Laying the foundation of St. Mary's Assyrian Church, Worcester, 1927

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Laying the foundation of St. Mary's Assyrian Church, Worcester, 1927

Place
Worcester
Date
1927

A man in a light coat crouches on wooden scaffolding beside the rising brick walls of St. Mary's Assyrian Apostolic Church on Hawley Street, Worcester, holding his hat; the cornerstone beside him is carved with a cross and "A.D. 1927". The caption describes the photo as the laying of the foundation.

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Source

Assyrians of Eastern Massachusetts, by Sargon and Ninos Donabed (2006), pp. 77-86