A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the St. Augustine's African Orthodox Church at 137 Allston Street

CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION 831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Telephone: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] E-mail: histcomm@cambridgema.gov URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic Bruce A. Irving, Chair, Susannah Barton Tobin, Vice Chair; Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director Joseph V. Ferrara, Chandra Harrington, Elizabeth Lyster, Caroline Shannon, Jo M. Solet, Members Gavin W. Kleespies, Paula A. Paris, Kyle Sheffield, Alternates Date: February 9, 2021 To: Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager From: Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director Re: St. Augustine’s African Orthodox Church (137 Allston Street) landmark designation report and CHC recommendation Attached please find the Final Landmark Designation Report for the St. Augustine’s African Orthodox Church at 137 Allston Street in Cambridgeport. On February 4, 2021, the Cambridge Historical Commission voted unanimously to approve the designation report and recommendations, finding that the property meets the criteria in the ordinance for landmark designation and to forward the report to the City Council with a positive recommendation for designation. Church representatives, including the pastor Rev. Charles Eccles, were present at the hearing and registered support for the proposed landmark designation. Please let me know if you have any questions.