{"nrhp_refnum":"89001546","name":"Christ Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"750 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37580137700007,"lon":-71.24040215099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Christ Episcopal Church at 750 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, is a stone and timber church with a connected parish house, built 1897-1898 to designs by Peabody and Stearns of Boston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church has served Waltham's Episcopalians and the wider community since 1849. It also represents a major ecclesiastical work by the Boston firm Peabody and Stearns, in an original interpretation of the English Country Gothic style. It contains notable stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Charles Connick.","narrative":"Christ Episcopal Church at 750 Main Street in Waltham is a fieldstone and timber church with slate roofs, joined to a parish house. Peabody and Stearns of Boston designed it, and John A. Dodge served as chief contractor. Construction began in 1897, with the cornerstone laid that June. The stone was donated from the Waltham estate of Robert Treat Paine, and the grouping was meant to resemble buildings in an English country town. A heavily buttressed rubblestone tower with a broach spire stands at the west end. The congregation dates to 1849, when it began as a mission church, and it moved to Main Street after buying the site in 1892. The interior holds windows by Connick Studios, including a Great West Window with symbols of local industry, and a Tiffany Nativity window. The building is significant for its architecture, its stained glass, and its long role in Waltham's religious and social life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Peabody and Stearns (architects); John A. Dodge (chief contractor)","architectural_style":"English Country Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; still in use as a church. The chancel was altered and the altar enlarged in 1923.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.422774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7916/63791614/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001546/543aaf8a93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001546/543aaf8a93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mbalulescu","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Church_Waltham_Mass_Western_Facade.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mbalulescu</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_Waltham_Mass_Western_Facade.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Episcopal_Church_(Waltham,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108889"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/christ-episcopal-church-89001546/"}