Dorchester Illustration no. 2218 St. Matthew’s Church
In 1888 Father Fitzpatrick of St. Gregory’s bought a lot of land at the corner of Norfolk and Darlington Streets, and two years later opened a temporary church on the site at 89 Norfolk Street. It opened on Christmas Day, 1890, and remained as a ward of St. Gregory’s until it became St. Matthew’s Parish in 1900. When the new Saint Matthew’s building on Stanton Street was ready for use in 1923, the building pictured here was used for a time as the church school. It later became the Syria Temple No. 31, Prince Hall, Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
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