{"nrhp_refnum":"85003311","name":"Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and Convent","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"67 Harvard St. and 3 and 5 Linden Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.335240243000044,"lon":-71.11928205899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Catholic parish complex at 67 Harvard Street and 3 and 5 Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts, made up of a church (1880-86), rectory (1881-82), school (1906) and convent (c. 1843, moved 1899).","why_significant":"The complex is tied to the growth of Brookline's Irish Catholic community and to two notable priests, Father Joseph Finotti and Father Lawrence Morris. Its church and rectory were designed by Peabody and Stearns and its school by F. Joseph Untersee. Together the buildings show the Gothic Revival style evolving from the 1880s through the 1920s.","narrative":"Saint Mary of the Assumption in Brookline is a four-building Catholic parish complex on Harvard Street and Linden Place. It grew from the first Catholic parish in Brookline, formed in 1852 by Irish immigrants, many of whom had come to work on the railroad. The present red brick church, with Longmeadow brownstone trim and a 146-foot tower, was designed by Peabody and Stearns in 1880 and dedicated in 1886. The same firm converted an existing house into the Victorian Gothic rectory. In 1906 the Neo-Gothic brick school, designed by Boston architect F. Joseph Untersee, was built. The convent is a c. 1843 Greek Revival house moved in 1899 and later enlarged and bricked over. The complex is recognized for its link to the Irish community, to priests Joseph Finotti and Lawrence Morris, and for the quality of its Gothic Revival architecture across several decades.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Peabody and Stearns (church and rectory); F. Joseph Untersee (school)","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic (church, rectory); Neo-Gothic (school); Greek Revival (convent)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Church, rectory and school are in religious use; the convent still serves as a convent. Convent, garage and a c. 1920 high school are considered noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.308165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7924/63792490/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003311.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003311/9d381d55ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003311/9d381d55ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_SaintMaryOfTheAssumptionChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_SaintMaryOfTheAssumptionChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792490","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mary_of_the_Assumption_Church,_Rectory,_School_and_Convent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7401870"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/saint-mary-of-the-assumption-church-rectory-school-and-convent-85003311/"}