St. Anne's Church - Lowell MA
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Don.Morfe
N 42° 38.790 W 071° 18.708
19T E 310488 N 4724151
St. Anne's Church-Shortly after the Merrimac Mills opened in 1823, the owners built this church to help attract young women workers from rural New England villages, and farms.
Waymark Code: WM16BPF
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2022
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TEXT on the historical marker:
St. Anne's Church
Shortly after the Merrimac Mills opened in 1823, the owners built this church to help attract young women workers from rural New England villages, and farms.
Mill agent Kirk Boott oversaw the church's construction. Its Gothic style was derived from the English churches of his youth. Workers used stones dug from the Merrimack Canal to build its walls.
An Episcopalian, Boott ignored that most of the workers were Congregationalists or Baptists and hired a young clergymen of this faith-Theodore Edson.
Reverend Edson led the Lowell School Committee in a successful battle to increase spending for public schools. In a dramatic confrontation at Town Meetings in 1832 Edson prevailed over Boott and the textile corporation interests.
(Inscription over the church photo)
The church rose close to the oldest corporation and seemed a part of it...like a leaf out of an English story-book.
(Inscription under the photo)
St. Anne's Church, 1825
Agency Responsible for Placement: National Park Service
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Lowell
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Year Placed: Not listed
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