Holy Name of Jesus Complex (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Holy Name of Jesus Complex
Location Illinois St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′45″N 71°49′16″W / 42.24583°N 71.82111°W / 42.24583; -71.82111Coordinates: 42°14′45″N 71°49′16″W / 42.24583°N 71.82111°W / 42.24583; -71.82111
Built 1893
Architect Nault,O.E.
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Gothic, Other
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

88000721

[1]
Added to NRHP June 09, 1988

The Holy Name of Jesus Complex is an historic religious complex on Illinois Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It consists of four main buildings, a church, rectory, convent, and school. It was the third Roman Catholic parish established in the city to serve its French Canadian population, and was a significant work of a Canadian-born Worcester architect, O. E. Nault. One of the Founders of the Church was Noel Biron.[2] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

The first building of the complex to be completed was the school, begun in 1893 and dedicated in 1898. It is a three story brick building, with projecting entry bays at its ends. It underwent some alterations in 1926, but its Romanesque Revival styling is still evident in the round entry arch and other details. The church, although it was also begun in 1893, was not finished until 1916. It is also a brick structure, with granite trim elements providing contrasting details. The church facade is flanked by a pair of buttressed towers, which have been topped by parapets. Windows and doorways on various elevations are in characteristic Romanesque round arch forms.[2]

The Convent of St. Anne was built 1922-24, and is a three story brick Georgian Revival structure. It has a hip roof above an elaborately detailed Classical cornice, and its entrance is sheltered by a barrel-roofed portico. The rectory was also begun in 1922, and completed in 1928. It is a two story brick building also in Georgian Revival styling, with a Classical frieze and cornice, and porches sporting Ionic columns.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record for Holy Name of Jesus Complex". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
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