Built in 1873-77, it was a brick Romanesque Revival structure with brownstone trim, and was a fine local example of the style.

[3] St. Joseph's was located in downtown Springfield, at the southeast corner of Howard Street and East Columbus Avenue, a site now occupied by a commercial building.

The gabled roof included a central clerestory, and a multistage square tower rose from the front of the church to a series of octagonal sections capped by a cross.

The Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts was organized in 1870 to better serve the growing Catholic population in the Pioneer Valley.

In March 2008, the church, which had been sold the previous year by the diocese, was demolished by the Colvest Group.