1889-1894According to Charles E. Gross, “the ladies” of the church to propose and to promote the need for the parish house. Joseph Twichell subsequently identified Amelia Ray Clark, Hilah A. Kellogg, and Kate Stone Williams as the primary movers of this proposal. | ||
Between 1894 and March 16, 1902The Young People’s Federation of the church took over the idea as well as the planning for the parish house. | ||
Between March 16, 1902 and April 12, 1903The Young People’s Federation raised the funds for the project. | ||
April 12, 1903Joseph Twichell announced that $25,000 had been raised for the construction of the new parish house. The Courant headline for the article that reported on this announcement, “All the Money Raised,” suggests that the project had been scaled back from its initial estimate of $35,000.Read More | ||
April 15, 1903The Asylum Hill Congregational Ecclesiastical Society held a special meeting in order to accept the funds that had been raised for the construction of the parish house.Read More | ||
May 22, 1903The Courant reported that all of the contracts for the construction of the new parish house had been signed.Read More | ||
August 1903The building committee asked that people who had pledged money to submit their payments early, due to cost overruns. | ||