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Mason Square

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This is the current name for the square where the original school building sat. Once was known as Winchester Square.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

School for Christian Workers Building Records

 Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-111
Collection Scope and Contents This collection documents the first school building for Springfield College, at the time the School for Christian Workers, located on the corner of Sherman and State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Included in the collection are photographs and negatives of the outside of the building dating from around 1885 to 1946. Interior shots of the building, including one of the few photographs of the gymnasium where James Naismith created basketball as well as pictures of the early library and...
Dates: 1885-1995