Asylum Avenue Baptist Church votes to move forward with rebuilding their church

1. The architects, Ebbets & Frid, anticipated that the total cost of the project would be $69,057.
2. The contract with R. G. Bent & Company was worth $43,128.
3. The single biggest expense that the church faced was the purchase of a new organ, which would be $12,000.

1. According to the article, the church received $56,771 from the insurance companies, which varies slightly from previously reported amounts.
2. The article also reported that the church received $4,000 for fixtures, which were covered under a separate insurance policy, which had not been previously reported.

1. On February 1, 1931, D. Mackenzie offered Asylum Hill Congregational Church for use by Asylum Avenue Baptist Church.
2. On April 6, 1931, the building committee voted to move forward with reconstructing the church.

1. A contract with R. G. Bent & Company will be signed tomorrow.
2. The members of the church will vote to fully fund this project on June 18, 1931.

1. “The de[c]ision of the church definitely ends the possibility of a merger of the Asylum Avenue Church with the First Baptist Church of West Hartford.”
2. “By practicing economy in certain respects, however, the architects have estimated that further savings of $5000 can be effected.”
3. “While the contract will contain no time limits, members of the church expressed the hope that the building will be in order before the middle of October.”

1. The total estimated cost of the project, $69,057, would be equivalent to $1,366,783.41 in 2023.
2. The organ, at $12,000, would cost $237,505.26 in 2023.
3. The contract with R. G. Bent & Co. would be worth $853,593.92 in 2023.

Unattributed.  “Rebuilding is approved by Baptists,” Hartford Courant, April 14, 1931, page 24.