Matthew Sullivan was an American architect whose practice specialized in ecclesiastical design.

Early life and architectural training

Sullivan was born in Boston and trained in the office of Edmund M. Wheelwright

Edmund M. Wheelwright

Edmund March Wheelwright was one of New England's most important architects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and served as city architect for Boston, Massachusetts from 1891-1895....

, Boston City Architect (1891-1894). Sullivan succeeded Wheelwright as City Architect and served in that position from 1895 to 1901, when he became a junior partner in the firm of Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan. This firm was widely known for its ecclesiastical work. He withdrew from that partnership to carry on work independently in 1906.

Architectural practice

Among other commissions credited to Sullivan are the College of the Sacred Heart in Providence the main building of Providence College, and various religious buildings in the southeastern Massachusetts towns of Fall River, Fairhaven, and Mattapoisett.

Sullivan’s work includes

• St Agnes Church Reading, MA
• Blessed Sacrament Church, Walpole, MA
• St. Mary Church, Walpole, MA
• St. Lazarus Church, East Boston, MA
• St. Mark School, Dorchester, MA
• St. Terese Church, Everett, MA
• St. Rose School, Chelsea, MA
• Holy Family Church, Lynn, MA
• St. Joseph Church, Haverhill, MA
• St. Joseph Rectory, Everett, MA (church by Walter Fontaine)
• St. Mary Church, Franklin, MA
• St. John the Baptist Church
  St. John the Baptist Church (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
  St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of the Diocese of Fall River.- History :St. John the Baptist parish was founded in 1871 and is the oldest Portugese parish in America and the second oldest catholic parish in New Bedford.-Building:The first...
  
  , New Bedford, MA
• St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, RI
• Sacred Heart Church (now known as Annunciation of The Lord Church), Taunton, Massachusetts
  Taunton, Massachusetts
  Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. The city is located south of Boston, east of Providence, north of Fall River and west of Plymouth. The City of Taunton is situated on the Taunton River...
  
  
• St. Augustin Church, Newport, RI
• St. Benedict Church, Warwick, Rhode Island
  Warwick, Rhode Island
  Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. It is the second largest city in the state, with a population of 82,672 at the 2010 census. Its mayor has been Scott Avedisian since 2000...
  
  (church has been replaced)