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.
Westfield Temperance Society Monument
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Westfield Temperance Society 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 42.1298, -72.7455 near Westfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Boston and Albany Railroad Bridge Abutments (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Boston and Albany Railroad Bridge #107.86, Westfield Railroad Depot, and Music Plus.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Westfield Temperance Society Monument on North Elm Street, dedicated 1897, commemorates the nineteenth-century temperance movement that was strong in this and many Massachusetts towns. Temperance monuments and fountains offered water as an alternative to alcohol, and this one is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.
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