{"nrhp_refnum":"98001292","name":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14-16 Cushing Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.31642777400003,"lon":-71.06453143199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-10-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Tudor Revival Episcopal church and its parish house at 14-16 Cushing Avenue in the Upham's Corner area of Dorchester, Boston. The church was built in 1888 to designs by Henry Vaughan, and the parish house followed in 1906-1907.","why_significant":"The church is described as a typical English parish church based on fifteenth-century Gothic designs and medieval construction methods. It is Henry Vaughan's only complete church commission in Boston and reflects the Ecclesiological movement's influence on Gothic Revival architecture in America. Its exposed timber nave roof is cited as one of the finest arched-braced roofs in existence.","narrative":"Set on a hillside above Upham's Corner in Dorchester, this Episcopal church and its parish house form a Tudor Revival complex on Cushing Avenue. The church was completed in 1888 to designs by English-born architect Henry Vaughan, modeled on rural parish churches of England. Hartwell & Richardson added the chancel and transepts in 1893, and Charles K. Cummings designed the parish house in 1907 to match. The church is half-timbered with stucco infill, rests on a granite foundation with Longmeadow sandstone quoins, and has a small bell cote. Inside, an exposed timber nave roof based on fifteenth-century medieval methods has been praised as one of the finest arched-braced roofs in existence. The design follows Ecclesiological principles, including a distinct chancel, natural materials and no plaster ceiling. It is Vaughan's only complete church in Boston, and he went on to become New England's leading church architect and later worked on the National Cathedral in Washington.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry Vaughan (church, 1888); Hartwell & Richardson (1893 chancel and transepts); Charles K. Cummings (parish house)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings are described as well preserved; the church ground level houses a day care center and the church remains in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.066896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7969/63796993/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98001292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001292/23de8b8849-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001292/23de8b8849-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BostonMA_SaintMarysEpiscopalChurchDorchester.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BostonMA_SaintMarysEpiscopalChurchDorchester.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009975","name":"Uphams Corner Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/uphams-corner-historic-district-100009975/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796993","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Dorchester,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590279"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/st-marys-episcopal-church-98001292/"}