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FORM B - BUILDING 90000549 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - In Area no. Form no. 152-C 1 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Roll 14 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. (over) 1. Town Worcester Address _935 Main Street Name_ St. Peter's Catholic Church Present use church Present owner 3. Description: Date Source Style Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester 49 Elm Street Worcester 01609 1884-1893 Nutt, vol. II Victorian Gothic Architect P.W. Ford of Boston Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (describe) none" Other features_granite trim, arched windows, rose window, tower with corbelled cornice, crenellations and spires Altered no Date Moved -no Date Assessors! Book 7, p.6 5. Lot size: Lot 34 28,538 sq.ft.
One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 25' 6. Recorded by Organization B.R. Pfeiffer Worc. Heritage Pres. December 1977 Soc. Date UTM 191267240/4681530 M-7-77 St. Peter's Catholic Church 7. Original owner (if known) church Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates same 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Designed by P.W. Ford of Boston, who designed a large number of Worcester's Roman Catholic churches, St.
Peter's Catholic Church is predominantly Victorian Gothic style and is one of Worcester's most ornate Victorian church buildings. The building is built of red brick with granite trim. The church plan consists of a high nave with en- closed side aisles, transept and square-plan tower at the nave's south- west corner- The church's facade contains three entries set in arches with alternating brick and stone voussoirs; above are oculi with quatri- foliate tracery (side aisles) and three arches containing paired windows and decorative brick panels. Above these arched windows is a rose window. The tower rises in stages with buttresses at the corners of its first two stories. At the tower's third storey is a belfry framed by paired arches on each wall. Above the belfry is& corbelled cornice, crenellated parapet and pinnacles. In May of 1884, St.
Peter's Catholic Church was formed to provide a separate church for the growing Catholic population of Worcester's south- western sections, particularly in the vicinity of Main Street south. Reverend Daniel H. 0"Neill was appointed to form the parish and, on June , 1004,. grouna was broken for the present bullding- On September T, ,A8L, the church's cornerstone was laid and the congregation began using the basement chapel late in 1884, although the church was not fully completed until 1893, when it was dedicated. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Worcester Historical Society. Church file (1884 building notice) Nutt, C. History of Worcester, vol. II, PP.875-876 (photo p.874) Propert) Warceoter Mltple Resona Aua (partial lanentany) state MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30.
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nmit fo sfate) SEE 313/80 REPORT Entered Soedhe- 3/5/80 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Send-back Re-submit MAR 5 1980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service AUG 1979 152-C 93 maim Stih st.pete'scot West eleration Weraster MRA, Ma foll40 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304 TEL. 752-4674 Worchester Muhtidle Resowce Area 9-11->9 Church of Saint fleter 929 Main Street Morcester, Mass. 01610 Mr. Charles A. Harrington Acting Keeper of the National Register Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C.
20243 (Attn: NOM) Dear Sir: Re: Worcester Multiple Resource Area 935 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01610 In reply to yours of 27 September, 1979 please be advised that the above location is that of our church building and we would be interested in having it listed in the National Register. We will be interested in hearing from you further. truly yours porak falliar (Rev. Msgr.) David C. Sullivan -Pastor 8 October, 1979 DATE ACHI INITIALS HISTORIC PLACES OCT 1 5 1979 (ATTACHED) 11/01-8