Sacred Heart Parish Complex | |
Location | 321 S. Broadway, Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°41′22″N 71°9′32″W / 42.68944°N 71.15889°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1899-1925 |
Architect | Walter F. Fontaine; Joseph G. Morissette |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival; Gothic Revival; Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 11000853[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 2011 |
The Sacred Heart Parish Complex is a historic former Roman Catholic church complex located at 321 S. Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It consists of five buildings built between 1899 and 1936, including a fine Gothic Revival stone church. A historic district encompassing the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2011.[1] The complex was sold by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston in 2004 in order to help pay for the liabilities related to the sex abuse scandal, payouts for the scandal so far is approximately $4,000,000,000 (4 billion) church wide.