The Church Campus

The Church Campus
Land: initial purchase, July 1864; subsequent purchases include two possibly three parcels purchased on Huntington Street; one possibly two parcels purchased on Sumner Street; two parcels purchased on Asylum Avenue.

Building: first phase of construction, after August 1864 through June 1866; second phase of construction, June 1871 through September 1897; first addition, 1903-1904; second addition, 1939-1940; third addition, 1990; fourth addition, 2004.

Building memorials:
1 - clock and clock tower: Roland Mather
2 - Gross Memorial Chapel: Charles Gross and Ellen Gross
3 - Drew Hall: Bernard Drew

Rough estimate of (identified) costs:
1 - land: $10,000 ($165,552.87 in 2020)
2 - chapel (now Drew Hall): $14,000 ($223,242.45)
3 - church building, including interior: $92,208.58 ($1,676,624.55)
4 - bell: $1,805 ($38,455.08)
5 - spire (completed steeple): $19,000 ($448,949.27)
6 - parish house: $25,000 ($730,106.74)
7 - Gross Chapel and parish house addition: $97,000 ($1,800,860.43)
TOTAL (identified) costs: $259,013.58 ($5,083,791.39)