Saint Paul's Rectory

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Saint Paul's Rectory
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Saint Paul's Rectory
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Location130 Aspinwall Ave., Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′46″N71°7′6″W / 42.34611°N 71.11833°W / 42.34611; -71.11833
Built1886
ArchitectPeabody and Stearns
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
MPS Brookline MRA
NRHP reference No. 85003313 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1985

Saint Paul's Rectory is a historic church rectory at 130 Aspinwall Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Jacobethan stone house was built in 1886 to a design by Peabody and Stearns. It was designed to complement the Gothic Revival style of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, for whose rector it was built. Construction funds were given in memory of Henry Savage Chase by his children. The exterior is finished in Brighton puddingstone and Nova Scotia freestone; its gable ends have elbows on the parapet walls, and the upper-level windows have diamond panes. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Saint Paul's Rectory". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-23.