Built 1874 NRHP Reference # 89001369 Area 2,833 m² Added to NRHP 20 September 1989 | MPS Quincy MRA Opened 1874 Phone +1 617-773-0310 | |
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Address 12 Quincy Ave, Quincy, MA 02169, USA Architectural style Tudor Revival architecture Similar Wollaston Congregational Church, Bethany Congregational Church, Faith Lutheran Church, United First Parish Church, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts | ||
Christ Church is a historic church building at 12 Quincy Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The parish first congregated for lay-led services in 1689, and officially formed in 1704. It is believed to be the oldest continuously active parish in Massachusetts. The building is a Tudor Revival structure constructed in 1874; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Rev. Clifford Brown is the current rector.
Description and history
Christ Church is set at the northeast corner of Quincy and Elm Streets, south of Quincy's central business district. It is built out of local granite, with a steeply-pitched slate roof. The front-facing gable houses a large arched stained glass window, and the side walls have modest buttressing. Entry vestibules project to either side, in emulation of the English country churches its design recalls. A Tudor Revival parish house is attached to the rear.
The parish was formally organized in 1704 by Rev. William Barclay, when the area was still part of Braintree, and built its first church on School Street in 1727 (at the site of the Christ Church Burial Ground. It built stone churches at the present site in 1832 and 1859, both of which were destroyed by fire. The present church was built in 1874, in an English Revival style that was then in vogue for Episcopal churches.