Court Square (Springfield, Massachusetts)

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Court Square in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, is a park and National Historic District in the heart of Springfield's urban Metro Center neighborhood. Court Square is the City of Springfield's only topographical constant since its colonial days, founded shortly after the city's founding in 1636. It is bounded by Court Street, Main Street, State Street, East Columbus Avenue, and features Elm Street and a scenic pedestrian-only walkway from the courthouse toward the Old First Church.

The ornate, Gothic stone Court House -- now the juvenile court house -- to the left of the church was built in 1909 by the renowned architect H.H. Richardson.

To the right of Court Square, the Springfield Municipal Group was erected in 1911, and dedicated by President William Howard Taft. The Municipal Group features a 300 ft. tall Italianate Campanile, which until the early 1970s, was the tallest building in Springfield's skyline, (as per moratorium on tall buildings by the Massachusetts State Legislature.)

Court Square features monuments to Miles Morgan -- Springfield's hero during King Phillip's War (1675;) U.S. President William McKinley; and a tall, U.S. Civil War Monument.