A group of men purchase land for a Baptist church from George Affleck

1. The article reported that the group of men planned to build first a chapel and then, eventually, a church.
2. Terms of the transaction were kept private, but in October 1872 the Courant reported that the purchase price for the lot had been $11,000.

I haven’t determined the exact date of the transaction yet.

According to the Courant, the Asylum Hill Baptist Society was considering whether to build a church on its property on the corner of Asylum and Sigourney on January 9, 1871.

In November 1868, the municipal government resolved some outstanding issues with the course of Asylum Avenue between Sigourney Street and Sumner Street.

1. George Affleck ran the Asylum Hill Nursery, and he owned the land between Huntington Street and Sigourney Street.
2. $11,000 in 1871 is equivalent to $252,613.74 in 2023.

Unattributed.  “Baptist church on the Hill,” Hartford Daily Courant, May 24, 1870, page 2.

Unattributed.  “The Asylum Avenue Baptist Church,” Hartford Daily Courant, October 21, 1872, page 2.