Mass Mutual Block from Illustrated Springfield

Mass Mutual Block from Illustrated Springfield

This is a view of the block on Main St. from East Court St. to Harrison Ave. Most of the buildings on this block no longer stand, except the building on the corner of Main & East Court. The facade of that building has been radically altered to a 1960's style, but the side of the building still has the iron columns on the windows shown in this photo.

Take note of the church on Main St. This was the First Baptist Church, built in 1847, renovated in 1878, but no longer standing in this place by 1899 when the city atlas was drawn up; by then it had moved to the corner of State & Spring Streets.