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St. Peters Catholic Church (Worcester, Massachusetts)

St. Peter's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 935 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1884, the church is one of the city's finest and most ornate examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is home to an active parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. Architecture and history St. Peter's is located on the south side of Main Street in southwestern Worcester, directly opposite the main Clark University campus. It is a red brick structure with granite trim and ornate Gothic Revival styling. It is basically rectangular, with a square tower projecting from the right front corner and a central projecting section on the main facade. The tower has two narrow round-arch windows in the first three stages, this in the third (belfry) stage taller. It is topped with ornate crenellations and spires. The main facade has three entrances, one in the projecting section, and one each on either side. The central entrance, set in a round-arch opening, is under a gable-roofed projection, with a row of round-arch windows set pairwise in round-arch recesses. The flanking entrances are also set in round-arch openings, with circular rose windows on the second level. St. Peter's Parish was established in 1884 to provide services to the burgeoning population of southwestern Worcester. Ground for the church was broken on its construction that year, but it was not completed until 1893, the year in which it was formally dedicated. It was designed by architect Patrick W. Ford. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References External links Media related to St. Peters Catholic Church (Worcester, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons
St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church

St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի), also known as Soorp Stepanos Church, is an Armenian Apostolic church in Watertown, Massachusetts. The church is located in the heart of Watertown's Armenian community, the largest on the East Coast of the United States. Its jurisdiction falls under the Armenian Prelacy of the Eastern United States, based in New York City, and the Holy See of Cilicia (Lebanon). The community was established in 1933, meeting in a rented church in Boston, but when the owners of the building decided to sell it, committees were established to seek out new facilities. On April 23, 1953 the church purchased two plots of land on Elton Avenue in Watertown on which to erect a new church. Groundbreaking took place on June 6, 1956, and the new church was consecrated on October 20, 1957 by Archbishop (Later Catholicos) Khoren I Paroian. Adjacent to the church is a bilingual school, St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School. The church has faced tensions during the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. Gallery References External links St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church (Watertown, MA) on Facebook
St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School

St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս հայկական տարրական դպրոց), commonly known as SSAES, is a private, bilingual, coeducational elementary school located at 47 Nichols Avenue in Watertown, Massachusetts. Founded in 1984, it is affiliated with the St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston and is the only Armenian elementary day school in New England. The school serves students from preschool (age 2 years, 9 months) through Grade 5 and is accredited by the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE). History The school was founded to provide the Armenian Community of the Greater Boston Area with a place where children could learn to read, write and speak Armenian. The school is associated with the St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church. Watertown, Massachusetts has historically been home to one of the largest concentrations of Armenian Americans in the United States. Immigration from Armenia and the broader Armenian diaspora accelerated significantly in the 1970s and 1980s following the Lebanese Civil War (1975) and political upheaval in Iran, which caused many Armenian families to resettle in the Greater Boston area. In response to community demand, St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School was established in 1984 as a private, non-profit bilingual preschool. Its founding mission was to give the children of the Armenian diaspora an awareness of their language, culture, and heritage while also providing a rigorous American academic education. The school is associated with St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston and is located within the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) in Watertown. Location Faculty Curriculum Sources SSAES.org: official school website Armenian Weekly: St Stephen's Armenian Elementary School to Celebrate 35 Years (October 22, 2019) St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston: SSAES ANCA.org (Armenian National Committee of America) St Stephen's Armenian Elementary School to Celebrate 30 Years (March 22, 2016)
Stafford Hill Memorial

The Stafford Hill Memorial is a stone memorial on Stafford Hill Road in Cheshire, Massachusetts. The memorial was built in 1927 to commemorate the grave site of Joab (also spelled Jorab) Stafford, who settled in what is now Cheshire in 1767. The stone structure was designed as a replica of a stone tower in Rhode Island, where Stafford came from. The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Stafford Hill Memorial stands in a rural setting, set back over 400 feet (120 m) from Stafford Hill Road in northeastern Cheshire. It is located near the crest of the Stafford Hill ridge, where there are dramatic views of the surrounding countryside. The memorial is a rubblestone structure, 25 feet (7.6 m) in diameter and in height. It is capped by a flat roof on which a flagpole is mounted. The lower level of the memorial consists of eight arches, with a mausoleum containing the remains of Joab Stafford in the center. The interior is finished in concrete. Above the south arch a marble plaque is set in the stone; it bears the legend "1777, Erected in Memory of the Pioneers and Patriots of New Providence, 1927." Joab Stafford was a native of Newport, Rhode Island, who was sent to the area to survey the land that was then known as New Providence, but later incorporated as Cheshire. Stafford surveyed the land in 1766, and purchased three lots the following year. He built his house on this property (then 200 acres (81 ha)), and it became the early center of the community. None of the buildings from his occupancy survive. Stafford formed a militia company that fought in the Battle of Bennington in August 1777. Stafford later moved to Albany, New York but returned to Cheshire in 1800 and died there in 1802. In 1927, the local Sons of the American Revolution raised funds by subscription to construct a memorial to Stafford. The memorial tower was constructed of fieldstone in that year, and Stafford's remains were reinterred in a mausoleum . The memorial incorporates Stafford's grave site, the tower, and a variety of commemorative plaques. In the years since, some of the plaques have been stolen, and others have been removed to Cheshire Town Hall for safekeeping. The memorial and its surrounding land are owned and maintained by the town. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts References
Stagg Field (Springfield College)

Stagg Field is a stadium on the campus of Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. With bleacher seating for 3,867, is it the home field for Springfield College's football, field hockey, and men's and women's lacrosse team. It is also used for physical education classes and intramural sports. The Springfield College men's and women's soccer teams formerly played on the field, before moving to Brock-Affleck Field. Featuring the first AstroTurf surface in the nation to be installed on a college playing field, it is plowable and used year-round. The field is lighted according to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) standards for night games and has a heated and air conditioned press box. The field open in 1971 as "Benedum Field" in honour of Paul G. Benedum, a businessman who served as a member of the Springfield College Board of Trusteese in the 1960s. It was renamed in October 2007 in honor of Amos Alonzo Stagg, who came to Springfield College—then known as then known as International YMCA Training School—and initiated the school's football program. The field was resurfaced with "monofilament FieldTurf" during the summer of 2007. Stagg Field stands on the site of the college's previous athletics stadium, Pratt Field. Events hosted 1984 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament 1989 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament 1995 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament References External links Official website
Stark Building

The Stark Building is a historic commercial building in Waltham, Massachusetts. The three-story brick building was built in 1891 by John Stark Jr., the owner of a successful manufacturer of watchmaking tools. It is one of Waltham's few surviving and well-preserved Queen Anne commercial buildings, having only received significant alteration to its storefronts. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history The Stark Building is located on the east side of Moody Street, between Cushing and Chestnut Streets. Moody Street is a major north–south artery, and the principal commercial area on the city's south side. The building is three stories tall, built of brick with brownstone trim. Piers separate either individual or tripled windows, and there are decorative terra cotta panels set between the levels above and below the windows. The building was built in 1891 by John Stark Jr., the son of a Scottish immigrant who established a business manufacturing lathes specialized for the production of watches. The younger Stark took over his father's business, and expanded into real estate with the construction of this building in front of his father's shop. It is one of the few large buildings on Moody Street to survive from the 19th century. Stark was also a partner in the Waltham Clock Company, which was eventually absorbed by the Waltham Watch Company. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts References
State Armory (Springfield, Massachusetts)

The State Armory is a historic armory building at 29 Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1895, it is a prominent and distinctive example of Gothic architecture in the city's downtown. The building was the first that was purpose-built for the local militia, and was in its later years home to the South End Community Center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was extensively damaged by the Greater Springfield tornado on June 1, 2011, in which the rear drill shed of the building was reduced to rubble. The building was sold by the City of Springfield to MGM Resorts for $1.6 million in 2014 as part of the MGM Springfield redevelopment project, a mixed use redevelopment including casino, hotel, movie theatres, skating rink, restaurants, and shops. While the Drill Shed and rear of building was lost, the stone structure was fully restored on the exterior with the interior stabilized and cleared out. The building currently houses ROAR Comedy Club, a stand-up comedy club operated by MGM Springfield. Description and history The former State Armory building is located in downtown Springfield, on the south side of Howard Street west of Main Street. The construction of its front section is primarily granite, with decorative elements of brick and brownstone. It has towers that are 50 feet (15 m) and 60 feet (18 m) tall with crenellated brick battlements and a parapet connecting the two front towers. The mass of the building is directly on Howard Street, and historically loomed over its neighbors. (Most of the area is now part of the MGM Springfield casino complex.) Attached to the rear of the front section, extending to Union Street, was a large gable-roofed drill shed, built out of brick with brownstone trim. The shed was destroyed by the Greater Springfield tornado on June 1, 2011, and is now the site of the French Congregational Church, which was relocated there as part of the casino construction. The armory was built in 1895 to a design by Wait & Cutter of Boston, with local architects Gardner, Pyne & Gardner supervising. It was the first dedicated facility for the Springfield companies of the state militia. It served for many years as the main facility for all militia companies based in western Massachusetts, and was also the largest space in the city for social functions. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts References
State Normal Training School

The State Normal Training School is a historic training school building at 27 Washington Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1899 to provide a teaching facility for teachers-in-training who were students at the Westfield State Normal School (now Westfield State University), the second-oldest such school the nation. It was operated jointly by the normal school and the city of Westfield from 1900 until 1956, at which point it was converted into a regular elementary school. The city formally acquired the property in 1977 where it served as the city courthouse until 2012. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building now houses apartments, and is known in the community as Courthouse Square. Description and history The former State Normal Training School building is located one block west of Westfield's downtown Main Street area, on a parcel bounded by Washington, Church, and School Streets. It is a 3+1⁄2-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with brownstone trim and resting on a cut granite foundation. It is in the general form of an H, with slightly projecting wings on either side of a central section, each covered by hip roof. Ground floor windows are generally set in rectangular openings, while those on the second story are set in segmented-arch openings. The entrances are recessed in wide segmented-arch openings, flanked on either side by similar openings with windows. The interior is framed in steel and finished in plaster with pine wainscoting; the basic layout and finishes have been preserved. The Westfield Normal School (now Westfield State University) was the second normal school to be established in Massachusetts, in 1839. By the 1870s, its buildings were deteriorating and in need of replacement. A new building (now the Westfield Municipal Building was built for the school in 1889, but a need was also recognized for a state-run elementary school that could be used for teacher training. This building was built in 1899 to a design by Gardner, Pyne & Gardner of Springfield, one of the region's leading architectural firms. Its doors opened in 1900, and it was operated under a state-city partnership until 1956. It continued to serve the city as a school until the late 1970s. In 2012, the building was completely renovated, while carefully preserving its historic attributes. The property currently serves as a residential apartment building known as Courthouse Square. See also Westfield Municipal Building (which housed the normal school at the time) National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts References
State Street Bank Building

State Street Bank Building, also known as 225 Franklin Street, is a high-rise office building located in the Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts. The building stands at 477 feet (145 meters) with 33 floors and was completed in 1966. It is the 29th-tallest building in Boston. The architectural firm who designed the building was F.A. Stahl & Associates. State Street Bank Building was one of the first skyscrapers to be built in Boston after the completion of the Prudential Tower in 1964. The building gained its name from the prominent "State Street Bank" lettering present at the top of the building for many years, although the sign has since been taken down. A similar "State Street" sign was subsequently placed at One Lincoln Street. In 2009, Fish & Richardson agreed to lease space in One Marina Park in South Boston as its new headquarters and abandon its current headquarters at the State Street Bank Building. Subsequently, it moved to One Marina Park in 2010. See also List of tallest buildings in Boston References External links 225 Franklin Street Entry on Emporis Entry on SkyscraperPage Fish & Richardson to occupy 124,000 sf at 1 Marina Park Drive
Stearns Tavern

Stearns Tavern is a former tavern in Worcester, Massachusetts. The building is one of the best extant examples of vernacular Federal style architecture in the city. Its construction is dated to c. 1812 based on 19th-century historical sources, and it was suggested that its frame may be even older, based on analysis conducted during a 1974 move of the building. The building is a two-story timber-frame house, with a two-story ell on the northeast. The front door is a distinctive six-panel door, flanked by sidelights and topped by a fanlight. Originally located at 1030 Main Street, it was moved in 1974 to 651 Park Avenue and converted for use as a bank. Restoration done at the time exposed Federal style details that had been covered over in the intervening years. It was located at 651 Park Avenue in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1974 to 2016. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In October 2016, the building was moved to 140 Mill Street in Worcester. It was removed from the National Register in 2023. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References
Stephen Hall House

The Stephen Hall House is a historic house at 64 Minot Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the 1850s, and is one of Reading's best examples of Gothic Victorian residential architecture. It has board-and-batten siding, long and narrow windows, and a central projecting gabled overhang with Gothic arched windows and a deep eave with brackets. Although it appears to be a near copy of a design published by Andrew Jackson Downing, its plan was apparently copied from a house in Wakefield, and is lacking some of Downing's proportions. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
Stephen Symmes Jr. House

The Stephen Symmes Jr. House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. It is built on land that was held in the Symmes family since 1703, when it was purchased from a Native American. Although it has been claimed to date to 1746, the house was probably built in 1841, and may incorporate parts of an older building within it. The building is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Arlington, with a pillared porch on two sides. The house is notable for its association with Stephen Symmes Jr., who bequeathed this property to the town for use as a hospital. Symmes Hospital The location of the house on Crosby Street was deemed unsuitable for use as a hospital, and the town was granted permission by the probate court to liquidate the estate and use the proceeds to build a hospital elsewhere. This resulted in the construction of Symmes Hospital in Arlington. Symmes Hospital served Arlington from 1901 to 1999, then stood vacant for several years until finally being torn down in 2008. Finally in 2013–2014, the hospital site was redeveloped as the Arlington 360 residences. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
Sterling Airport

Sterling Airport (FAA LID: 3B3) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Sterling, a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is privately owned by Monadnock Realty Corp. It is a fairly inexpensive place to rent airplanes, as the starting rate is $99/hour for a two-seater Cessna 150. The airport has many parking spaces, open-air and in hangars. The Sterling Airport closes its runways in early September for the Sterling Fair, during which time, all the aircraft tied down on the field must be flown elsewhere. Even the glider trailers are moved off-field. But after the fair, the airport opens for normal operations once again. Sterling Airport is also the home of the Greater Boston Soaring Club. Facilities and aircraft Sterling Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 459 feet (140 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,086 by 40 feet (941 x 12 m) and one helipad designated H1 which is 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 1, 2010, the airport had 49,260 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 37% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 56% glider, and 4% ultralight. See also List of airports in Massachusetts References External links Aerial image as of March 1995 from USGS The National Map Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for 3B3 AirNav airport information for 3B3 FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker SkyVector aeronautical chart for 3B3
Stevens' Building

Stevens' Building is a historic commercial building located at 24–44 Southbridge Street in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. It is one of the city's most imposing mid-19th century buildings. The brick building is four stories for most of its length on Southbridge Street, and also presents a finished facade to Burnside Court. The central portion rises to a full five stories with a flat roof, while the north and south sections are four floors with a low pitch roof. The oldest portion of the building was the central portion, built sometime in the 1850s. The Stevens Brothers, manufacturers of wooden architectural building parts, purchased this building c. 1867, extended it northward to Burnside Court, and used it as factory space. By 1870 they had bought the land south of the building, and erected as a freestanding building seven bays of the present building. The two buildings were then joined together later in the 1870s. The fifth floor of the central section was probably added after a fire in the early 1900s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. See also Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, across Burnside Court Harold D. Donohue Federal Building and United States Courthouse, across Southbridge Street Daniel Stevens House, residence of one of the Stevens brothers National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References