Notre Dame Catholic Church - Southbridge, Massachusetts - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Notre Dame Parish was founded on November 29, 1869 and its first church was a large wooden church. By the late 1800's the congregation had grown substantially due to the influx of Canadian immigrants coming from farms in French Canada to work in the mills of Southbridge. With the growing population efforts were underway to build a larger church building.

The building was designed by Joseph Venne of Montreal as architect and the Roman artist Gonippo Raggi as artist-decorator. The church was built of white marble bricks which were originally intended as tombstones for the Spanish -American war. It has a red Spanish tile roof, and measures 190 feet in length. The nave is 78 feet across and the transept is 123 feet long.

Construction was begun on March 25, 1911 and the church was dedicated July 2, 1916.

Street address: Main St. at Marcy St. Southbridge, Massachusetts County / Borough / Parish: Worcester Year listed: 1989 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Religion Current function: Religion Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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