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St. John's Congregational Church & Parsonage-Parish for Working Girls

Churches completed in 1911Churches in Hampden County, MassachusettsChurches in Springfield, MassachusettsChurches on the National Register of Historic Places in MassachusettsHistory of women in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Springfield, Massachusetts
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SpringfieldMA FormerStJohnsChurch

The St. John's Congregational Church and Parsonage-Parish for Working Girls are a pair of historic religious buildings at 69 Hancock and 643 Union Streets in Springfield, Massachusetts. The church, built in 1911 for an African-American congregation founded in 1889, is a well-preserved example of English and Gothic Revival architecture. The parsonage, built in 1913, is a little-altered example of Colonial Revival architecture. Both buildings are important in the history of Springfield's African-American community, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. The church building is now occupied by a different congregation, the original having moved to larger quarters across Union Street; the parsonage house continues to be used by the St. John's congregation as an education center.

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St. John's Congregational Church & Parsonage-Parish for Working Girls
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