St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Boston, Massachusetts)

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 in 2014.[1]

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	73 Columbia Rd., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′16″N 71°4′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Architect	Edmund O. Sylvester
Architectural style	Craftsman; English Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	12000783[1]
Added to NRHP	July 3, 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.[2] 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.[3] 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 on January 15, 1906.

Parish Leadership

• The Rev. Henry Martyn Saville - Minister-in-Charge, 1898-1906
• The Rev. Henry Martyn Saville - Rector, 1906-1907
• The Rev. Frank Dorr Budlong - Rector, 1907-1918
• The Rev. Robert Eliot Marshall - Rector, 1930-????
• The Rev. Burdette Landsdowne - Rector, 1944-????
• The Rev. R. J. Carlson - Rector, 1957-????
• The Rev. Dr. Thomas W. O. Mayers - Rector, 1991-2008
• The Rev. Cathy H. George - Priest-in-Charge, 2008-2011
• The Rev. Dr. James K. Githitu - Rector, 2011-2016

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
• Episcopal Church (United States)

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. The story of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Dorchester, Mass., St. Mark's Episcopal Church [Dorchester, Boston, Mass.], 1909, retrieved 2019-07-06
3. "MACRIS inventory record for Saint Mark Episcopal Chapel". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

External links

• Episcopal Church page on the church