Resolved: A Congregational Church needed on Asylum Hill

02/06/1864 |

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An adjourned meeting was held to continue the discussion about the need for a new Congregational church on Asylum Hill.

In attendance: Jeremiah Allen, Olcott Allen, J. A. Ayres, David E. Bartlett, John Beach, Charles A. Bullard, Joseph Church, Samuel Coit, Erastus Collins, William Collins, Henry French, Francis Gillette, A. G. Hammond, Mark Howard, A. M. Hurlbut, J. R. Keep, Joseph Kellogg, M. Lord, Roland Mather, E. K. Root, Roderick Terry, and James S. Tryon.
A resolution declaring a need for new church in the western part of the city passed unanimously.
The attendees discussed possible locations for the new church.
One group favored a spot between Spring and Garden Streets.
Another group favored a on Farmington Avenue near Imlay Street.

The previous meeting held to discuss the need for a new church took place on February 3, 1864.

The next meeting on the need for a new church will occur on February 19, 1864.
Roland Mather will offer funds to construct the church’s steeple on February 3, 1875.

Unattributed, “Fiftieth Anniversary of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church,” Hartford Courant, February 14, 1915, page X5

Unattributed, “History of the Hill Church – F. Irvin Davis Gives It in Brief,” Hartford Courant, March 2, 1908, page 4.

Unattributed, “Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twichell Honored at Anniversary of His Church,” Hartford Courant, March 24, 1915, page 16.

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