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*[http://stjamessalem.homestead.com/index.html St. James Church] church website
*[http://stjamessalem.homestead.com/index.html St. James Church] church website
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24/Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24&SUBKEY=architecture%20in%20salem/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24&2%2C2%2C Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, p. 148-9
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24/Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24&SUBKEY=architecture%20in%20salem/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=Xarchitecture+in+salem&SORT=D&searchscope=24&2%2C2%2C Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, p. 148-9
*"St. James Parish nearing centenary mark with golden anniversary of building..."'' Salem Evening News'', Dec. 2?, 1942, p. ?
*"St. James Parish nearing centenary mark with golden anniversary of building..."'' Salem Evening News'', Dec. 23, 1942, p. 13

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  • St. James Church, located at 152 Federal Street, was built in 1891-1900, and reflects a Gothic Revival style. This massive brick and stone edifice is 178 feet in length, with a steep-pitched roof nave 98 feet tall.
  • A corner tower with a spire roof, rising 200 feet above the sidewalk, was taken down in 1972.
  • The parish's first church building was a wooden structure near the present one, built in 1850 and demolished in 1892.
  • St. James parish ran a catholic schools for years as well.

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