Baptist Church - Sterling CT
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nomadwillie
N 41° 41.462 W 071° 50.802
19T E 263095 N 4619389
The Baptist Church is located at the intersection of RT 14A (Plainfield Pike) and Sterling Hill Rd.
Waymark Code: WMVVYW
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2017
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Left on this road to the Marriott Granite Quarry, 0.4 m., which has supplied stone for building and paving purposes throughout the eastern states. Westward, the highway ascends to the community of Sterling Hill (alt. 660), 3.2 m., site of the original town settlement. Rising above the village is (L) a white re- modeled Baptist Church (1797), with a handsome doorway, quoined corners, and elaborate carving under the eaves. Most notable of the old houses which line the single street are the Robert Dixon Tavern (1700), with long gabled ell rambling back from the main structure, and (L) the Captain Putnam House built in 1825. It has an ornate front door set between fluted pilasters and topped with an elaborate arched fan-light and pediment.
p. 543 Connecticut: a Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People, 1938
The area looks to be untouched from the time of its establishment in the early 1700's. I imagine the church itself looks pretty much the same as when it was remodeled in 1859. The church at first was purely a secular building, serving as a meeting house for the residents. In 1812 the trustees of the meeting house made it regularly available to the Sterling Baptists.
Book: Connecticut
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 5843
Year Originally Published: 1938
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