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Asylum Hill Congregational Church

814 Asylum Avenue: Built 1864-1866, architect Patrick C. Keely, builder Samuel Coit; chapel (now Drew Hall) opened 1864; church dedicated 1866; bell installed 1871; tower and spire constructed 1875; clock installed 1897; parish house added 1903-1904; Gross Memorial Chapel and expansion of parish house added 1939-1940; second extension of parish house added 1990; third extension of parish house added 2004.

Asylum Avenue Baptist Church

868 Asylum Avenue: built 1871-1872, architect George Keller, based on design of Holy Trinity Church [New York City] by Jacob Wrey Mould; expanded 1896, Melvin Hapgood, architect; destroyed by fire, 1931; rebuilt 1931, architect Ebbets & Frid, builder R. G. Bent Company.

Cathedral of Saint Joseph

140 Farmington Avenue: “the Second Cathedral,” built 1958-1962; architect Eggers and Higgins.

Grace Lutheran Church

Immanuel Congregational Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

120 Sigourney Street: built 1898; tower completed 1912; parish house built 1881; Goodwin Hall built 1892; Education Wing built 1962.


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  • Asylum Hill Congregational Church
  • Forgotten Asylum Hill
  • Frank
  • Gospels in Stone: The Churches on the Hill
  • Jonathan
  • WTF, or What the Frank
  • Linus Plimpton Stroll
  • Mary
  • Woodland Street Stroll

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