{"nrhp_refnum":"01001199","name":"St. Paul's Parish Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Malden","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.43175504200008,"lon":-71.07633910799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Paul's Parish Church is an Episcopal church at 26 Washington Street in Malden, Massachusetts, built in 1913 in the Gothic Revival style to designs by Ralph Adams Cram. It is attached to an earlier 1871 church that now serves as the parish house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an excellent local example of Neo-Gothic (Modern Gothic) ecclesiastical architecture tied to the Boston firm of Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson and the stained glass studio of Wilbur Herbert Burnham. It is also significant for its long role as a religious and social center for the surrounding community.","narrative":"St. Paul's Parish Church sits at the corner of Washington and Florence Streets in Malden, where downtown commercial blocks meet residential streets. Completed in 1913 to designs by Ralph Adams Cram, it is a rectangular Gothic Revival building of buff granite ashlar with cast-stone trim, a steep slate gable roof over the nave, copper-roofed side aisles, and pointed-arch doors and windows. Inside, exposed trusses, stained oak pews, a Cram-designed reredos and altar, and stained glass by the Burnham studio of Boston reflect the architect's approach to church design. Attached to the south is the parish house, the congregation's original 1871 church, remodeled in 1951. The parish formed in 1867 and absorbed Grace Church, Malden's earlier Episcopal group. It supported wartime service work and later feeding and immigration ministries. The building was listed for its architecture and its religious role, with significance dated 1913 to 1951.","period_of_significance":"1913-1951","architect_builder":"Ralph Adams Cram, Theodore E. Colburn; Wilbur Herbert Burnham Studio stained glass","architectural_style":"Modern Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains an active church with a congregation of about 220, parish hall and community programs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.252834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7960/63796037/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/01001199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001199/0cc154e447-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001199/0cc154e447-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Parish_Church,_Malden_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Parish_Church,_Malden_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796037","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Parish_Church_(Malden,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591178"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/st-pauls-parish-church-01001199/"}