All Souls Church (Braintree, Massachusetts)

All Souls Church, also known as All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Braintree, is a church on the National Register of Historic Places, it is located at 196 Elm Street in Braintree, Massachusetts. The building is a large fieldstone structure, in a cruciform plan with a square tower that has a crenellated top. The gable ends are decorated with bargeboard, and the entrance is set under a gabled entry porch below a large window with Gothic tracery. The church was designed by Boston architect Edwin J. Lewis Jr. and built in 1905 for a congregation organized in 1900; it is Braintree's first stone church building. Land for the building was donated by George O. Wales, a leading force in uniting Braintree's Unitarian and Universalist congregations.[2]

All Souls Church
All Souls Church in 2010
All Souls Church (Braintree, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
All Souls Church (Braintree, Massachusetts)
All Souls Church (Braintree, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
All Souls Church (Braintree, Massachusetts)
Location196 Elm Street, Braintree, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°13′23″N 71°0′2″W / 42.22306°N 71.00056°W / 42.22306; -71.00056
Built1904
ArchitectEdwin J. Lewis Jr.
Architectural styleEnglish Revival
NRHP reference No.15000389[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 2015

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for All Souls Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
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