Mechanic Street Cemetery

The Mechanic Street Cemetery is a historic early cemetery on Mechanic Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. The 4-acre cemetery is the city's oldest, with the oldest documented grave dating to 1683.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: historic cemetery in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Old Burying Ground” and “Old Westfield Burying Ground”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Mary High School and H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company.

Saint Mary High School

School building

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Saint Mary High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Westfield, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, which assumed the financial management of the formerly-parochial school and its programming in August 2019. Saint Mary High School is situated 650 feet northwest of Mechanic Street Cemetery.

H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company

Apartment building

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The H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company is an historic factory building at 42 Arnold Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1917, it is the last purpose-built whip factory to be built in Westfield, which was nationally known as "Whip City". H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company is situated 1,600 feet west of Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Sanford Whip Factory

Apartment building

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The Sanford Whip Company is a historic factory located at 330 Elm Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1883, it was owned and operated by one of the whip-making business that led Westfield to become widely known as "Whip City". Sanford Whip Factory is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westfield and Southwick.

Westfield

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Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. It includes the village of Wyben.

Southwick

Town

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Southwick is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,232 at the 2020 census, down from 9,502 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Southwick is situated 5 miles south of Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Feeding Hills

Village

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Feeding Hills is a section of the city of Agawam, Massachusetts, United States, with its own ZIP Code and post office. Line Street in Agawam is generally accepted by residents as being the unofficial border. Feeding Hills is situated 5 miles southeast of Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Mechanic Street Cemetery

Categories: historic site and burial
Location: City of Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.12337° or 42° 7′ 24″ north

Longitude

-72.7445° or 72° 44′ 40″ west

Inception

1677

Operator

City of Westfield Cemetery Commission

Open location code

87J947F4+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29908706

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=cemetery

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q6804471

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