The Union Congregational Church or Chestnut Street Congregational Church is a historic
Congregational church building at 5 Chestnut Street in
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...
. The church is a well-preserved local example of Victorian Gothic Revival styling. Its basic appearance is reminiscent of the
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to the ...
, although on a more modest scale. The building was designed by
Earle & Fisher
Earle & Fisher was an American architectural partnership active during 1892–1903. It was a partnership of Clellan W. Fisher and Stephen C. Earle (1839-1913). Fisher became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1893.
A number o ...
and construction took place between 1895 and 1897. Its main facade features twin towers flanking an entrance consisting of three trefoil arches, above which is a large rose window and an arched arcade connecting the two towers. The upper levels of the towers are open areas surrounded by paired narrow pointed-arch openings, and are decorated by crenellations and gargoyles. The main body of the church is covered in a slate roof (original replaced in 1948), and the stained glass of some of its windows was brought over from the buildings of other church congregations which merged into the Union congregation.
The building 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 ...
in 1980.
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References
United Church of Christ churches in Massachusetts
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Gothic Revival church buildings in Massachusetts
Churches completed in 1895
19th-century United Church of Christ church buildings
Churches in Worcester, Massachusetts
Stone churches in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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