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...
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Lenny Shaker
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Seven Acres
While most properties in Longmeadow today clock in at well under an acre of land, that hasn’t always been the case, particularly along...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- May 4
- 2 min
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...
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Tim Casey
- Apr 6
- 4 min
The Longmeadow Border Jog
If you have ever looked at a map of Massachusetts and Connecticut, for the most part, the border between the two is a straight line. That...
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Lenny Shaker
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Bowles’ Farm Postcard
While exploring eBay for Longmeadow memorabilia I discovered this 1907 Bowles’ Farm postcard and purchased it for the Longmeadow...
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Tim Casey/ Beth Hoff
- Feb 23
- 5 min
“…lot shall not be re-sold to a colored person, an Italian or a Polander”
1920 Map of Longmeadow showing the area of the Brookline development “…lot shall not be re-sold to a colored person, an Italian or a...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 22, 2022
- 4 min
Dairy Farming in Longmeadow
Jarius R. Kibbe and oxen of Frank B. Allen. Image courtesy of Stephen Forbes. Until the turn of the century, most Longmeadow families...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Longmeadow Street's Hidden Frank Lloyd Wright Inspired Gems
An iconic feature of Longmeadow is “The Green” which is on the National Register of Historic Places primarily because of the historic...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 21, 2022
- 5 min
Sears Homes in Longmeadow
11 Franklin Terrace, Longmeadow, MA Until the turn of the 20th Century, Longmeadow was primarily an agricultural community. That started...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Longmeadow’s Governor: Foster Furcolo
John Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 29, 1911. He dropped the use of his first name in the late 1940s. Before...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Fire! Fire!
If you were one of the many people who voted at the Community House this week, then you were visiting the site of a significant mid-19th...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 19, 2022
- 3 min
Olmsted’s Longmeadow
This week mark's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted who is considered the father of American landscape...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 19, 2022
- 3 min
April 1775: Longmeadow Reports
Battle of Lexington 1775 by Amos Doolittle This week Massachusetts celebrates Patriots’ Day, a holiday commemorating the Battles of...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Longmeadow's Shrinking Boundaries
Over the years Longmeadow‘s boundaries have changed and its size has decreased. Beginning as a precinct of Springfield, Longmeadow’s...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Lenny Shaker
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Becky Vitkauskas
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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