St. Martin's Church is a historic

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church at 50 Orchard Avenue in

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. It is located next door to Temple Beth-El, a Reform Synagogue. The congregation was established in 1885 and the

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church building was constructed in 1917 to a design by

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to replace an earlier wooden building. It is a granite structure with a squat square three-stage tower at its southeast corner. The parish house, attached to the main building's northeast corner, is a Tudor Revival structure added in 1925. The church was added to the

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in 1996.

Stained glass window

The church features a

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window scene of namesake St. Martin cutting off half of his cloak to give to a beggar. The windows of the church were designed by

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window designer Harry E. Goodhue and his wife, Mary, and installed in 1919. A restoration of the windows was undertaken by an

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studio
New England Stained Glass
during the winter of 2014–2015. The entire window was removed from the wall, then individual pieces were removed, cleaned, reassembled, and re-leaded onto new metal frames.

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Stained glass window

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