{"nrhp_refnum":"99001308","name":"First Congregational Church of Hyde Park","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Webster St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.257500693000054,"lon":-71.12043275399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite Neo-Gothic Revival church with an attached education wing at 6 Webster Street (corner of River Street) in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, built 1910 and designed by Kilham & Hopkins Architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent local example of Neo-Gothic Revival church architecture tied to the Boston firm Kilham and Hopkins and to stained glass by the Charles J. Connick Studio. It is also significant in social history as a community gathering place for Boston businessmen's families who moved to suburban Hyde Park, and it remains a landmark between the Cleary Square business district and nearby residences.","narrative":"Built in 1910, this granite church at the corner of Webster and River Streets in Hyde Park, Boston, is a Neo-Gothic Revival building designed by the Boston firm Kilham and Hopkins. Its walls are Weymouth Seam granite, its steep gable roofs are slate, and a castellated bell tower rises at the northwest corner. A two-and-one-half-story education wing is attached. Stained glass windows by the Charles J. Connick Studio, on the theme of the evolution of Christianity, were added in 1917 and are now covered with protective acrylic panels. The congregation, organized in 1863, moved here from an earlier church on Fairmount Avenue. The building became a social center for families who had moved to the suburbs, hosting women's groups, the town's first Boy Scout troop and religious education schools. It is significant for its architecture and its role in the community, and it remains an active church today.","period_of_significance":"1910-1949","architect_builder":"Kilham & Hopkins Architects; stained glass by Charles J. Connick Studio","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active church and community center with about 110 members; the education wing is rented to the YMCA for after-school programs and a nursery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.569324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7970/63797008/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/99001308.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001308/ab6e3eb5f9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001308/ab6e3eb5f9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church_of_Hyde_Park_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:First_Congregational_Church_of_Hyde_Park_Boston_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797008","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Congregational_Church_of_Hyde_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/first-congregational-church-of-hyde-park-99001308/"}