Editing Northampton, Massachusetts (section)

==Points of interest==
{{more citations needed section|date=May 2023}}
[[File:Conn. River.JPG|right|thumb|The [[Connecticut River]] in Northampton]]
* [[First Church of Christ (Northampton, Massachusetts)|First Church]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstchurches.org|title=Home – First Churches of Northampton, MA}}</ref> on Main Street was the home church of [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], 18th century theologian, philosopher, and leader of the [[First Great Awakening]].
*The [[Elm Street Historic District (Northampton, Massachusetts)|Elm Street/Round Hill Historic District]] runs from the commencement of Elm at State Street almost one mile westerly to Woodlawn Avenue and includes a section of Round Hill Road. A local historic district,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northamptonma.gov/documentcenter/view/2148|title=City of Northampton Historic Properties Register, map}}</ref> it includes examples of a range of architectural styles from 18th century colonial to contemporary, with an abundance of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes and other styles.
* The [[Sojourner Truth]] Memorial at the intersection of Pine and Park Streets in Florence commemorates abolitionist, orator, and Florence resident Sojourner Truth.<ref name='Truth Memorial'>{{cite web |url=https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/about-us/memorial-statue/ |title=Memorial Statue |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Sojourner Truth Memorial |access-date=June 13, 2019 }}</ref>
* The [[Connecticut River]] and [[The Oxbow (Connecticut river)|The Oxbow]] are popular areas for boaters.
* 21% of Northampton is protected open space; this includes the Broad Brook/Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area, Connecticut River Greenway (Elwell and Rainbow Beach), Mill River Greenway, Mineral Hills Conservation Area, and Saw Mill Hills/Roberts Hill Conservation Area.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Look Park]] is a recreational park covering over {{convert|150|acre}}, founded in 1930. The park is free for visitors arriving by foot or bicycle, consistent with the will of Frank Newhall Look, who left the property to the city and requested that the park would always have free admission for the public. A day-use fee or annual membership fee provides for parking. Musicians such as [[Bob Dylan]] have played at the park's amphitheater.
* Childs Park is a serene {{convert|40|acre|adj=on}} city park near [[Cooley Dickinson Hospital]]. It features two ponds, formal gardens and rose gardens, and an Italian-style garden house.
* [[The Botanic Garden of Smith College]] is a diverse, outdoor collection of trees, shrubs, and plants as well as a fine collection of plant conservatories for the tropics, semitropics, and desert regions. It also includes an indoor [[greenhouse]].
* The Mill River Greenway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://millrivergreenway.org/|title=millrivergreenway.org}}</ref> is a walking path on Smith College and adjacent land along the Mill River in the Bay State Village neighborhood of Northampton. The path is sometimes also called the Paradise Pond Trail based on a misleadingly named portion of the river near Smith College's boathouse and pier.
* Northampton is a [[rail trail]] hub. Currently, the [[Norwottuck Rail Trail]] extends {{convert|18|mi}} from Leeds, [[Florence, Massachusetts|Florence]], and the downtown sections of Northampton to [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]] and [[Belchertown, Massachusetts|Belchertown]]. The [[Manhan Rail Trail]] extends {{convert|8|mi|0}} from the Norwottuck Rail Trail through Northampton and Easthampton to Southampton. Four other rail trail extensions are in the planning process.
* The Three County Fair<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3countyfair.com/|title=Welcome to The Three County Fair, Northampton MA|first=Three County|last=Fair}}</ref> is the "longest consecutive running [[agricultural show|agricultural fair]] in the country", having been established and incorporated in 1818.
* The Calvin Theater, [[Iron Horse Music Hall]], and Pearl Street Nightclub are among the many venues that play host to Northampton's music scene.
* The [[Academy of Music Theatre|Academy of Music]], built in 1890 by Edward H. R. Lyman, is the earliest known municipally owned [[theater (structure)|theater]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aomtheatre.com/about/academy-of-music-history/ |title=History of Academy of Music |website=Academy of Music |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Boris Karloff]] and [[Harry Houdini]] (who installed a trap door in the stage) performed there. Today it serves as a music venue, cinema, and performance space.
* The Northampton Independent Film Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://niff.org/ |title=Homepage |website=NIFF |access-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109091200/http://niff.org/ |archive-date=November 9, 2000}}</ref> (NIFF) is held each fall. Founded as the Northampton Film Festival in 1995 by Howard Polonsky and Dee DeGeiso, it has continued to grow under a variety of directors. It is now one of the largest in New England.
* Forbes Library,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbeslibrary.org/ |title=Forbes Library – Northampton's Public Library }}</ref> built in 1894, is Northampton's [[public library]]. The second floor houses the [[Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum]]. [[Charles Ammi Cutter]], an important figure in American library science, was the library's first director, and the library is one of few in the world that use the [[Cutter Expansive Classification]] system, rather than Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress.<ref name='Cutter'>{{cite web |url=https://forbeslibrary.org/research/cutter-classification/ |title=Cutter Classification |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Forbes Library |access-date=June 13, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Mirage Studios]], creators of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] franchise, was based in Northampton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://miragelicensing.com/comics/mirage/volume01/11/11.html |title=True Stories |publisher=Mirage Studios |date=June 1987 |access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref>  
* As part of an annual Springfest celebration, students from the Northampton Community Music Center (NCMC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncmc.net/ |title=Homepage |website=Northampton Community Music Center |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref> fill the streets with music on the third Saturday of May.
* [[LGBT Pride]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northamptonpride.org/|title=Lgbt Diversity, Lesbian Gay Transgender Bisexual Pride Equality – Noho Pride – Northampton, Ma}}</ref> on the first Saturday of May, is an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride march and rally, with a colorful parade down Main Street that ends with an all-day festival at a designated location in town.
* Thornes Marketplace in downtown Northampton has many shops and eateries.
* [[Northampton State Hospital]] was a large [[psychiatric hospital]] constructed in 1856. All of the site has been redeveloped.
* On a small hill overlooking the city, near the site of the former Northampton State Hospital, a simple stone monument marks the spot of the hangings of Domenic Daley and James Halligan, two Irishmen wrongfully convicted of murder in 1806.<ref name="Historic-northampton.org"/>
* [[Pioneer Valley Roller Derby]], the first co-ed flat track roller derby league, trains in the village of [[Florence, Massachusetts|Florence]].