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First Baptist Church, 1826-1880
Built in 1826, the First Baptist Church organized four years after the founding Holyoke's first church, the First Congregational (formerly the Third Congregational of West Springfield). It soon became the meeting house for the Baptist Village. It was located on County Road, now Northampton Street. It was demolished in 1880 and replaced by the present church at the intersection of Northampton and South Street.
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First Lutheran Church, 1867-1889
August Stursburg, owner of Germania Mills, was instrumental in the construction of this church. It was also known as the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. It was built on Jackson Street, between Park and South Bridge Street. The church burned down on the night and morning of February 13-14, 1899, during a strong blizzard. |
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German Reformed Church, 1892-Present
The German Reformed Church formed in 1892, and the church was built in the same year on Elm and Sargeant Streets. The church included both the Young People's Society and the Ladies' Aid Society. Along with St. Jerome's, this structure is still in use today. |
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Second Baptist Church, 1885-?
The First Baptist Church dismissed 42 members in 1849, and this group formed the Second Baptist Church, first organized as the Baptist Church at Ireland Depot. Workers laid the corner stone for the structure seen here in August of 1884, the church's dedication occured in October 1885. It was located on Canal Street and Mosher Street |
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St. Jerome's Church, 1860-Present
St. Jerome's is the oldest Catholic Church in the city of Holyoke. In 1848, services were often held outdoors, if weather permitted, under a large elm tree at the corner of Dwight and Elm street - and there were nearly 300 Catholics in town. The church building was erected in 1860 at the intersection of Hampden Street and Chesnut Street. Although the interior was rebuilt in 1930s due to a fire, this church still stands tall today. |
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St. Paul's Church, 1867-1905
The Episcopal parish first organized in 1849, but the church did not organize until 1863. The construction of the building seen here finished in 1867. This church was Holyoke's first stone building, and it was built on Maple and Suffolk Streets. Demolished after 1905, it is the present site of the Bank of America building. |
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Unitarian Church, 1876-1930s
The Holyoke Water Power Company donated the land, on the corner of Maple and Essex Street, to build this church in 1875. Construction completed in the spring of 1876, and the Unitarians drafted a sixteen article constitution. In 1889 a new addition doubled the size of the church. It was torn down during the 1930s. |
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