{"nrhp_refnum":"86000140","name":"Christ Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1220 River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.26075218200003,"lon":-71.12963444799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An Episcopal parish church with connected Parish House at 1220 River Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, designed in the Late Gothic Revival style by Cram and Wentworth (Cram, Wentworth and Goodhue) in 1893-94.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an excellent local example of Late Gothic Revival design by Ralph Adams Cram, the foremost proponent of the style, and reflects his ideas on village parish church design and the role of art in religion. It introduced the Gothic Revival to Hyde Park and is one of two surviving village parish churches in Boston designed entirely by Cram. It also holds a fine collection of stained glass from 1895 to 1945.","narrative":"Christ Church is an Episcopal parish church on River Street in Hyde Park, Boston, built in 1893-94 to designs by Ralph Adams Cram's firm. Its basilican plan, slate gable roof and walls of rough-faced Quincy granite with Nova Scotia freestone trim give it the look of an English village church. A planned tower was never built for lack of funds. The congregation, the oldest church organization in Hyde Park, had built its first wooden church in 1861; that building was moved to the rear of the lot and became the Parish House, later enlarged in stone in 1913. Inside, an oak rood screen, a carved reredos and a series of stained glass windows made between 1895 and 1945 reflect Cram's belief that architecture and art should work together. The church introduced the Gothic Revival to Hyde Park and is one of two surviving village parish churches in Boston designed wholly by Cram.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Ralph Adams Cram","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied, in excellent condition; the church has undergone only minor alteration, though the stained glass windows are in fair condition due to buckling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.007512-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7967/63796718/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000140.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000140/0b0990b078-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000140/0b0990b078-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church_Hyde_Park_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:Christ_Church_Hyde_Park_Boston_MA_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796718","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_(Hyde_Park,_Boston)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108693"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/christ-church-86000140/"}