The Old White Meeting House
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| Format: | Electronic Postcard |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Congregational Churches
B Postcards B Church architecture ; United States B Fine Arts B Church buildings ; United States B United States ; MA ; West Springfield |
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| Item Description: | Approaching Meeting House Hill and King's Highway, on the road to Holyoke. The Old White Meeting House. Built 1800. This stately edifice is one of the few well preserved churches of the olden time now standing in the Connecticut valley and it is a beautiful landmark for miles around. It was located on meeting house hill as a gift from John Ashley, who stipulated that it should remain there for 100 years from 1800. The contract price was $1,400 and 10 gallons of good rum. The turrets of these old churches were used as a lookout for hostile Indians. In the early days of this church there was unwritten law that no young woman should occupy a front seat in the gallery where the unmarried women sat, unless attired in a silk gown |
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