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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

First Parish Congregational Church at 1 Church Street, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
First Parish Congregational Church at 1 Church Street, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Photos show the church located at the corner of Church Street and Lake Avenue on the west side of the Lower Common near the lake. Sometimes called the "big stone church", the Romanesque Revival style church is built of Massachusetts granite with a slate roof and was designed by the Boston architectural firm Hartwell, Richardson & Driver. This structure is the fifth for the church, and was built in 1912 from the ruins of the previous structure on the site, which was gutted by fire in 1909. Renovations and enlargements were done in 1952-1953, adding a chapel, offices, and classrooms.
Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD142
Photos taken at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
1 Church Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Date
04-23-2008
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass. : The author]
Subject
Churches
First Parish Congregational Church (Wakefield, Mass.)
United Church of Christ (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
14 photographs : digital, JPEG file, color