Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2047
Postcard. Caption on front: St. William’s Church, Dorchester, Mass. 7321. Postally unused.
St. William’s became a Parish set off from St. Peter’s in 1909, consisting of territory south of St. Margaret’s nearly to Glover’s Corner, and including the Savin Hill district. The Reverend James J. Baxter, the first pastor, bought the Worthington estate at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Belfort Street. The old mansion was adapted as a rectory. St. William’s first building at 1048 Dorchester Avenue was in the Spanish Mission style designed by Edward Sheehan, a Dorchester resident.
The building burned in September 1980 and was replaced with a church of modern design. About 10 years ago, the parish was merged with St. Margaret at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Columbia Road to become Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta Parish.
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