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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1925/00/00 Cram and Ferguson Benefactors The partners of Cram and Ferguson donate to the Society of St John the Evangelist (aka The Cowley Fathers) all the profits made by the firm in the design and erection of Cowley's Cambridge monastery and church.
1928/00/00 Ralph Adams Cram Architect Guesthouse is built 1924-1928 as the original Monastery building until Cram designed the Chapel and the rest of the monastic complex.
1932/00/00 T S Eliot Guest T S Eliot stays at the Society of St John the Evangelist's monastery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1935/00/00 Ralph Adams Cram Architect Monastery Chapel, built in the French Romanesque style, features classic pillars and arches made from Indiana limestone, marble floors in the choir and sanctuary and stained glass windows designed by Charles J Connick.
1935/00/00 Charles J Connick Artisan Monastery Chapel, built in the French Romanesque style, features classic pillars and arches made from Indiana limestone, marble floors in the choir and sanctuary and stained glass windows designed by Charles J Connick.
1936/00/00 Cram and Ferguson Architect Built at the height of the Great Depression, Conventual Church of St Mary and St John monastic complex, including living quarters and a cloister for the brothers, are completed in 1936.

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Particulars for Conventual Church of St Mary and St John, Cambridge:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architecture Style Burgundian Revival
Material Indiana Limestone
Material Limestone
Architectural Style Medieval Revival
Current Use Monastery
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 82001933
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Cram and Ferguson; Cram,Ralph Adams
Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque
Attribute: MedievalBurgundian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property, Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1936
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

Accommodations »


Lodging
Lodging Style Spiritual Retreat
Lodging Type Unclassified Lodging

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