Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

The Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent make up an historic Roman Catholic church complex at 6th and Thorndike Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The church was built in the 1870s and 1880s to serve the parish first organized as the St. John the Evangelist Parish in 1842. The cornerstone of the church was laid on 4 October 1874. It was dedicated in 1883, and opened for Divine Service on 12 November 1876. The rectory was added in 1885, and the convent and school followed in 1902. The church is a Medieval Gothic structure designed by P. W. Ford. The complex occupies an entire city block,[2] and has been partly taken over for Cambridge city school administration.

Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′14.5″N 71°5′7.5″W
Built	1874
Architect	Patrick W. Ford Peter Paul Pugin
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other
MPS	Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001974 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1982

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 April 1982; #387395.[1]

See also

• St. John the Evangelist Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.