Asylum Hill Congregational Society Moves Forward on Parish House

04/15/1903 |

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The Asylum Hill Congregational Ecclesiastical Society held a special meeting to consider and act on the report of Sidney Williams Clark on fundraising for the new parish house.

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The federation of Young People’s societies had raised the $25,000 for the new parish house.
Clark presented the report and stated that he was ready to turn over the funds, the pledges, and the plans for the new building.
The ecclesiastical society voted to accept the plans for the parish house.
The ecclesiastical society passed a vote of thanks.
The society then formed a building committee to oversee the project.
Charles S. Blake, William H. Corbin, Samuel G. Dunham, John M. Ney and Charles E. Thompson were appointed to the building committee.
Clark declined a request to join the building committee, but he offered to assist the committee in any way that he could.
The society instructed the committee to
- Invite bids for the parish house
- To include a new heating plant for the church as well, if both the construction and the heating plant could be done for $25,000
- To draw on the society treasurer for the necessary money as work proceeded
The society authorized the treasurer to borrow money if required
It was anticipated that the building would be ready of occupancy on January 1, 1904.

The past recalled

Twichell announced that $25,000 had been raised for the construction of a new parish house on April 12, 1903.

The future foretold

Work on the parish house would be ready to start on May 22, 1903.

Caught my eye

The church’s society was typically referred to as either the “Congregational Society” or the “Ecclesiastical Society.” This is the first reference I’ve seen to the “Congregational Ecclesiastical Society.”
"The style of the architecture is modified early English, to conform to the style of the church."
“The hall is intended for a large assembly place, sufficiently large for church socials, for many of the entertainments now held in the chapel, and, possibly, for small concerts, lectures, etc., for which there is at present no suitable place on the hill.”

For the record

Sidney Williams Clark was chair of the federation of Young People’s societies.
Hosmer P. Redfield was the treasurer of the Asylum Hill Congregational Ecclesiastical Society.
The project wouldn’t end on time or on budget.

Sources

Unattributed, “New Parish House,” Hartford Courant, April 16, 1903, page 8.

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