Pictured is The First Churches of Northampton. Although the original First Church is long gone, this church building was origianlly built in 1828, damaged by fire in 1848 and reconstructed in 1902.
Northampton, originally called Nonotuck was founded by settlers from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1654. The town is famous for it's 18th Century preacher and resident Jonathan Edwards and the home and place of death of President Calvin Coolidge. Northampton has an interesting history. A page about the history of Northampton is planned for this site. For now, we offer the photo galleries listed below for the town which includes many photos from the oldest cemetery in Northampton, The Bridge Street Cemetery.
Northampton was originally founded by a few men who arrived in 1654. A list of founders can be viewed here. Seven of them are my ancestors and several others are brothers of my ancestors.
Northampton has an interesting history. I plan on adding a page about the history of Northampton in 2020.
Listed below are links to the photo galleries available here for Northampton, Massachusetts. Galleries 1 and 2 will be photographs of the older headstones in The Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton and gallery 3 will be pictures of places of interest in the town itself.
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