St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Explained

St. James's Episcopal Church
Location:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3907°N -71.1209°W
Built:1888
Architect:Henry M. Congdon
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:June 30, 1983
Mpsub:Cambridge MRA
Refnum:83000828

St. James's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church at 1991 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The parish was founded in 1864 as a mission from Christ Church. The Richardsonian Romanesque building was built in 1888–89 to a design by Henry M. Congdon. The church was built on the site of the Davenport Tavern, a landmark that had stood on that site since c. 1757 (a portion of which was relocated to Somerville, where it still stands).[1]

The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church. Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2014-03-22.