Join local historians and neighborhood experts for enlightening strolls through the downtown area. This month…
Victorian Era Churches
with Bob McCarroll, board member, Springfield Preservation Trust
See where Victorian era parishioners worshiped. We will enter at least three churches, barring weddings or church services. Stops include:
- The former North Congregational Church, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson
- St. Michael’s Cathedral, the oldest Catholic church in Springfield
- Christ Church Cathedral, designed by Lord & Fuller of Boston
- South Congregational Church, called one of the finest examples of the High Victorian Gothic Revival style in America
The tour departs from the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.

Second Saturday Walking Tours are co-presented by Springfield Preservation Trust and generously sponsored by the Daboul Family Charitable Trust.





