LandmarkFrench Congregational Church
Springfield · Hampden County
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The Story
The French Congregational Church in Springfield is a high Victorian Gothic church built in 1887 of pressed brick trimmed with East Longmeadow brownstone, its front flanked by two towers (a smaller spired east tower and a striking 68-foot pyramidal-roofed west tower) with large Gothic stained-glass windows. Constructed by local builder Sam Provost and sponsored in large part by industrialist Daniel B. Wesson, it was built for a congregation of French Canadian Huguenots employed by the Smith and Wesson Company. Since 1919 the building has housed the First Spiritualist Church.
About this site
French Congregational Church is a landmark in Springfield, Hampden County. It is one of 3,654 landmarks documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.0995, -72.5871 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is WCA Boarding House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Y. W. C. A. Building, United Electric Company Building, and State Armory.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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