over waterfalls, nourishing farmland and flowing past deep forests and historic New England towns, the Westfield is one of America's great rivers. Over 78 miles of its branches and . . . — — Map (db m157956) HM
On Bridge Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Parsons Street, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Street.
Dedicated to the
Honor and Sacrifice
Of Our Men and Women
Who Served Our Country
In
All
Wars
Erected by
B.P.O.E.
No. 997
Dedicated June 9
1985 — — Map (db m194967) WM
Near Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Masonic Street, on the right when traveling east.
To perpetuate the memory of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski an American Revolutionary War Hero, who, from wounds received at the siege of Savannah, Georgia, died on October eleventh, 1779.
This memorial is erected in testimony of . . . — — Map (db m138431) WM
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
1872 Born Plymouth, Vt.
1895 Graduate, Amherst College
1897 Admitted Mass. Bar Assoc.
1898 City Councilor, N'ton
1901 City Solicitor, N'ton
1906, 1907 State Rep, Mass.
1909, 1910 Mayor, City Of N’Ton
1911--1914 State . . . — — Map (db m194792) HM
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
Orators ... are usually flattered by having a numerous audience, but I am ashamed of the one before me.... Are there men to whom, the death of their fellow beings is a spectacle of pleasure, an object of curiosity? So preached Father . . . — — Map (db m194800) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9/10) east of Masonic Street, on the right when traveling west.
This building is the remaining portion of the old
Draper Hotel
The first inn on this site was built by Asabel Pomeroy in 1792. Purchased by Oliver Warner in 1821 it became the Warner House, a celebrated stop on the Boston and Albany . . . — — Map (db m230495) HM
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
Northampton is the "Shire Town" or county seat for Hampshire County. When it was officially established in 1662, Hampshire County became the fifth county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The county originally included all of Western Massachusetts. . . . — — Map (db m194797) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) near Gothic Street, on the right when traveling south.
Jonathan Edwards is often remembered as the stern Puritan who preached fire and brimstone sermons such as his notorious "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Yet Edwards was also America's preeminent thinker of the 18th century. Besides being a . . . — — Map (db m194872) HM
On Bridge Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Parsons Street, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Street.
Liberty Tree Memorial Planted in honor of those who lost their lives in the tragic events on September 11, 2001 The American Liberty elm was named after The Liberty Tree" : Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765, . . . — — Map (db m194969) HM
On Main Street at Strong Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This building is a fine example of Classical Revival style popularized by the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Calvin Coolidge 30th President 30th President of the United States, practiced law here from 1898 to 1918 with the firm of Coolidge and Hemenway. — — Map (db m230491) HM
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
For Native Americans of Southern New England in the 17th century, life was centered in the village, a kinship grouping of extended families rarely numbering more than 300 to 500. There were no formal "tribes," but cooperation among villages took . . . — — Map (db m194799) HM
On Main Street at Masonic Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
( west side )
Spanish-American War
Barbour, Frank E. · Barrett, Thomas J. · Belleville, Alfred · Cole, Eugene F. · Collins, Henry · Cranston, Charles H. · Crowley, John R. · Dragon, Raoul F. · Eastwood, Daniel W. · Farnham, Fred S. · . . . — — Map (db m194942) WM
On Bridge Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Parsons Street, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Street.
In 1660 Medad Pomeroy accepted an offer of tools, an anvil shaped like this replica, and land in exchange for opening a blacksmith shop in Northampton. That anvil was passed through many generations of Pomeroy blacksmiths becoming a symbol of the . . . — — Map (db m194966) HM
On Bridge Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Pomeroy Terrace, on the left when traveling west on Bridge Street.
Pomeroy Terrace Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m194970) HM
On Main Street near Masonic Street, on the left when traveling west.
To perpetuate the memory of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, an American Revolutionary War hero, who, from wounds received at the Siege of Savannah, Georgia, died on October eleventh, 1779.
This memorial is erected in testimony of respect by . . . — — Map (db m194943) HM
Near Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Masonic Street, on the right when traveling east.
During the late 18th century, the site of Pulaski Park was used extensively for public auctions and as a congregating place for horse traders. Public announcements were made there, and tradition has it that news of the British attack on Lexington . . . — — Map (db m138434) HM WM
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
During the years 1786 and 1787, a series of confrontations took place between desperate debtor-farmers and state government authorities in western Massachusetts. The events that became known as Shays' Rebellion came to symbolize the widespread . . . — — Map (db m194795) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Gothic Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Until the mid-eighteenth century, Northampton was primarily a market town, with few commercial establishments. The first shop to open on "Merchants' Row," directly across lain Street, was an apothecary established in1769 by Levi Shepherd. Benjamin . . . — — Map (db m194871) HM
On Elm Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Prospect Street, on the right when traveling north on Elm Street.
Lydia Maria Child: Garrisonian Marooned
Maria was one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation and a thoroughly committed abolitionist. She and her husband David moved to Northampton in 1838 in an attempt to produce beet . . . — — Map (db m194990) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Gothic Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The Puritan settlers of Northampton built their first meeting house in 1655 on a site near the present-day Courthouse. Eleazar Mather, cousin of Boston's Cotton Mather, became the town's first minister in 1658. A new meeting house was built . . . — — Map (db m194874) HM
Near Old Street south of Crafts Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1856 as a gas holder and gas processing facility for the City of Northampton. Restored in 1986 by Robert G. Curran, civil engineer and native of Northampton. It is one of seven such existing structures in the U.S. and its restoration has . . . — — Map (db m218925) HM
On Prospect Street north of Trumbull Road, on the left when traveling north.
(Private Residence, Not Open to the Public). The original structure on this site was built by Rev. The Manse as it appeared in the 1930s: included most of the land on the southeasterly side of Round Hill. Stoddard was called to Northampton in 1669 . . . — — Map (db m194971) HM
On Main Street at Masonic Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Start of
“The Musante Mile”
Honoring
David B. Musante, Jr.
the “Walking Mayor” who inspired
the renaissance of downtown Northampton
1980 – 1992 — — Map (db m194965) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Gothic Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
On the corner across Center Street, at 135 Main, stands the Old Bank, designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1866. Its cast iron front was a modern innovation at the time. It was here that the largest bank robbery in the history of the . . . — — Map (db m194870) HM
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) at Gothic Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The semi-circular stone below was the step of
The Third Meeting House
1737 • 1812
Here Rev. Jonathan Edwards Preached
1727 • 1750 — — Map (db m194925) HM
Near Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Masonic Street, on the right when traveling east.
By the mid 19th century the simple elegance of Northampton's buildings began to give way to the tastes and fashions of a new era of commercialism. William Fenno Pratt, who designed many of the Victorian buildings on Main Street, conceived of the . . . — — Map (db m138436) HM
Near Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Masonic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Commercial development along upper Main Street followed the industrial expansion spurred by the Civil War. As Northampton became a manufacturing center, its business district expanded to accommodate a growing and changing population. In the 1860s . . . — — Map (db m138438) HM
Near Main Street (Massachusetts Route 10) at Masonic Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Academy of Music, built in 1891, was a gift to the city from Edward H.R. Lyman. It was designed as an opera house by William Brockelsby. With its rich terra cotta facade, it echoes the neo-classical style of the Italian Renaissance. In 1912, a . . . — — Map (db m138493) HM
On Main Street at N Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Dedicated to the memory of a local and patriotic citizen whose efficient and untiring service won the esteem, confidence and love, of the people whom he served
1862 — 1928 — — Map (db m194791) HM
On College Street (Massachusetts Route 116) at Hadley Street (Massachusetts Route 47), on the right when traveling south on College Street.
This Monument is Erected
to Commemorate the
Loyalty and Patriotism
of our
Citizen Soldiers
Who Fought For
Liberty and the Union
In the Great Rebellion of
1861 — 1865
( east face )
Presented by
William H. Gaylord
A.D. . . . — — Map (db m194764) WM
On Main Street at Pleasant Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
1941 World War II 1945
To Honor those Men and Women who
Served in the Armed Forces and in
Memory of those Men and Women
Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice — — Map (db m194767) WM
On Huntington Road (Massachusetts Route 112) at Buffington Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Huntington Road.
General LaFayette, friend of America in its struggle for liberty,
visited Worthington June 13, 1825.
Was a guest overnight at the tavern
then located on this site. — — Map (db m155524) HM
On Huntington Road (Massachusetts Route 112) at Witt Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Huntington Road.
In honor of
Clement F. Burr 1849-1939
and his son
Franklin H. Burr 1875-1955
and his son
Franklin G. Burr 1912-1976
They were born and lived one third mile northwest of this
corner,
and were elected officials of this town for over 75 . . . — — Map (db m155651) HM
On Huntington Road (Massachusetts Route 112) 0.1 miles south of Starkweather Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.
World War I
Ames, John T. · Bates, Frank W. · Briggs, Irving P. · Brown, William E. · Buxton, Walter H. · Cole, Leland P. · Cudworth, Charles L. · Cudworth, S. Stillman · Cutler, Elisha P. · Dodge, Homer D. · Fairman, Malcolm I. · Gurney, Orson . . . — — Map (db m158111) WM
