St. Paul Church

St. Paul Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is located in Cambridge.

St. Paul Parish was one of many parishes in the area founded by Fr. Manasses Dougherty largely in response to the influx of Irish Catholics to the Boston area in the late 19th century. The cornerstone for the present church building, an Italian Romanesque monument located at Quincy Square, was laid in November 1916.

The architect was Edward T. P. Graham. Graham used Verona's Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore and Torre del Commune as inspirations. The new church building, which was dedicated in October 1924, was at the same site as the St. Paul School, which had been built some years before. By the mid-1960s, enrollment had declined and the parish school was replaced by the Choir School. In the 1990s, the original school building was torn down and replaced with a multi-purpose building attached to the church, which houses the rectory, parish offices, the choir school and the Harvard Catholic Center.

St. Paul Church, back

St. Paul Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is located in Cambridge.

St. Paul Parish was one of many parishes in the area founded by Fr. Manasses Dougherty largely in response to the influx of Irish Catholics to the Boston area in the late 19th century. The cornerstone for the present church building, an Italian Romanesque monument located at Quincy Square, was laid in November 1916.

The architect was Edward T. P. Graham. Graham used Verona's Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore and Torre del Commune as inspirations. The new church building, which was dedicated in October 1924, was at the same site as the St. Paul School, which had been built some years before. By the mid-1960s, enrollment had declined and the parish school was replaced by the Choir School. In the 1990s, the original school building was torn down and replaced with a multi-purpose building attached to the church, which houses the rectory, parish offices, the choir school and the Harvard Catholic Center.

Photo 07, Sept 2010