National Register of Historic Places

St. Stephen's Memorial Church

Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Listed
September 6, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79000335

About this property

St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church is parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in Lynn, Massachusetts founded in 1844. It is noted for its historic church at 74 South Common Street. The church reported 400 members in 2018 and 370 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $137,219 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 43 persons. Completed in 1881, the church is of a Romanesque Revival design by Ware & Van Brunt. It was built as a memorial to the children of Enoch Reddington Mudge of Swampscott, member of a leading Lynn family. It was built of granite quarried from Mudge's Swampscott estate, and trimmed with red brick and stone. The interior is richly decorated, with parquet and mosaic floors, carved timber ends, and a number of stained glass windows. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Stephen's Memorial Church on September 7, 1979, and included in the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992.

Location

74 S. Common St.
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
42.46287, -70.95623

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Nearby Historic Sites

Lynn Common Historic District
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0.1 mi
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Lynn Public Library
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Nearby Battles

Battle of Chelsea Creek (1775)
1775Revolutionary War
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Action at Hog Island
1775Revolutionary War
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Battle of Chelsea Creek
1775Revolutionary War
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When was St. Stephen's Memorial Church listed on the National Register?

St. Stephen's Memorial Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1979.

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St. Stephen's Memorial Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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