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
Location73 Columbia Rd., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°18′16″N 71°4′56″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1904
ArchitectEdmund O. Sylvester
Architectural styleCraftsman; English Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.12000783[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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

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.


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