{"nrhp_refnum":"89001341","name":"Salem Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"199 Granite St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.244930182000076,"lon":-71.00838102899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Salem Lutheran Church is a granite Gothic Revival church at 199 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1892 (per cornerstone) on a granite ledge, with a chapel added in 1914. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of vernacular Gothic Revival church architecture and one of Quincy's two best 19th-century granite Gothic Revival churches. It is also associated with the Scandinavian, primarily Swedish, immigrants who came to work in West Quincy's granite industry.","narrative":"Salem Lutheran Church sits on a granite outcropping at 199 Granite Street in Quincy, with a view over South and West Quincy. The cornerstone dates the original building to 1892, and a chapel was added in 1914. Its rough granite walls, gabled roof, and square front tower with a pointed-arch entrance, lancet windows, an open belfry, and an octagonal wooden spire make it one of Quincy's two best 19th-century granite Gothic Revival churches. The congregation began in 1889 as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Salem Church, formed by Scandinavian immigrants who came to work in the West Quincy granite industry. Members met in Christ Church's chapel and in Plummer's Hall before buying the rock ledge in 1891. Church historians recall that the congregation's men quarried stone locally and built the church themselves. It was dedicated in 1894. The church is valued for its architecture and its link to Quincy's immigrant and quarrying history, and it remains well preserved.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; the building is listed with a present use as a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.102399-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7925/63792570/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001341/7397e43cca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001341/7397e43cca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sswonk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salem_Lutheran_Church_Quincy_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sswonk</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:Salem_Lutheran_Church_Quincy_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792570","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Lutheran_Church_(Quincy,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5431203"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/salem-lutheran-church-89001341/"}