St. Aidan's Church (Brookline, Massachusetts)

Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory is a historic Catholic church complex in Brookline, Massachusetts. The stuccoed church, located at 224-210 Freeman Street, was designed by Maginnis & Walsh, a noted designer of ecclesiastical buildings, in the Medieval (Tudor) Revival style, and was built in 1911. It was Brookline's third Catholic parish, after Saint Mary's and Saint Lawrence. The church is notable as the parish which was attended by Joseph P. Kennedy and his family when they were living on Beals Street; it was the site of the baptism of both John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.^[2] The rectory, located at 158 Pleasant Street, was built c. 1850-55 by Edward G. Parker, a Boston lawyer. It was acquired by the church in 1911, and restyled to match the church in 1920.^[3]

Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′51″N 71°7′11″W
Built	1850
Architect	Maginnis and Walsh
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
MPS	Brookline MRA
NRHP reference No.	85003310[1]
Added to NRHP	October 17, 1985

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1] The church was closed in 1999, and converted to housing.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Saint Aidan's Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
3. "MACRIS inventory record for Saint Aidan's Rectory". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
4. "Independence School District braces for more state cuts".

External links

• The St. Aidan Community

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