Saint John Methodist Episcopal Church

Architect: Alberto F. Haynes
Year: 1894
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque
City: Boston, MA
Collection: richardson romanesque

Saint John Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1894 to a Richardsonian Romanesque design by architect Alberto F. Haynes.

the building

Romanesque massing. The church displays the heavy, rounded massing characteristic of Richardsonian Romanesque, a style built for weight and shadow rather than height.

the style

Richardsonian Romanesque, named for H. H. Richardson, favored rock-faced stone and deep-set openings; this 1894 church is a documented instance of the style applied to a Methodist Episcopal congregation.

the architect

Alberto F. Haynes is documented as the architect of this church, completed in 1894.

nearby

Edmund Fowle House 450 ft · Georgian · 1772
First Baptist Church 0.2 mi · Gothic Revival · 1899
Watertown Savings Bank 0.3 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1928
Watertown Administration Building 0.3 mi · Neoclassical · 1932
House at 60 William Street 0.5 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1855
Old Watertown High School 0.6 mi · Tudor Revival · 1913

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