Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, 142 Prospect Street, Gloucester

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Our Lady of Good Voyage Church is significant for its role in the Portuguese community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and for its carillon, the first installed in the United States. The church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Description: According to the National Register nomination, the stucco-covered building is made up of two structures: the two-story church and the three-story rectory. The Mission-style church, modeled after a church on the island of San Miguel in the Azores, is cruciform in plan. The front facade is flanked by two bell towers and features a rose window over the main entrance and a statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage on a pedestal.

Originally, the L-shaped rectory was a single family residence dating to It was added to the northwest corner of the church in and heavily renovated. Atwo-story enclosed porch was added to the rectory's south facade in History: Gloucester's Portuguese population "petitioned the Boston See for the establishment of a parish to be dedicated to Our Lady of Good Voyage" in which was granted in A plot of land on Prospect Street was purchased and a temporary building erected while fundraising took place. In July Our Lady of Good Voyage Church was dedicated and became a center of the Portuguese community. The church burned down in February Architect Halfdan M. Hanson was retained to design the new church, which incorporated the already existing rectory building.

Henry Dana Sleeper designed the interior. The church was dedicated on May 23, In a carillon was installed, the first in the United States. John Taylor and Company of Loughborough, England, manufactured the carillon, which was equipped with thirty-one bells donated by individuals and groups. The carillon weighed pounds total, with the heaviest bell weighing pounds. 1 Kim Withers Brengle, Alice R. Krueger, and Anne Tail, "Our Lady of Good Voyage Church," National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, November 3, Section 7; Kitty Parsons, The Story of the Church of Our Lady of Good Voyage in Gloucester, Massachusetts (North Montpelier, VT: The Driftwind Press, p.

7; "Our Lady of Good Voyage Church," in Maritime History of Massachusetts, A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. Available at accessed May 5, 2 Parsons, Story of the Church of Our Lady of Good Voyage, p. 7; Brengle, Krueger, and Tail, "Our Lady of Good Voyage Church," Section 8. 3 Parsons, p. 11. OUR LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE CHURCH HABSNo. MA-1317 (Page 2)

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Brengle, Kim Withers, Alice R. Krueger, and Anne Tait. "Our Lady of Good Voyage Church." National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, November 3, Listed May 10, "Our Lady of Good Voyage Church," in Maritime History of Massachusetts, A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. Available at accessed May 5, Parsons, Kitty. The Story of Our Lady of Good Voyage in Gloucester, Massachusetts. North Montpelier, VT: The Driftwind Press,

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The Council of American Maritime Museums funded the Gloucester Waterfront Survey project, which included documentation of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church. Todd Croteau, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Architect, managed the project as part of the HAER Maritime Program. John Taguiri produced the large format photographs in