Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent
- Architects
- Patrick W. Ford Peter Paul Pugin
- Year
- 1874
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Boston, MA
Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent is a Roman Catholic parish complex in Cambridge built for a congregation first organized in 1842 as St. John the Evangelist Parish. The cornerstone was laid on October 4, 1874, by Archbishop John Joseph Williams, and the church, designed by Patrick W. Ford, was dedicated in 1883 after opening for services in 1876. The rectory followed in 1885 and the convent and school in 1902, filling out an entire city block.
the building
A Pugin-family design. The Medieval Gothic church was designed by Patrick W. Ford in partnership with Peter Paul Pugin, a member of the Pugin family of noted church architects, giving the complex a pedigree tied to one of the era's most prominent names in ecclesiastical design.
the style
The complex is worked in Gothic Revival, the medievalizing style long favored for Catholic parish architecture, spread here across four connected buildings raised in stages between 1874 and 1902.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Patrick W. Ford designed the church in partnership with Peter Paul Pugin, part of the Pugin family renowned for Gothic Revival church design.
significance
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1982. Part of it has since been taken over for Cambridge city school administration.
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