{"nrhp_refnum":"08001128","name":"Wollaston Congregational Church","other_names":["Wollaston Congregational Society","First Congregational","Church of Wollaston"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"47-57 Lincoln Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.26291565100007,"lon":-71.02010647499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story granite Gothic Revival church built in 1925 at 47-57 Lincoln Avenue (postal address 48 Winthrop Avenue) in Wollaston, Quincy, Massachusetts. It is joined to a two-story Tudor Revival parish house of 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the complex as the work of a long-established Wollaston congregation that built its parish house in 1915 and replaced an 1875 wooden church with the stone church in 1925. The two buildings are unified in materials and style, and the exterior has changed little since 1925. The period of significance runs from 1875 to 1958.","narrative":"Wollaston Congregational Church is a granite-faced church and parish house on a corner lot near Wollaston station in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 1½-story Gothic Revival church was built in 1925 on the site of the congregation's 1875 wooden church. It connects to a two-story Tudor Revival parish house dating from 1915, designed by Brainerd & Leeds of Boston. Smith & Walker, architects of the 1925 church, matched its stonework and style to the earlier building. A square three-stage tower with pinnacles and a needle spire ties the two street elevations together, and a half-timbered porch serves as a secondary entry on Lincoln Avenue. The congregation grew from a small group to more than 500 members by 1920, which led it to replace the wooden church. The original 1875 cornerstone and a dozen pews survive from the earlier building. The exterior has stayed largely unchanged since 1925, and the main gathering spaces keep much of their original character.","period_of_significance":"1875-1958","architect_builder":"Smith & Walker (1925 church); Brainerd & Leeds of Boston (1915 parish house); Maguire Co., Inc., of Providence, Rhode Island (contractor for the parish house)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival; Late Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by its congregation and in generally good condition, only slightly altered since the period of significance; the ground floors reflect a 1967 renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.747407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7927/63792706/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/08001128.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001128/f221d880a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001128/f221d880a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wollaston_Congregational_Church_Quincy_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:Wollaston_Congregational_Church_Quincy_MA_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792706","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollaston_Congregational_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8030315"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/wollaston-congregational-church-08001128/"}