Santo Christo Church (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Historic church in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place


Santo Christo Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°42′1″N 71°9′48″W / 41.70028°N 71.16333°W / 41.70028; -71.16333
Built	1924
Architect	Murphy & Hindle
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Fall River MRA
NRHP reference No.	83000715 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1983

Santo Christo Church is an historic church located at 240 Columbia Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, dedicated to the Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles. The parish was formally established in 1889 to serve in the local Portuguese community, after two decades of itinerant services by priests from New Bedford.^[2]

The Gothic Revival-style church building was built in 1924–27 to a design by the architectural firm of Murphy & Hindle. It is stylistically subdued, but has fine stained glass windows, a tile roof with copper coping, and cast stone pinnacles.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] A building restoration project began in late 2013.^[3] As of July 2018 the pastor is the Very Rev. Jeffrey Cabral, J.C.L., who is also the Judicial Vicar for the Diocese of Fall River.^{[citation needed]}

Masses are celebrated in English Sunday's at 10:00am and Portuguese Saturday at 4pm and Sunday 8am and 12pm (Summer hours: 8am and 11am).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "MACRIS inventory record for Santo Christo Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
^ Fall River Herald News, October 20, 2013
^ Parish website

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