{"nrhp_refnum":"97001377","name":"Allston Congregational Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31-41 Quint Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.35180199300004,"lon":-71.13428668699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Religion","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church complex at 31-41 Quint Avenue in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, consisting of a towered Romanesque Revival church and an adjacent Shingle Style parsonage, both built in 1890-1891.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque church architecture in the Boston area, with a well-preserved interior. It also reflects the growth of Allston in the late 19th century and the founding of its Congregational society in 1886. The work of Allston-born architect Eugene Clark and local builders adds to its local importance.","narrative":"Allston Congregational Church is a stone church and shingled parsonage at 31-41 Quint Avenue in Boston's Allston neighborhood. Both were built in 1890-1891 to designs by Eugene Clark, an Allston native and Boston architect, with Woodbury and Leighton as contractors. The church is built of Milton pink granite with dark Longmeadow sandstone trim, an 80-foot corner tower, shingled gables and rounded-arch windows. Inside, the auditorium has red birch pews and woodwork, an exposed truss ceiling, ornate decorative borders and a Hook and Hastings pipe organ. Sliding doors once joined the auditorium, chapel and parlors into one large space. The interior remains remarkably well preserved and retains its original room layout. The church grew from a congregation organized in 1886 as Allston developed after the 1860s, when rail service and filling of the Back Bay spurred settlement. It is ranked among the finest Richardsonian Romanesque churches in the Boston area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Eugene Clark (architect); Woodbury and Leighton (contractors)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque; Shingle Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church and parsonage still stand; the ladies parlor is currently used for worship services by the Chinese Evangelical Church of Metropolitan Boston, and the tower vestibule is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.606395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7967/63796732/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97001377.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001377/6acdeb57ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001377/6acdeb57ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allston_Congregational_Church_Boston_MA_01.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:Allston_Congregational_Church_Boston_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796732","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allston_Congregational_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4733289"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/allston-congregational-church-97001377/"}