{"nrhp_refnum":"02000154","name":"Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church","other_names":["Highland Memorial Episcopal Church","Greenwood Memorial Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"378A-380 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.296941469000046,"lon":-71.07141511199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden Shingle-style church with an adjoining parsonage at 378A-380 Washington Street in the Dorchester section of Boston, built 1900-1901 to designs by architect Walter J. Paine and constructed by John A. Dodge.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a well-preserved example of the Shingle style, applied to a gable-fronted, corner-tower church form. It is also tied to Dorchester's streetcar-suburb growth around 1900, when a new congregation formed and built here. It is marked for architecture, religion and social history.","narrative":"Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church is a wooden, shingle-clad church at the corner of Washington and Dakota Streets in Dorchester, Boston. Built in 1900-1901 for a newly formed congregation, it was designed by Boston architect Walter J. Paine and built by John A. Dodge. Paine's first plan, a more elaborate stone building, was set aside for a more modest design. The church has a Weymouth granite foundation, an asymmetrical corner bell tower with a flared pyramidal roof, an octagonal corner bay, lancet-arched openings with tracery, and a large leaded glass window in the front gable. Inside, an open sanctuary has an exposed arched truss system, dark-stained woodwork, original pews and a Hook & Hastings organ installed in 1901. A Shingle-style parsonage built in 1900 by congregation members John and William Kellar stands beside it. The church reflects Dorchester's growth as a streetcar suburb and is valued for its architecture and its religious and social role.","period_of_significance":"1900-1951","architect_builder":"Walter J. Paine (architect); John A. Dodge (builder); parsonage by John and William Kellar","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Shingle style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the form notes alterations such as a 1999 concrete access ramp, a glazed enclosure on the choir loft, and non-original lighting and carpet.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.838237-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7969/63796989/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/02000154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000154/b67efeca3d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000154/b67efeca3d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwood_Memorial_United_Methodist_Church_Boston_MA_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwood_Memorial_United_Methodist_Church_Boston_MA_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796989","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Memorial_United_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5605045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/greenwood-memorial-united-methodist-church-02000154/"}