Built 1884 NRHP Reference # 80000548 Phone +1 508-752-4674 Architect Patrick W. Ford | MPS Worcester MRA Opened 1884 Added to NRHP 5 March 1980 | |
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Location 935 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts Address 929 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St John's Catholic Church, Cathedral of Saint Paul, Union Congregational Church, Emmanuel Baptist, Framingham Railroad Station | ||
St. Peter's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 935 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1884, the church is one of the city's finest and most ornate examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Architecture and history
St. Peter's is located on the south side of Main Street in southwestern Worcester, directly opposite the main Clark University campus. It is a red brick structure with granite trim and ornate Gothic Revival styling. It is basically rectangular, with a square tower projecting from the right front corner, and a central projecting section on the main facade. The tower has two narrow round-arch windows in the first three stages, this in the third (belfry) stage taller. It is topped by ornate crenellations and spires. The main facade has three entrances, one in the projecting section, and one each on either side. The central entrance, set in a round-arch opening, is under a gable-roofed projection, with a row of round-arch windows set pairwise in round-arch recesses. The flanking entrances are also set in round-arch openings, with circular rose windows on the second level.
St. Peter's Parish was established in 1884 to provide services to the burgeoning population of southwestern Worcester. Ground was broken on its construction that year, but it was not completed until 1893, the year in which it was formally dedicated. It was designed by architect Patrick W. Ford.