St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic church complex at 73 Columbia Road in the
Dorchester neighborhood of
Boston, Massachusetts. The complex consists of three buildings: a chapel, rectory, and parish hall. All three were built between 1904 and 1909, with the last significant alteration to the exterior of the church occurring in 1916. All three buildings were designed by
Edmund O. Sylvester, and present a unified architectural statement of Craftsman styling with some English Gothic (Tudor Revival) detailing. The church complex was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2014.
The congregation was established as a mission in 1887 after fire destroyed the St. Mary's Church on Bowdoin Street on June 15, and a portion of its congregation began to meet in the Grove Hall area of Dorchester. St. Mary's Mission carried on until October 31, 1897.
An independent mission was organized a week later, which adopted the name "St. Mark's" on March 13, 1898, and which acquired land on Columbia Road to build a church in early October.
The cornerstone for the new church was laid April 25, 1904, and the first service held on September 18. The congregation was formally incorporated as a
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
on January 15, 1906.
Leadership
* Henry Martyn Saville - Minister-in-Charge, 1898-1906
* Henry Martyn Saville - Rector, 1906-1907
* Frank Dorr Budlong - Rector, 1907-1918
* Robert Eliot Marshall - Rector, 1930-????
* Burdette Landsdowne - Rector, 1944-????
* R. J. Carlson - Rector, 1957-????
* Thomas W. O. Mayers - Rector, 1991-2008
* Cathy H. George - Priest-in-Charge, 2008-2011
* James K. Githitu - Rector, 2011-2016
See also
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Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...
References
External links
Episcopal Church page on the church
Dorchester, Boston
Episcopal church buildings in Massachusetts
Churches completed in 1904
Christian organizations established in 1887
20th-century Episcopal church buildings
National Register of Historic Places in Boston
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
American Craftsman architecture in Massachusetts
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