MassachusettsA contributing property in the Westfield Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Significant for architecture, commerce, and community planning and development, this district encompasses the historic civic and commercial heart of Westfield in Hampden County, Massachusetts. Its buildings span from the late 18th century through the mid-20th, representing Early Republic and mid-19th-century revival styles and the work of numerous architects, and lining Elm, Broad, Court, Main, North Elm and adjoining streets. With a period of significance reaching from the 1750s into the 1970s, the district reflects the long evolution of a western Massachusetts town center as a residential, governmental, and commercial hub.
Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Civil War Monument
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Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Civil War Monument is a historical marker in Westfield, 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 42.1149, -72.7510 near Westfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Revolutionary War Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Korean Veterans Memorial, Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Spanish American War Monument, and Parker, Elizabeth Park - Haskett, William Monument.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Parker, Elizabeth Park - Westfield Civil War Monument is a historic monument in Westfield, Massachusetts, recorded as dating to 1957. It honors local men who served the Union during the American Civil War (1861-1865); Soldiers' and Sailors' monuments were raised across Massachusetts towns in the decades after the war, many by posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. It stands as a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.
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