Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13881	St. John's Memorial Chapel	Reference	Structures, Ceremonial, Church				Boston MA area, Cambridge	99 Brattle Street	“On the twenty-second day of January, 1867, Mr. Benjamin T. Reed of Boston, by legal indenture, placed in the hands of trustees one hundred thousand dollars, towards the founding and endowing of an Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, which school was opened in the autumn of the same year. “In the year 1869, Mr. Robert M. Mason [of Boston], completed and presented to the Trustees the beautiful edifice of St. John’s Memorial Chapel, as a free church for the permanent use of the students of the school, and of the congregation which might be gathered there as worshippers. This building, with its fine organ and other furniture cost its generous donor seventy-five thousand dollars.” The congregation is not organized as a parish, nor has it any Rector or Wardens; but the Faculty of the School are required to maintain, permanently, public worship and preaching in the Chapel, under the direction of the Dean of the Faculty. Rev. John S. Stone, D.D. was elected Dean at the organization of the School in 1867.” – “History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register” by Lucius R. Paige, p. 341 - 1877	St. John's Memorial Chapel Item: 13881    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Boston MA area, Cambridge State: MA Address: 99 Brattle Street Description: “On the twenty-second day of January, 1867, Mr. Benjamin T. Reed of Boston, by legal indenture, placed in the hands of trustees one hundred thousand dollars, towards the founding and endowing of an Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, which school was opened in the autumn of the same year. “In the year 1869, Mr. Robert M. Mason [of Boston], completed and presented to the Trustees the beautiful edifice of St. John’s Memorial Chapel, as a free church for the permanent use of the students of the school, and of the congregation which might be gathered there as worshippers. This building, with its fine organ and other furniture cost its generous donor seventy-five thousand dollars.” The congregation is not organized as a parish, nor has it any Rector or Wardens; but the Faculty of the School are required to maintain, permanently, public worship and preaching in the Chapel, under the direction of the Dean of the Faculty. Rev. John S. Stone, D.D. was elected Dean at the organization of the School in 1867.” – “History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register” by Lucius R. Paige, p. 341 - 1877 [show more]
5208	St. John's Memorial Chapel	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1892-11-20	Boston MA area, Cambridge	99 Brattle Street		St. John's Memorial Chapel Item: 5208    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-11-20 Place: Boston MA area, Cambridge State: MA Address: 99 Brattle Street Source: Henry L. Rand Collection

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