Memorial Square, Springfield, Massachusetts Explained

Memorial Square District
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Location:Springfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.1103°N -72.6028°W
Built:1866
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival
Added:August 29, 1977
Refnum:77000180

Memorial Square is a neighborhood located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood with several parks, Memorial Square is within walking distance to Springfield's three nationally ranked hospitals, Baystate Medical Center, Shriner's Children's Hospital, and Mercy Medical.

Always a neighborhood of immigrants, Memorial Square was a primarily Greek neighborhood from the Industrial Revolution until the Great Latino Immigration of the 1980s-present. The architecturally brilliant St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, founded in 1907, built in 1940, is a testament to Memorial Square's past as a vibrant Greek enclave.[1]

A portion of the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Memorial Square District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Springfield, MA - Our Plural History. ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu.