Church History
The Church of the Holy Name in Swampscott, Massachusetts was organized in 1891, and it is the oldest original building in Swampscott. Our church is included in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Olmsted Subdivision Historic District as stated by the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Charles Henry Joy gave the land for the church building. Shortly after he died, his widow, Marie Louise Joy, built the church as a memorial to her husband and to her father, Enoch Redington Mudge. The church was designed by Henry Vaughan, architect of the National Cathedral, and finished in 1893. Remick Hall was added in 1900. The Rectory adjoining the church was built in 1907. Barrett Hall was added on as an educational wing in 1957. It should also be noted that the Church has an organ console, in storage in a Boston warehouse, donated by the National Cathedral. It is planned to incorporate this historic console in our organ renovation plan.
The Church of the Holy Name is part of the Olmsted Historic District which is listed is on the National Register of Historic Places (listed, 7/01/02) the Olmsted Subdivision, a gateway to the town, is roughly bounded by New Ocean Paradise Rd., Swampscott Ave., Redington Rd. and Burrill St., Swampscott. A certificate stating the parish is included in the historic site is hanging in the nave of the church.
Olmsted & Swampscott Enoch Redington Mudge, a wealthy merchant and financier, died in 1881, leaving an oceanfront, 130-acre estate in the heart of Swampscott. His heirs and other investors formed the Swampscott Land Trust in 1887 to develop the property into residential lots. The Trust contracted Frederick Law Olmsted, by then the nation’s most celebrated landscape architect, to draw up the plans.
Olmsted laid out the subdivision including lots, roads, lighting, parks and their landscaping. Institutional buildings in the subdivision include the 1893 Church of the Holy Name, an English Gothic Revival design by Henry Vaughn with memorial windows, the 1891 Universalist Church and ca. 1890 Odd Fellows Hall. Olmsted also selected the street light fixtures of which only 5 remain – they are cast in crushed stone.
When the Summer White House was in Swampscott, MassachusettsIn the summer of 1925, for nearly three months, the Coolidges spent the summer at “White Court” on Little’s Point in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The mansion where the Coolidges relaxed taking daily ocean walks is the current Marion Court College.
A detailed yearly account of our history (PDF)
Charles Henry Joy gave the land for the church building. Shortly after he died, his widow, Marie Louise Joy, built the church as a memorial to her husband and to her father, Enoch Redington Mudge. The church was designed by Henry Vaughan, architect of the National Cathedral, and finished in 1893. Remick Hall was added in 1900. The Rectory adjoining the church was built in 1907. Barrett Hall was added on as an educational wing in 1957. It should also be noted that the Church has an organ console, in storage in a Boston warehouse, donated by the National Cathedral. It is planned to incorporate this historic console in our organ renovation plan.
The Church of the Holy Name is part of the Olmsted Historic District which is listed is on the National Register of Historic Places (listed, 7/01/02) the Olmsted Subdivision, a gateway to the town, is roughly bounded by New Ocean Paradise Rd., Swampscott Ave., Redington Rd. and Burrill St., Swampscott. A certificate stating the parish is included in the historic site is hanging in the nave of the church.
Olmsted & Swampscott Enoch Redington Mudge, a wealthy merchant and financier, died in 1881, leaving an oceanfront, 130-acre estate in the heart of Swampscott. His heirs and other investors formed the Swampscott Land Trust in 1887 to develop the property into residential lots. The Trust contracted Frederick Law Olmsted, by then the nation’s most celebrated landscape architect, to draw up the plans.
Olmsted laid out the subdivision including lots, roads, lighting, parks and their landscaping. Institutional buildings in the subdivision include the 1893 Church of the Holy Name, an English Gothic Revival design by Henry Vaughn with memorial windows, the 1891 Universalist Church and ca. 1890 Odd Fellows Hall. Olmsted also selected the street light fixtures of which only 5 remain – they are cast in crushed stone.
When the Summer White House was in Swampscott, MassachusettsIn the summer of 1925, for nearly three months, the Coolidges spent the summer at “White Court” on Little’s Point in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The mansion where the Coolidges relaxed taking daily ocean walks is the current Marion Court College.
A detailed yearly account of our history (PDF)