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On the east side of the square is a row of five buildings. The most southerly was built in 1897 as the trolley barn for the Springfield Street Railway, a business owned by George Atwater, one of the area's estate owners. To its north stands the Memorial Square building, at six stories the tallest
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Memorial Square is now little more than a landscaped triangular area at the junction of Main and Plainfield Streets, with its northern boundary called Bradford Street. In the mid-19th century, the surrounding area was predominantly one of large estates of Springfield's business and civic elites.
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facing the square; it is a primarily residential building constructed in 1911. Three houses stand to its north, two of them distinguished examples of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Memorial Square District is located in Massachusetts
Memorial Square District is located in the United States
Springfield
Massachusetts
42°6′37″N 72°36′10″W / 42.11028°N 72.60278°W / 42.11028; -72.60278
Classical Revival
Queen Anne
Gothic Revival
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Memorial Square neighborhood
Springfield
Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places

American Civil War
Richard Upjohn
Richard M. Upjohn
New York City
Queen Anne architecture
Classical Revival
National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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