South Unitarian Church

South Unitarian
Location 888 Main St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′11″N 71°49′5″W / 42.25306°N 71.81806°WCoordinates: 42°15′11″N 71°49′5″W / 42.25306°N 71.81806°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1894
Architect Earle & Fisher
Architectural style Romanesque
Governing body Private
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference # 80000550[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1980

The South Unitarian Church is an historic church building at 888 Main Street in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by Earle & Fisher and was built by the Norcross Brothers in 1894 for the South Unitarian Society, established in 1890. The building is made of sandstone blocks, laid in courses alternating in width. The front (eastern) facade features a high pitched gable, with two rows of three windows, then a pair of windows topped by a large half-round window To the right is the church entrance, a smaller projecting gable section with a doorway recessed in a round archway, topped by three smaller windows. To the rear behind the entrance is a square tower with a partial half-round side tower.[2]

On March 5, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as South Unitarian.[1] At the time of its listing it housed an Armenian Apostolic congregation;[2] it presently houses a Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Congregation.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NRHP nomination for South Unitarian Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

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