The cemetery at First Church
Known as the Olde Burying Yard, dates back to the mid-late 1600s and contains a fascinating variety of old grave stones. Despite its age, the cemetery is in fine repair, owing to the active congregation at the First Church. To any would-be vandals out there, don't even THINK of trying anything - aside from being reprehensible behavior, the cemetery is directly across the street from the Longmeadow Police station - and the Longmeadow Police have a reputation as being arrest-happy for even minor incidents.Historical homes
An interesting feature to note are all the houses along Longmeadow Street Route 5 with red, blue, or green stars on them. These stars signify that the house is a historical site. The general understanding is that the different color stars represent different ages, starting at 100+ years. Empirical evidence would seem to show that green stars signify the oldest as there seem to be far fewer of them.The largest concentration of historical homes is around the area of the town green an area approximately halfway through Longmeadow, directly on Route 5 (Longmeadow Street. This part of town was the first settled, and contains some absoluetely breathtaking homes. One of the finest examples of this is a home known as the Young Estate. Apparently this home was built by the Young family who founded the WF Young Company. You might know of them by their product line, Absorbine Junior. The house is three stories tall and has servants quarters, a carriage house bigger than many other homes in town, a solarium, a series of vaults in the basement, and a large number of bedrooms. It is a privately owned home, but on occasion during "Longmeadow Days", guided tours of this historical home are offered.
