St. James Church

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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, was taken down in 1972. The parish's first church was a wooden structure near the present one, built in 1850 and demolished in 1892.

See Also

Vertical File in the Salem Collection - Salem Churches
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

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