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Lost Ponds of Longmeadow
Who doesn’t love relaxing next to (or swimming in) a body of water on a beautiful summer day? Longmeadow is blessed with an abundance of...
Beth Hoff
May 2, 20243 min read
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Chandler Avenue
Across the Longmeadow Green from First Church of Christ and stretching to the west is a small country lane named Chandler Avenue. Flanked...
Beth Hoff
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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William C. Pease
I found these photographs in the Emerson file on Digital Commonwealth and it stirred my curiosity to learn more about the subject. The...
Lenny Shaker
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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Cats of Longmeadow
perhaps Tommy Cordis (b.1884) Cordis Family Collection Upon hearing that the Dogs of Longmeadow were highlighted in a recent History...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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Dogs of Longmeadow
Any morning and any late afternoon in Longmeadow you are sure to see promenading down the sidewalks and side streets of our town the...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Jul 6, 20232 min read
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A Walk Through the Old Emerson Place
Cooley-Emerson House at 476 Longmeadow Street image courtesy raveis.com It’s not every day you get a complete basement-to-attic tour of...
Melissa M. Cybulski
May 4, 20232 min read
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Bowles’ Farm Postcard
While exploring eBay for Longmeadow memorabilia I discovered this 1907 Bowles’ Farm postcard and purchased it for the Longmeadow...
Lenny Shaker
Mar 23, 20233 min read
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Hey Phil!
In honor of Groundhog Day, this author thought our readers might like to don their beaver silk top hats like this c. 1890-1905 one in our...
Betsy McKee
Feb 2, 20234 min read
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A Funeral, 1909
Longmeadow Historical Society's Emerson Photographic Collection is a treasure trove of photographs documenting Longmeadow in the early...
Lenny Shaker
Jan 19, 20232 min read
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Berkeley Taylor and the Barn Fire
On June 9, 1933, brothers Joseph C. and Eugene L. Marcure of Springfield confessed to burning a 300-foot barn in the Longmeadow meadows...
Beth Hoff
Jan 12, 20235 min read
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The Chapel
The First Church of Christ of Longmeadow is a truly historic town landmark. At one time there was an associated structure that stood for...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 22, 20223 min read
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Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
Much is written of famous early pioneers of the movement like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Without question, their role...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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Memorial Day
This coming Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Although the exact origin of the holiday is unclear, it was widely celebrated beginning...
Betsy McKee
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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April 1775: Longmeadow Reports
Battle of Lexington 1775 by Amos Doolittle This week Massachusetts celebrates Patriots’ Day, a holiday commemorating the Battles of...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20223 min read
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The Stars of Longmeadow
Star on the Storrs House Museum Have you ever noticed the plaques on many of the antique houses in Longmeadow? The markers feature a...
Beth Hoff
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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Longmeadow's Irish
Today's History Note takes a look back at the history of the Irish in Longmeadow in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "Irish emigrants leaving...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 18, 20224 min read
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The Medlicott House
If you had driven down Longmeadow Street around the turn of the 20th Century, you would have definitely noticed the Medlicott house at...
Beth Hoff
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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The Mansions of Bay Path University
Longmeadow is filled with numerous majestic historic homes. The tales of many of these homes are well known. Other homes have fascinating...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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The White Tavern
766 Longmeadow Street- c. 1982 via MACRIS Longmeadow was home to multiple taverns in earlier centuries. One well known tavern in town...
Becky Vitkauskas
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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The Elusive Johnny Appleseed... of Longmeadow
Harper's Magazine, 1871 This article is widely believed to be the source of much of the myth of Johnny Appleseed. Is it true? Was he...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 4, 20224 min read
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