Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Boston)
| Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston | |||
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| location | 1545 Tremont Street, Boston , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 19 '57.3 " N , 71 ° 6' 2.1" W | ||
| Built | 1878, towers added in 1910 | ||
| architect | Schickel & Ditmars , towers by Franz Joseph Untersee | ||
| Architectural style | Neo- Romanesque , Neo-Gothic | ||
| NRHP number | [1] 89001747 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 6, 1989 | ||
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Roman Catholic basilica in Boston District Mission Hill in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is also known as Mission Church for short .
Redemptorists built a modest, wooden mission church in 1870 on the site where the basilica is now. Construction on the current building began in 1878 using the nearby conglomerate Roxbury Puddingstone . The steeples were added in 1910. Due to the sloping foundation on which the church stands, the western cross rises 215 ft (66 m ) while the other tower is 2 ft (1 m ) shorter. The length of the church is also 215 ft (66 m ), which gives the building perfect proportions. The church was founded in 1956 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the status of a minor basilica .
The building is on Tremont Street in the center of Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood , which the church gives its name to. Therefore it is also symbolic for the district.
In the Basilica which was held 29 August 2009 funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy instead. He had often prayed there because the church is near the hospitals in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area where he visited sick and wounded family members.
See also
Web links
- Site of the basilica
- Kennedy to Have Boston Funeral, Burial Alongside Brothers at Arlington Cemetery. In: Fox News . August 26, 2009, accessed January 26, 2012 .
- http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/0755.htm
Individual evidence
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved January 23, 2007.