{"nrhp_refnum":"88000721","name":"Holy Name of Jesus Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Illinois St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.24600329000003,"lon":-71.82060703599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Other-Ethnic"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of five buildings on Illinois Street facing University Park in South Worcester, Massachusetts: a church, school, convent, rectory and garage of the Holy Name of Jesus parish, built between 1893 and about 1930.","why_significant":"It is tied to Worcester's French-Canadian community, as the third French Roman Catholic parish in the city, formed in 1893. It also has architectural value, with Romanesque Revival and Georgian Revival buildings designed by Worcester architect O. E. Nault. The nomination considers it locally significant and says it retains integrity.","narrative":"Holy Name of Jesus Complex is a group of five brick buildings along Illinois Street in South Worcester, facing University Park. It served the third French Roman Catholic parish in the city, founded in 1893 to meet the needs of a growing French-Canadian population. The school, begun in 1893, is Romanesque Revival, and the church, finished in 1916 after funding delays, has paired towers and contrasting granite trim. The convent of the Sisters of St. Ann (1922-1924) and the rectory (completed 1928) are Georgian Revival. A brick garage was added later. Worcester architect O. E. Nault, who also designed other French-Canadian institutions in the city, is credited with the church and probably the other buildings. Rev. J. Edmund Perreault led the parish for thirty-two years, and it grew to one of the largest congregations in the diocese, with 900 students in the school. The complex was listed for its link to the French-Canadian community and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1890-1925","architect_builder":"O. E. Nault (architect of the church, and probably of all buildings in the complex)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival (school and church) and Georgian Revival (convent and rectory)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"General condition is stated as good; present uses are church, school, convent, rectory and garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.84923-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7932/63793200/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88000721.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000721/7796ebbbd2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000721/7796ebbbd2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Worcester.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Worcester.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793200","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Complex_(Worcester,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5885822"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/holy-name-of-jesus-complex-88000721/"}