Architect at work on designs for Asylum Hill Congregational Church

07/13/1864 |

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Meeting of the Asylum Hill Congregational Society.

  1. The building committee reported that plans for the church building were being prepared.
  2. The site committee reported that they had purchased the land for the church for $10,000.
  3. A joint note had been given to the Society for Savings for the account.

The building committee’s report that plans were being prepared implies that Patrick Keely had been hired as architect by this point.

  1. The Asylum Hill Congregational Society purchased the site for its new church on July 5, 1864.
  2. Plans for opening Huntington Street were reported on July 7, 1864.

The Asylum Hill Congregational Society will petition the Hartford Court of Common Council for permission to build its new church on August 8, 1864.

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.

Asylum Hill Congregational Church

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