National Register of Historic Places

Christ Episcopal Church

Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
September 27, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89001546

About this property

Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church at 750 Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The church reported 382 members in 2016 and 369 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $101,544 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 38 persons. The church was founded in 1848, but a local hall was used for services until a wooden church was built in 1849. The wooden structure eventually proved inadequate and a larger church designed by Peabody and Stearns was built of local fieldstone at the current location between 1897 and 1898. The church contains stained glass windows produced by several noteworthy manufacturers, including Clayton and Bell, Charles Connick, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Donald MacDonald. Eight rectors have served the church since its founding.

Location

750 Main St.
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.37580, -71.24040

Categories

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Sources

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When was Christ Episcopal Church listed on the National Register?

Christ Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 27, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Christ Episcopal Church?

Christ Episcopal Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Christ Episcopal Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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