NRHP Reference # 77000180 Year built 1866 | Area 3 ha Added to NRHP 29 August 1977 | |
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Location Springfield, Massachusetts Architectural styles Neoclassical architecture, Queen Anne style architecture, Gothic Revival architecture Restaurants Latino's Kitchen, North End Pizzeria & Seafood, China House, Subway, Alan Restaurant & Deli Co | ||
Memorial Square is a neighborhood located in the northwest corner of Springfield, Massachusetts. Memorial Square is geographically one of the smallest of the city's seventeen neighborhoods. It contains 274 acres, plus street and railroads. Its boundaries are the B & M Railroad to the west; the Chicopee city line to the north; Chestnut, Narragansett, and Bartlett Streets to the east; and Interstate 291 to the south.
Map of Memorial Square, Springfield, MA, USA
A predominately Puerto Rican and 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.
A portion of the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.