Blessed Sacrament: Boston Landmark Study Report

postcard of the original church building

The Blessed Sacrament complex is a physical representation of the social and cultural history and significance of the Catholic Church in Boston around the turn of the last century and in the early 20th century. The five-building Complex includes the former church, convent, rectory, and two former parochial schools - Cheverus School and St. Norbert School. Originally built between 1894-1926 to serve a growing Irish and German Catholic parish in this part of Jamaica Plain, the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and associated parish buildings represent an architecturally significant collection of buildings designed in a variety of period styles.

According to architectural historian Keith N. Morgan, the Church of the Blessed Sacrament is one of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance Revival church architecture in New England.1 Even after the Church was deconsecrated in 2004 and all religious iconography was removed, the remaining design, workmanship, feeling and association of the remarkable building remains intact.

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