Grace Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Massachusetts) Explained

Grace Episcopal Church
Location:Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.7086°N -71.1581°W
Built:1851
Architect:Hammatt Billings, Ralph Adams Cram
Added:November 7, 1976
Refnum:76001966

Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building at Common and Jackson Streets in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The site on which it as built has been used for religious facilities since 1846, around the time of Lawrence's founding. This simple Gothic Revival stone structure was built in 1852, replacing an earlier wooden chapel, and was enlarged in 1892. The church is also notable for its association with the Lawrence family: William Lawrence, grandson of founder Abbott Lawrence, became its minister in 1876.[1]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Grace Episcopal Church. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-01-05.