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 Park Street at Pine Street, on the left when traveling south on Park Street.
After the demise of the Northampton Association, Samuel L. Hill and others founded the factory village of Florence. With Hill's help, Sojourner Truth bought her own home on Park Street. Unable to read or write, Truth dictated her story to a . . . — — Map (db m251033) HM
On Park Street north of W Center Street, on the left when traveling north.
Basil C. Dorsey
Born enslaved (Ephraim Costley) — 1811 Liberty, MD
Died February 15, 1872 — Father of 14
Took his freedom on the "Underground" 1836.
He and his family were offered sanctuary by the Leavitts in Charlemont in 1838. Removed to . . . — — Map (db m250850) 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 ( 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 ( 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 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 Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street ( 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.
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, the people of . . . — — Map (db m194969) HM WM
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 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 Park Street north of West Center Street, on the left when traveling north.
The sudden collapse of the Williamsburg dam in Western Massachusetts let loose a flood that swept away parts of Williamsburg, Skinnerville, Haydenville, and Leeds. It killed 139 people, all within an hour.
Park Street Cemetery, Florence . . . — — Map (db m250847) HM
On Old South Street at Crafts Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Old South Street.
The sudden collapse of the Williamsburg dam in western Massachusetts let loose a flood that swept away parts of Williamsburg, Skinnrville, Haydenville, and Leeds. It killed 139 people, all within an hour.
A Tangle of Bridges
The flood . . . — — Map (db m251017) 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 Pleasant Street (U.S. 5) at Main Street ( 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 Park Street at Pine Street, on the left when traveling south on Park Street.
The Northampton Association of Education and Industry was one of a number of utopian communities that arose in the 1840s. Its members were ardent abolitionists who believed in equality for blacks and women. The Association served as a haven for . . . — — Map (db m251027) 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 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 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 ( 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 m297883) 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 Park Street at Pine Street, on the left when traveling south on Park Street.
Sojourner Truth was born a slave named Isabella in upstate New York in 1797. She worked for a series of five masters while raising five children. When slavery ended in New York State in 1827 she settled in New York City. A deeply religious woman, . . . — — Map (db m251031) 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
