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Church on the Hill (Lenox, Massachusetts)

The Church on the Hill is a historic church building at 169 Main Street in Lenox, Massachusetts. Built in 1805, it is one of a small number of surviving Federal period churches in the region. Its congregation, gathered in 1769, belongs to the United Church of Christ, and its offices are located at 55 Main Street. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Architecture and building history The church is located on a rise at the northern end of Lenox village, on the west side of Main Street. It stands on a parcel 6 acres (2.4 ha) in size that includes the town's first cemetery. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A gabled entry vestibule projects from the center of the main (south-facing) facade, with the entrance at its center, flanked by pilasters and topped by a gabled pediment. Above the entrance are a Palladian window and a dentillated gable. The building corners have fluted pilasters. A tower rises astride the main block and the vestibule projections, with a square clock-faced stage topped by an open octagonal belfry with paneled pilastered supports. Above the belfry is an octagonal paneled stage which is crowned by a cupola, finial, and cross. The meetinghouse was built in 1805 by architect and builder Benjamin D. Goodrich of Richmond, based on designs by Asher Benjamin and Charles Bulfinch. It was dedicated on January 1, 1806. Its total cost was $6,619.00 including furnishings. The building was erected on land near the town's first meetinghouse (built 1770), which it replaced. The current pastor is the Rev. Elizabeth (Liz) R. Goodman. A painting of the church, by American Impressionist Clark G Voorhees, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Ministers 1770-1793 Rev. Samuel Munson 1795-1846 Rev. Samuel Shepard, D.D. 1846-1854 Rev. Henry Neill 1854-1859 Rev. Edmund K. Alden 1860-1865 Rev. Reuben S. Kendall 1872-1873 Rev. Samuel H. Tolman 1874-1880 Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst 1880-1889 Rev. R. DeWitt Mallary 1890-1898 Rev. Edward Day 1899-1904 Rev. Frederick Lynch 1904-1907 Rev. Clayton J. Potter See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts References Centennial Anniversary of the Dedication of the Old Church on the Hill, Lenox, Massachusetts, June 12, 1906 External links Church on the Hill, Lenox
City Hall (Chicopee, Massachusetts)

City Hall is a historic city hall in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Located in the heart of Chicopee at Market Square, the building (built 1871) is in the Italianate style, with a rose window (usually associated with churches) and a 147-foot (45 m) tower modeled on that of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was designed by Charles Edward Parker. History and architecture Chicopee purchased land from the Ames Manufacturing Company in 1869 as a site for its new city hall, and a committee of leading citizens was established to oversee its design and construction. The committee selected Charles E. Parker of Boston to design the new building, and construction took place in 1871. Parker's design was modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio, the historic town hall of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. The building was dedicated on December 21, 1871. By far the most prominent feature of the building is its 147-foot (45 m) tower, similar to its Florentine inspiration. It is topped by a golden eagle statue weighing 54 pounds (24 kg) and having a 7-foot (2.1 m) wingspan. The tower houses a bell, which was historically used on public occasions and to announce fire alarms. A clock mechanism was added in 1888, with faces on three of the tower's four sides. The civic building is unusual for having a rose window, usually associated with churches and finished in stained glass. The building continues to be used for city offices. The police station was originally located in the basement, but was moved in 1929 to a newly constructed annex before later being moved to the Chicopee Falls section of the city where it presently shares its own complex with the Chicopee Fire Department. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. As of 2020 the City Hall is undergoing a major external renovation project. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts References External links City Hall history by the City of Chicopee
City of Taunton (ship)

The City of Taunton was a freight sidepaddle steamship that sailed for the Fall River Line. She was built in 1892 in Chelsea, Massachusetts by the Montgomery & Howard shipyard. Her wreckage still lies on the shores of Mount Hope Bay in Somerset, Massachusetts, and is easily visible at low tide. The Ship The City of Taunton was one of several freight steamers of the Fall River Line, along with the City of Brockton, City of Fall River, City of New Bedford, and the City of Fitchburg. The ships of the freight steamer fleet were considerably less ornate than the famous passenger ships of the Line, which were often referred to as floating palaces. Wreck with the City of Plymouth Just after midnight of March 21, 1903, the City of Taunton collided with the City of Plymouth. Both these ships steamed for the Fall River Line. The fog was so thick that the crews reported "it was difficult for the commanding officers and pilots on duty to distinguish object more than 100 feet (30 m) away." Capt. Bibber of the City of Plymouth stated, "When I found he was coming on at us I ordered the engines stopped and backed up full speed. Just at that time I saw his green light about two points on the port bow." The Taunton was damaged, and the crew filled the cracks with blankets. They were towed into New London by the Nashua. The City of Plymouth did not fare as well. When struck by the Taunton, the port side of the steel ship was ripped open, drowning four sailors. It caused an opening about 75-foot (23 m) long. It was said that "the opening ... was big enough to take in a good-sized summer cottage." In total, five crew and one passenger died on the Plymouth. US Marines that were passengers on the Plymouth were able to maintain calm and assist to the wounded. After the wreck both ships made it to port. The broken intake On October 2, 1910, the City of Taunton experienced a break in one of its intake pipes. In the Globe it was stated that the ship "Tore across the sound to Bridgeport whistling for aid." The captain believed that the ship would sink prior to reaching the port, but they made it to dock. Firemen in Bridgeport met the ship at the dock and were able to pump the water out of the ship. There were no passengers aboard the ship during this incident. Final wreck location In the 1930s the steamship companies had a lot of problems with the Seamen's Union. This and the switch from luxury liners to cheaper transportation as well as the closing of the cloth mills in Massachusetts caused the downfall of these great liners. In the 1930s the City of Taunton was grounded in Somerset, Massachusetts, and left to waste. References
Clapp Memorial Library

The Clapp Memorial Library is a public library in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Construction began in 1884; it was dedicated in 1887. Today the Library is part of the Belchertown Center Historic District. Belchertown native John Francis Clapp (1818-1882), a wealthy merchant who died in Brooklyn, bequeathed $40,000 for the erection of a library with 5,000 books from his personal collections. Clapp was said to be convalescing in the home of Dr. George F. Thomson, the Town physician who lived across South Main Street from where the library would be erected, when Clapp "formed plans" for the building. Designed by New York architect H.F. Kilburn in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the Library takes the form of a Latin cross and features two large, stained glass windows as well as an eighty-foot-high tower in the center of the building. Constructed by the Bartlett Brothers of Whately, MA, the building features primarily local materials, including the brownstone from Longmeadow, MA, the brick trim from Holyoke, MA, and the stained glass windows, made from sand and silica from Western Massachusetts. James Clapp's brothers donated $8,000 for the construction with another $8,200 donated by Calvin Bridgman, Susan Bridgman, Amarilla Bascom and Harriette Dwight Longley. Much of Longley's estate went to the Belchertown Historical Association, which developed the Stone House Museum. In 1911, the library was said to have more books per capita than any other town in the state. At the June 30, 1887, dedication, brother Dwight Clapp told the gathered townspeople and dignitaries to "do what little we can in our day to make life in this old hill town of New England richer and broader, higher and nobler, sweeter and purer, to generations which come after us." The first librarian was Lydia A. Barton, who served from 1887 until her death in 1911. The building is not owned or maintained by the town, but rather by the Trustees of the Library. Today, the library hosts an array of clubs, book sales, classes, lectures, local school programs and community events. References External links Library website Google news archive. Articles about the library Google blog search. Posts about the library
Clarksburg State Park

Clarksburg State Park is a 368-acre (149 ha) Massachusetts state park located in the town of Clarksburg. The park is made up of unspoiled northern hardwood forest, with views of the Hoosac Range, Mount Greylock and the Green Mountains. It is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Activities and amenities Mauserts Pond has a pavilion and landscaped picnic area. The pond, though weedy, offers opportunities for swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. The park has 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of trails including the 3-mile (4.8 km) Pond Loop Trail for hiking and cross-country skiing. It also has a 46-site campground. References External links Clarksburg State Park Department of Conservation and Recreation Clarksburg State Park Trail Map Department of Conservation and Recreation
Clifford–Warren House

The Clifford–Warren House is an historic First Period house at 3 Clifford Road in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed Cape style house was built c. 1695. It is five bays wide, with a large central chimney. The house is believed to be the third on the property, which was granted to Richard Warren in 1627. Its most notable resident was probably James Warren, a noted political opponent of British rule and a Major General in the Continental Army. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts References
Clifton Bacon House

The M. Clinton Bacon House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Clifton Bacon House, is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it is one of the city's finest examples of high-style Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history The house was built in 1887 by M. Clinton Bacon, on land platted for development in 1855 by Chester W. Kingsley, who built his own home down the street. Bacon was married to Kingsley's daughter Ella Jane Kingsley and was a junior partner in the firm of Richardson & Bacon, coal dealers in Cambridge. The builder was Edmund S. Sparrow of Somerville. Sparrow is known to have designed many of the houses he built, and so may have designed this one as well. The house stands in a residential area south of Davis Square, at the northwest corner of Chester and Orchard Streets. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and mostly clapboarded exterior. It has complex massing, with a large projecting gable section on the right side of the front facade, and a corner polygonal bay on the left that is capped by a steep conical turret. Beneath the right-side gable is a rounded bay on the second floor, below which is an elaborately decorated front porch. The first floor of the house is clad in clapboards, while the upper floors are clad in shingles, including many bands of fish-scale shingles and otherwise decoratively cut shingles. The chimney is topped by decorative brickwork. The lot was not sold by Kingsley's estate until this house was built, and was one of the last houses built in the neighborhood. It is one of the most high-style Queen Anne Victorians. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts References
Clifton Merriman Post Office Building

The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square, is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The post office was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as "U.S. Post Office-Central Square". In 1992, the United States Congress passed a bill renaming it for Clifton Merriman, an African-American World War I veteran who later became assistant superintendent of the main Post Office in Cambridge. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts List of United States post offices References External links Media related to Central Square Post Office (Cambridge, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons
Cloverden

Cloverden is an historic house at 29 Follen Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, two asymmetrically placed chimneys, and clapboard siding. A single-story porch extends across the front, supported by Doric columns. The Greek Revival house was built in 1837. The house served as bachelor housing for Harvard University faculty in the 1850s, and was known as a center of hospitality where "the famous 'Roman Banquet' was given", according to William Watson Goodwin. Prominent occupants include geology professor Josiah Dwight Whitney, and Mary Mann, the mother of education reform proponent Horace Mann. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts Follen Street Historic District References
Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island

Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island was a United States Coast Guard air station located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was established in 1925, initially to use seaplanes to spot rumrunners during Prohibition. In its first four years of operation, aircraft and personnel from the air station rendered assistance to stranded mariners and other persons on 212 occasions. Aircraft operated from the facility included the Vought UO-1 and UO-4, OL-5, and Grumman JF-2. As larger aircraft such as the General Aviation PJ-1 were developed, the facility became obsolete. It was replaced by Coast Guard Air Station Salem in 1935. As of 2008 there were no remains of the air station on the island, though the Ten Pound Island Light remains active. Coast Guard Station Gloucester is currently on the former air station site. See also List of military installations in Massachusetts References
Coast Guard Base Boston

United States Coast Guard Base Boston is located in the North End, Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to multiple Sentinel-class cutters, along with other small fleet units. Description The small boat station located on the base was re-opened in 2003 after being closed in 1996. It is also home to Flotilla 5-3 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. On 1 March 2021, the United States Department of Homeland Security solicited bids for base modifications to accommodate six new Sentinel-class cutters there. The Coast Guard was expected to take delivery of the first two of these cutters, USCGC William Chadwick (WPC-1150) and USCGC Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151), in the second half of 2022. Those two cutters were deployed in Boston during 2022 and 2023, respectively. Cutters The following Sentinel-class cutters are deployed at Coast Guard Base Boston: USCGC William Chadwick (WPC-1150) USCGC Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151) USCGC Maurice Jester (WPC-1152) USCGC John Patterson (WPC-1153) USCGC William Sparling (WPC-1154) USCGC Melvin Bell (WPC-1155) See also List of military installations in Massachusetts List of United States Coast Guard stations References External links Official website
Coddington School

The Coddington School is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city. It was designed in late 1907 by Charles A. Brigham, who is not to be confused with the better known and similarly-named Charles Brigham. It was used from the 1960s to the 2000s as part of Quincy Junior College (now Quincy College), and is now the headquarters of the Quincy School Department, as well as other municipal departments. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Quincy, Massachusetts References
Codman Building

The Codman Building is a historic building at 55 Kilby Street (also known as 10 Liberty Square) in Boston, Massachusetts. The first four stories of this six-story brick and stone building were designed by Sturgis & Brigham and built in 1874 in the Gothic Revival style. It is the only one of the firm's commercial designs in the Financial District to survive. The upper three floors, in a more typical Late Victorian fashion, were added sometime before 1898. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts Custom House District, the adjacent building References
Codman House

The Codman House (also known as The Grange) is a historic house set on a 16-acre (6.5 ha) estate at 36 Codman Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Thanks to a gift by Dorothy Codman, it has been owned by Historic New England since 1969 and is open to the public June 1–October 15 on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. An admission fee is charged. The main house was originally Georgian in style and was built in approximately 1735 by Chambers Russell, the de facto founder of Lincoln, Massachusetts. It was enlarged in the 1790s to its current three-story Federal style by John Codman, brother-in-law of Chambers Russell III and executor of his estate. This was perhaps with some involvement of noted American architect Charles Bulfinch. The interior is extensively furnished with portraits, memorabilia, and art works collected in Europe. Various rooms preserve the decorative schemes of every era, including those of noted interior designer Ogden Codman, Jr. The former carriage house, built c. 1870 to a design by Snell & Gregerson, is also located on the property. Until the 1980s, it was original to its use as a stable and an early auto garage and contained many artifacts of both. A few of those artifacts continue to be on display in the carriage house including an early gas pump and a large machine powered lathe. The grounds have been farmed almost continuously since 1735 and now also include an Italian garden, circa 1899, with perennial beds, statuary, and a reflecting pool filled with waterlilies, as well as an English cottage garden, circa 1930. The Codman Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "The Grange" in 1974. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References External links Codman Estate information at Historic New England's web site Codman Estate rental information
Coffin House

The Coffin House is a historic Colonial American house, currently estimated to have been constructed circa 1678. It is located at 14 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England. The house is open on the first and third Saturday of the month from June through October. The house began in 1678 as a simple structure of two or possibly three rooms on land owned by Tristram Coffin, Jr, son of Tristram Coffin, who had left the area for Nantucket by this time. About 1713 the house was more than doubled in size, with new partitions added. In 1785, two Coffin brothers legally divided the structure into two separate dwellings, each with its own kitchen and living spaces. The property remained within the Coffin family until acquired by Historic New England in 1929. Although the house was traditionally dated to 1654 (by Joshua Coffin, author of the 1845 history of Newbury), recent scientific studies have provided more accurate estimates. In 2002, the Oxford Tree-ring Laboratory analyzed wooden beams from the structure and ascertained that donor trees were felled in winter 1676–1677 and 1677–1678 for the original structure, and winter 1712–1713 for the addition. This revised dating means that the Coffin House may no longer be the earliest example of the principal rafter/common purlin roof, although even so it is certainly one of the oldest extant examples. In 1785, two of the brothers of the Coffin family legally divided the house into two separate dwelling areas. The last Coffin-surnamed resident of the home was Lucy Coffin. Coffin House is owned by Historic New England. Notes External links "Coffin House, 1678". Historic New England. Retrieved March 23, 2010. Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Tristram Coffin House, 14 High Road, Newbury Old Town, MA
Cohasset Common Historic District

The Cohasset Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic town center of Cohasset, Massachusetts. It is centered on the town common, which is bounded by Highland Ave., N. Main St., William B. Long, Jr., Rd. and Robert E. Jason Road. The district was added in 1996 to the National Register of Historic Places. Description and history Cohasset Common is located in northeastern Cohasset was laid out as common land at the earliest division of lands in what is now Cohasset (but was then part of Hingham) in 1670. Main Street, its southwestern bound, was formally demarcated as a road in 1685 (it had previously been little more than a cattle track), and Highland Avenue, its northeastern boundary, was laid out in 1685. Cohasset built its first meeting house in 1717, and was incorporated in 1770. The common is now lined by houses, churches, and the town hall, most of which were built between the mid-18th and mid-19th century. The common features a number of memorials, primarily commememorating the town's military citizens and dead. The historic district covers 24 acres (9.7 ha), and includes 49 (out of 54) historically significant properties. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References
Cohasset Central Cemetery

Cohasset Central Cemetery is a historic cemetery on North Main Street and Joy Place in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The first burial was that of Margaret Tower in 1705. However, the gravestone's design suggests it was carved in the 1740s, along with that of her husband, Cohasset's first settler, Ibrook Tower. The oldest gravestone is believed to be that of Sarah Pratt (d. 1706). Other notable graves include that of Levi B. Gaylord (1840–1900), the town's only recipient of the Medal of Honor, Civil War general Zealous Bates Tower (1819–1900), and the Celtic Cross erected in 1914 on the gravesite of about 45 of 99 Irish immigrants lost in an 1849 shipwreck off Cohasset. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References External links Cohasset Central Cemetery at Find a Grave