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Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church

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Built
  
1897

NRHP Reference #
  
83000635

Area
  
2,024 m²

Added to NRHP
  
16 February 1983

MPS
  
Fall River MRA

Opened
  
1897

Architectural style
  
Gothic architecture

Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church

Location
  
Fall River, Massachusetts

Similar
  
Fall River Heritage State Park, Watuppa Ponds, Battleship Cove, USS Massachusetts (BB‑59), Wellfleet Drive‑In Theater

Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic former Methodist church building located at 264 Griffin Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The wooden Gothic Revival church building was constructed in 1897 through the generosity of John Summerfield Brayton and his sister Mary Brayton Young. It was designed by local architect Charles H. Farnham.

The church was unique in that it was built by and named for the Braytons, a prominent local family, yet it was a "mill-workers'" church, located in the southern section of the city near several mills. The church, a handsome vernacular example of Late Victorian Gothic style.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building is now owned by Citizens for Citizens, a non-profit social agency.

References

Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church Wikipedia