MassachusettsA contributing property in the Longmeadow Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Centered on a long, narrow village green typical of Connecticut River Valley towns, this district forms the historic core of Longmeadow, a community reclaimed from sandy lowland beginning in 1703 after flooding drove settlers up from the river meadows. The green, cleared of its cottage industries and returned to open turf in an early landscape restoration around 1898, is ringed by a concentration of buildings spanning the early 18th through the 20th centuries, including colonial and Georgian houses, Federal and Italianate dwellings, a church, town hall, library, and community house. As an affluent residential suburb of Springfield, the town preserved much of its early architecture. Significance areas include architecture, community planning, commerce, education, settlement, and military and industrial history.
Hartford Mile Marker
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Hartford Mile Marker is a historical marker in Longmeadow, Hampden County. It is one of 129 historical markers documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.0528, -72.5825 near Longmeadow. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ely, Dea. Nathaniel House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ely, Nathaniel Jr. - Burbank, James House, Gates, Israel - Lawton, Sanford House, and Bliss, Ebenezer - Leete, Theodore House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Hartford Mile Marker on Longmeadow Street is a colonial milestone recorded as dating to 1768, marking distance along the old road toward Hartford, Connecticut. Milestones guided travelers and post riders on the main routes of eighteenth-century New England. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district.
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