Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1805
Today we have a postcard showing St. Margaret’s Church
St. Margaret’s R. C. Church, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Dorchester Station Sep 2, 1908 with one-cent stamp. On verso: The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City Printed in Germany 56479.
Notes from Boston Landmarks Commission neighborhood description:
St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church, by virtue of its tall, distinctive spire, is the major landmark in the area. St. Margaret’s was built in 1899-1904 at 802 Columbia Road from designs provided by Keeley and Houghton. St Margaret’s parish was set off from the older parish of St. Peter’s, June 10, 1893. The first services of the new parish were conducted in a hall on Cottage Street on July 16, 1893. From November of 1893 until 1900, the congregation worshipped in a wooden church on Boston Street, now the site of 180 to 190 Boston Street. In the mean time, the present 16-room rectory at 800 Columbia Road was completed in 1898.
The church was renamed for Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta when the St. Margaret’s parish and the St. William’s parish combined in 2004. The rectory has been replaced with a school building in the past few years.
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