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The Longmeadow Historic District is a historic district encompassing the village green of Longmeadow, Massachusetts and properties in its immediate vicinity. The district acquired local protection in 1973 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The Longmeadow Historic District was established in 1973. It includes the Longmeadow Green and surrounding areas, including the Town Hall, and the old section of the cemetery (a precinct map (PDF) showing the exact boundaries can be viewed at the Office of the Town Clerk.)
- Longmeadow Historic District
- Forest Park
- Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife Refuge
- Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center
- Longmeadow Historical Society
- The Olde Burying Yarde
- Riverfront Conservation Area
- Alex’s Bagel Shop
- Springfield
- Enfield Regional Farmers’ Market
If you had to picture a scene to epitomize a well-to-do New England town, it might look a lot like Longmeadow’s distinguished Town Green. Oriented north to south, this grassy space is on a long sandy ridge, about a mile east of the Connecticut River. On the sides are stately examples of 18th and 19th century architecture, and the presiding First Ch...
Longmeadow shares a boundary with this sprawling Victorian park, landscaped in the 1880s on high ground overlooking the Connecticut River. At 735 acres, Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country, and as well as containing a wide assortment of recreation facilities, also has blissful natural swaths for passive activities. On the s...
The sanctuary protects more than 330 acres of beautiful and diverse frontage along the bank of the Connecticut River in Longmeadow. Created in the early 1950s, the Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife Refuge contains a portion of the floodplain known as the Longmeadow Flats, made up of forest, meadows, and marshes, each comprising varied habitats for ...
Forest Park’s top year-round attraction is a zoo that has been a fixture since 1894. Run by a non profit organization, the Zoo in Forest Park is home to more than 200 native and exotic animals, and works with wildlife rehabilitators across the United States. For a brief summary of the many different species at the zoo, there’s Arctic foxes, spotted...
The local historical society was founded in 1899, and maintains the Storrs House Museum, a fine Colonial house built in 1786 and facing the Town Green. Each room of this building has been furnished to reflect a different period or facet of Longmeadow’s history. Making your way through this residence, you’ll be confronted by hundreds of years worth ...
For those intrigued by the history of early Longmeadow there’s much to learn at the town’s original cemetery. This is a section of Longmeadow Cemetery behind the First Church of Christ, off the Town Green, where the oldest marker is dated to 1682. Starting at the west end next to Williams St, the Longmeadow Historical Society has produced a self-gu...
Another public place in Longmeadow where you can get onto the bank of the Connecticut River is this town-owned conservation area on Anthony Road next to the Pioneer Valley Yacht Club. With 300 feet of serene grassy shoreline in the shade of mature trees, the Riverfront Conservation Area is somewhere to pause and take in the view, which is nothing s...
Across the road from Laurel Park on Route 5 is a beloved and long-standing independent bagel shop, which moved to this location in 2018. Alex’s Bagel Shop ended up here after their previous landlord, the Big Y supermarket chain, required them to leave their old premises. This prompted an outpouring of love, with over 1,000 people signing a petition...
On Longmeadow’s dignified residential streets it’s easy to forget that there’s a dynamic city a few short minutes away. Springfield is the third-largest city in Massachusetts, and the place where the United States’ first military armory was founded, where the sport of basketball was invented, and where treasured children’s author Dr. Seuss (Theodor...
One reason to make the short hop across the state line to Enfield, CT, is to browse this bustling farmers’ market, offering dozens of vendors each week. A Sunday event, the Enfield Regional Farmers’ Market sets up on the Town Green June through October, and in recent years has relocated to the Enfield Square Mall with an indoor market that runs unt...
Identification of historical resources and creation of Areas of Historical Significance in Longmeadow, MA to educate citizens and Town boards about these resources. Coordination with Historical District Commission to add 7 homes to the Longmeadow Historical District.
The Longmeadow maps and atlases collection documents the growth and development of Longmeadow from the early 19th century to the late 20th. Highlights in the collection include an 1831 map of Longmeadow, an 1835 map of Springfield, MA, an 1844 topographical map of Massachusetts, and an 1855 map of Hampden County, Massachusetts.
TitleDateDescriptionNotesLongmeadow No. 30 County Hampshire17954 different reproductions of the ...Original in the Mass archives, Maps & ...Plan of Longmeadow1831Surveyed in April 1831. ReproductionOriginal in the Mass archives, Maps & ...A Plan of Longmeadow from the survey of ...1831Engraved by J. H. Goldthwait. Original ...One copy in better condition than the ...Map of Hampden County by Henry Francis ...1857Published by H. A. Haley. This is a ...Photocopy availablePeople also ask
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In 2022, the Longmeadow Historical Society is an active and vibrant organization. In the 21st century, we strive to uncover, examine and share stories of the broader community of people and events that have shaped the town of Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Areas of Historical Significance in Longmeadow, MA. 1. Longmeadow Street #12 to #1705. In 1973, the central part of Longmeadow Street around the Green was established as a local Historic District in 1973. The Historic District is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
