Sacred Heart Parish Complex

Sacred Heart Parish Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°41′22″N 71°9′32″W / 42.68944°N 71.15889°WCoordinates: 42°41′22″N 71°9′32″W / 42.68944°N 71.15889°W
Area	85,000 sf
Built	1899-1925
Architect	Walter F. Fontaine; Joseph G. Morissette
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival; Gothic Revival; Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	11000853[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 2011

The Sacred Heart Parish Complex is historic Roman Catholic church complex located at 321 S. Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It consists of five buildings: two schools (one Romanesque Revival built 1899, the other Colonial Revival built 1926), and a convent (1920), rectory (1924), and church (1935–36). The church was designed by Woonsocket, Rhode Island architect Walter F. Fontaine in association with Joseph G. Morissette, of Lawrence.^[2][3]

Between the 1899 school and the convent is a small grotto that is also part of the complex. In 2004 the Catholic church consolidated seven parishes in Lawrence down to three, and this complex was sold to Sagrado Corazon LLC. The schools and convent have been converted to residential use, while the church and rectory are leased to a schismatic Dominican order that believes in sedevacantism.^[4][5]

A historic district encompassing the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2011.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
3. Bridgemen's Magazine Feb. 1934: 99.
4. http://www.valleypatriot.com/VP020607sacredheart.html
5. "NRHP nomination of Sacred Heart Parish Complex". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-04.