Helen Hills Hills Chapel

"Smith College did not originally have a chapel because its founders wanted students to be part of the Northampton community and attend local churches. Finally in 1953, an alumna from the class of 1908 named Helen Hills Hills (her maiden name was Hills and she married a husband named Hills) offered funds for a college chapel. She stipulated that the building should strictly follow the design of traditional New England meeting houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Designed by William and Geoffrey Platt (sons of Charles Adams Platt) of New York, the nondenominational Helen Hills Hills Chapel was completed in 1955." -- Historic Buildings of Massachusetts

Linking again today with Skywatch Friday.

Fixer-Upper

Once a great while, not often, I think of how fun it would be to own one of these old houses and to renovate it. Then I begin thinking about what it was actually like to live in an old house that needed more care and attention, and I quickly abandon the notion. I spotted this one along the Norwottuck Rail Trail in Hadley.

Regicides

Basically, Goffe and Whalley were on the run from authorities in England for having participated in King Charles I's execution and found refuge here in--of all places--Hadley.