February 3, 1875Roland Mather donated $19,000 to the Asylum Hill Congregational Society for the completion of the church’s steeple. Mather’s letter made clear his position that the church building was unfinished without the steeple. This is, so far, the only reference to the church being incomplete that I’ve found.Read More | ||
February-March 1875The Courant indicated that the stone for the steeple would be quarried as soon as possible. | ||
April 1, 1875The Courant reported that work on the steeple would begin by or about this date. | ||
August 25, 1875The Courant reported that the staging had been removed from the upper part of the steeple. It does not appear that the work was quite finished at this point, but this is the last article about the construction that I’ve been able to find.Read More |