RESTORATION & ADDITION

St. Andew’s Episcopal Church: Denver, CO

St. Andrew’s Church began as a mission of the Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness in Denver and in 1908 Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson designed the current church.

The current parish of St. Andrew’s has been growing rapidly and was in need of additional space. As the Church is listed on the National Historic Register and is a designated Denver Landmark, approval of the Denver Landmark’s Preservation Commission was required to alter or add to the building. Cram & Ferguson Architects worked closely with the parish and the Preservation Commission to design an addition that would meet the needs of the parish while keeping the integrity of the historic building.

During fund raising for the addition, Cram & Ferguson worked with the parish to restore the existing building. The existing asphalt roof was replaced with a historically accurate slate roof restoring the original design intent. With Cram & Ferguson’s help the church received a grant and repointed the existing brick and stone.

In 2008, a hundred years after the original church was built, ground was broken for construction and twelve months later the new addition was completed.

Matching with the historic building many of the original exterior details were incorporated in the new addition and the new brick and stone were carefully selected to match the existing. The addition included extending the Nave and a new Sanctuary, Sacristy, and meeting room. An elevator and new facilities were added to make the building fully accessible.

Our Lady of Good Voyage Shrine: Boston, MA

Originally founded in 1952 to serve as a ministry to dock workers and sailors, Our Lady of Good Voyage Shrine planned to relocate to a new site, also on the waterfront. Cram and Ferguson was commissioned to create an interior for a new chapel which now houses a growing Catholic community not only of seafarers but local service workers and professionals in science, business, and law.

The interior pays tribute to both the community’s maritime history and the heritage of the archdiocese through incorporating repurposed stained glass from closed churches as well as furnishing and decoration nautical imagery imbued with sacred themes, such as the Star of the Sea, rope work patterns, and dolphins, a symbol of the Christian faithful first seen in the catacombs. Ship models hang from the vaults of the side aisles. Groundbreaking occurred in late November 2014 and the church was solemnly dedicated in April of 2017 by Cardinal O’Malley.

HISTORIC RESTORATION - ONGOING

Emmanuel Baptist Church, Worcester, MA

2019 AIACM Award for Excellence in Architecture

Emmanuel Baptist Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. The church commissioned Cram and Ferguson Architects to develop plans and specifications to be approved by the Massachusetts Historical Commission for their grant application for funding. The original project scope during 2017 included emergency repairs to the bell tower exterior, restoration of wood trim, column covers, and other woodwork on all four sides at the top of tower, interior and exterior tower masonry restoration, re-roofing the bell tower, replacement of roofing and drainage on inside of bell tower, re-roofing and replacement of flashing on the church roof, and wall, and ceiling repair and painting in nave. Unfortunately the bids came in higher than the funds available.

The scope of the project was resized to only include the emergency repairs to the bell tower exterior, restoration of wood trim and other woodwork on the east and south sides at the top of tower, restoration of the four column covers, and exterior tower masonry restoration.

Oratory of SS. Gregory and Augustine: St. Louis, MO

The Oratory of SS. Gregory and Augustine is a personal parish established by the Catholic archdiocese and staffed by the Benedictine Monks of St. Louis Abbey. Through creating a set of original furnishings—altar, reredos, confessional, and shrine base—Cram and Ferguson Architects transformed an ordinary space inside of St. Anselm Parish Center in St. Louis, Missouri into a chapel fit for the sacred liturgy. The woodwork was fabricated according to the firm’s designs by skilled craftsmen in Colombia.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Chicago, IL

The renovated sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church features a new white Carrara marble altar of sacrifice designed to complement the surroundings of its historic interior, as well as a matching ambo and a renovated confessional reconfigured to be used both for face-to-face confession and through the grille.

ETHAN ANTHONY, PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT

Education:

BArch University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1980

Boston Architectural Center School of Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, 1972-78

Licenses:

NCARB, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina.

Member: INTBAU, AIA and BSA

Awards:

2017 - AIA Central MA Design Awards: Valley of Our Lady Monastery, WI; St. Kateri Tekakwitha, IL; St. Andrew’s, CO

2015 - AIA Central MA Design Award: St. Edwards’ Chapel, Casady School, Oklahoma City, OK

2007 - Macael Award to the Architect; Spain

2006 - Venice Biennale 10th International Architecture Exhibition Cities of Stone: Project South Catalogue, September 10-November 19, 2006, Venice, Italy

2004 - Golden Trowel Award; Houston, Texas Masonry Institute for Our Lady of Walsingham

1993 - IFRAA Honor Award for Unbuilt Architecture “Cathedral in the Woods”

One of 13 projects selected from 120 International entries.

New Worship: (selected)

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church: Winston-Salem, NC 2021

Additions and Renovations

Church of the Incarnation: Highlands, NC 2018 to present

Additions and Renovations

St. John University and Student Center: Stillwater, OK 2017 to present

New Church and Student Center

Project for a Cathedral for a Western City

New 2,000 seat cathedral

Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church: Charlottesville, VA, 2016 to 2020

New 1,200-seat Catholic Church for University Parish

Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas: Brooksville, FL 2018

New Church and Convent

Cathedral of the Holy Cross: Boston, MA, 2014 to 2016

Belfry Renovation

Our Lady of Good Voyage: Boston, MA, 2017

Interior design for a new 200-seat Gothic chapel

Messiah Lutheran Church: South Windsor, CT, 2014

Extension of church

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish: Ridgway, IL 2015

New 450-seat Catholic church

Valley of Our Lady Cistercian Monastery: Hollandale, WI, 2011

New Monastery

Chapel of St. Gabriel the Archangel: Norwood, MA, 2011 to present.

Chapel Renovation

St. John Neumann Catholic Church: Farragut, TN, 2005 to 2008

New Church

St. Edward’s Chapel, Casady School: Oklahoma City, OK, 2002-2011

Church Addition

St. Andrew’s Church: Denver Colorado, 2002-2009

Master Plan, Addition and Restoration

Syon Abbey: Copper Hill, Virginia, 2002-2008

New Church and Monastery

George J. Records Family Mausoleum, Oklahoma City, OK, 2002-2005

Historic Preservation (selected):

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church: Malden, MA, 2000 to present

Restoration of front elevation, slate and copper roofs; existing conditions survey and accessibility design

Chapel of St. Gabriel the Archangel: Norwood, MA, 2011 to present.

Chapel Renovation

Winchester Unitarian Society: Winchester, MA, 2006-2007

Masterplan

St. Edward’s Chapel, Casady School: Oklahoma City, OK 2002-2010

Church Addition

St. Andrew’s Church: Denver, CO 2002-2009

Master Plan, Church Addition and Restoration

Hunt Memorial Restoration: Nashua, NH 2002-2011

Window, masonry, roof restoration, design and coordination for HVAC installation, full renovation

All Saints Episcopal Church: Peterborough, NH 1997-2001

Cloister addition to historic church

Saint George’s Chapel, Saint George’s School: Middletown, RI 2000

Existing Conditions Survey

Phillips Church, Phillips Exeter Academy: Exeter, NH 1997-2002

Preservation planning, Programming, Alterations & Renovations

First Presbyterian Church Russell Sage Memorial: Far Rockaway, NY, 1995-98

All Saints Episcopal Church: Worcester, MA, 1995

Preservation Plan

Publications (selected):

Proceedings of the 2009 Colman Conference; The Colman Society for the Catholic Liturgy

The Venice Charter Revisited; “On Number Nine,” Cambridge, England 2010

The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Firm: WW Norton , NY March 2007

“Letting the Basic Ecclesial Form Again Shine Through,” The Priest, November 2006

“Texas Gothic”, Traditional Building, December 2005

“A Last Long Look at American Sacred Architecture”; Sacred Architecture Journal; Winter 2005, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IL

“Canterbury School Consecrates New Chapel”, Greensboro News and Record, 2003 Greensboro, NC

“Phillips Church: A New Beginning”, The Exeter Bulletin, 2003

“Something Old, Something New”, Church Business, April 2001

“Neo-Gothic Architecture Today”, Sacred Architecture, 2001

“Transported to another time”, The Middlesex News, January 2000

KEVIN HOGAN, PROJECT MANAGER

Education:

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 1992-1996: Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering Technology

New Worship:

St. Lawrence Church: Goffstown NH 2021 to present

Master Plan for Church Addition & Renovations

St. Andrew Catholic Church: Myrtle Beach, SC 2018 to present Church Additions and Renovations

Church of the Incarnation: Highlands, NC 2018 to present

Church Additions and Renovations

St. John University Parish: Stillwater, OK 2017 to present

New Church and Student Center

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church: Winston-Salem, NC 2017-2021

Church Additions and Renovations

Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church: Charlottesville, VA, 2020

New 1,200-seat Catholic Church for University Parish

Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas: Brooksville, FL 2016 to present

New Church and Convent

Our Lady of Good Voyage: Boston, MA 2014-2017

Interior design for a new 200-seat Gothic chapel

Chapel of the Holy Cross: Holderness School, NH 2014 to 2015

Extension to historic school chapel

Messiah Lutheran Church: South Windsor, CT 2014 to present

Extension and renovation of church and campus

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish: Ridgway, IL 2013-2015

New 450-seat Catholic church

Valley of Our Lady Monastery, Hollandale, WI, 2011-2013

Design for Monastery

St. John Vianney Catholic Church: Fishers, IN 2007 to present

New Church

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church: Hampshire, IL 2005 to present.

New Church

St. John Neumann Catholic Church: Farragut, TN 2005-2008

New Church

Syon Abbey: Roanoke, VI 2002-2008

New Church and Monastery for Benedictine Monks of Syon Abbey

Our Lady of Walsingham Roman Catholic Church: Houston, TX 2000-2003

New Church

Phillips Chapel, Canterbury School: Greensboro, NC 1999-2003

New Church

Historic Preservation:

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church: Malden, MA, 2000 to present

Restoration of front elevation, slate and copper roofs; existing conditions survey and accessibility design

St. Edward’s Chapel, Casady School: Oklahoma City, OK 2002-2010

Church Addition

St. Andrew’s Church: Denver, CO 2002-2009

Master Plan, Church Addition and Restoration

Hunt Memorial Restoration: Nashua, NH 2002-2011

Window, masonry, roof restoration, design and coordination for HVAC installation, full renovation

All Saints Episcopal Church: Peterborough, NH 1997-2001

Cloister addition to historic church

MATTHEW G. ALDERMAN, KM, KHS, PROJECT DESIGNER

Education:

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN: Bachelor of Architecture

Rambusch Prize for Religious Architecture (2006)

New Worship:

St. Lawrence Church: Goffstown NH 2021 to present Master Plan for Church Addition & Renovations

St. Andrew Catholic Church: Myrtle Beach, SC 2018 to present Church Additions and Renovations

Church of the Incarnation: Highlands, NC 2018 to present Church Additions and Renovations

St. John University Parish: Stillwater, OK 2017 to present New Church and Student Center

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church: Winston-Salem, NC 2017-2021

Church Additions and Renovations

Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church: Charlottesville, VA, 2020

New 1,200-seat Catholic Church for University Parish

Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel: Boston, MA, 2014-2016

Interior design for a new Gothic chapel

Chapel of the Holy Cross: Holderness School, NH, 2014 to present

Extension to school chapel

Messiah Lutheran Church, South Windsor, CT, 2014 to present Extension of church

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, Ridgway, IL, 2013-2015

New 450-seat Catholic church

A Church to Seat 700: TX, 2011

New church and education building

Valley of Our Lady Monastery, Hollandale, WI, 2011-2013 Design for Monastery

Selected Publications:

“Re-consecration in the East: Pre-Revolutionary Church Restored and Re-consecrated in Vladivostok,” The Catholic World Report, March 2008.

Alderman, Matthew. “The Shackles of the Present.” The Living Church, September 2014.

Alderman, Matthew. “Devils in the Details: The Return of the Gargoyle,” Comment, June 11, 2012.

Alderman, Matthew. From Meeting-House to House of God,” The Living Church, January 27, 2012. Cover story.

Alderman, Matthew. “A Faceless Volto Santo.” Sacred Architecture Journal, Fall 2011.

Alderman, Matthew. “Lost between Sea and Sky: Looking for Padre Pio in Renzo Piano’s Pilgrimage Church,” Sacred Architecture Journal, 2010.

Alderman, Matthew. Illustrations for Sunday and Weekday Missals, HarperCollins UK, 2012.

Alderman, Matthew . Illustrations for the Revised Roman Missal, LTP, Chicago, 2011.

Alderman, Matthew. “Heaven Made Manifest: An Architectural Solution for The Spirit of the Liturgy.”

Antiphon 12, 3, 2008, with some illustrations by author. Based on SCL talk, 2007.

Alderman, Matthew. “Incarnating the Mass: Rediscovering the Liturgical Beauty of Christian Architecture.” Saint Austin Review (StAR), May/June 2007, with some illustrations by author.