Church getting repaired stone by stone

From Massachusetts-

The historic St. John’s Episcopal Church is undergoing major repairs for “incredible damage” caused by water in its stone walls, according to the chair of the church’s capital campaign.

Some exterior walls on the 1880s church at Roanoke Avenue and Revere Street are being taken down stone by stone for repair. The stones are being numbered and will be put back in the same order, according to Thomas Burgess, project manager for the architecture firm Menders, Torrey & Spencer.

Nicole Parsons, the church’s capital campaign chair, said there are concerns that the wall problems eventually could affect some “precious” stained glass windows. They include one from the abolitionist era that depicts a black Madonna, “which is so very JP,” she said.

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