{"nrhp_refnum":"97001472","name":"St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church","other_names":["St. Luke's Church"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5-7 St. Luke's Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.35211064300006,"lon":-71.12737672999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of three Episcopal parish buildings (chapel, rectory and church) at 5-7 St. Luke's Road in the Packard's Corner area of Allston, Boston. The chapel and rectory date from 1895 and the church from 1913.","why_significant":"The complex is described as a key institutional complex in the Packard's Corner neighborhood, which grew up alongside the parish. It includes Tudor Revival buildings by Francis Allen and by Berry and Davidson, and a notable collection of stained glass, including a Tiffany window and windows by Charles Connick. The parish was also unusual for the youth of its membership.","narrative":"Three Episcopal parish buildings stand together on a small corner lot at Brighton Avenue and St. Luke's Road in Allston, Boston. The half-timbered Chapel and Rectory were built in 1895 to designs by Francis Allen, and Berry and Davidson added the brick and half-timbered Tudor Gothic church in 1913. A two-story hyphen links the old chapel to the new church, and the three buildings form a courtyard open to St. Luke's Road. The church interior is plain, which lets its stained glass and chancel carving stand out. Windows include a Tiffany window of St. John, moved from the chapel in 1913, and many pieces by Charles Connick and the Whittemore Studios. The parish formed in 1892 and was noted for its young membership. It grew up with the surrounding Packard's Corner neighborhood, an early center of automobile dealerships and apartment buildings. The complex is recognized for its architecture, its glass and its role in neighborhood life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Francis A. Allen (Chapel and Rectory, 1895); Berry and Davidson (Church, 1913)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The buildings are in church use; the former chapel, now the Parish House, is used by a theater group, and the rectory remains a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.825255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7969/63796991/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97001472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001472/6948b11dd8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001472/6948b11dd8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Luke%27s_and_St._Margaret%27s_Church_Boston_MA.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:St._Luke%27s_and_St._Margaret%27s_Church_Boston_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796991","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Luke%27s_and_St._Margaret%27s_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/st-lukes-and-st-margarets-church-97001472/"}