Memorial Square, Springfield, Massachusetts

United States historic place


Memorial Square District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral
42°6′37″N 72°36′10″W / 42.11028°N 72.60278°W / 42.11028; -72.60278
Built	1866
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	77000180 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1977

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.^[2]

A portion of the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Memorial Square District.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Springfield, MA - Our Plural History". ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu.