Church of the Good Shepherd - Hartford, CT - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

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The Church of the Good Shepherd was commissioned by Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt as a memorial to her deceased husband, inventor and industrialist, Samuel Colt. The polychromatic church, characteristic of the High Victorian Gothic style, was designed by architect Edward Tuckermann Potter. The Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt and construction of the church was completed in 1869.

The church is built of brownstone and is decorated with bands of light colored sandstone. It is built to a T shaped plan and covered with a decorative cross-gable roof. The northwest corner of the church features a smaller round tower with a band of connected Gothic style windows framed with light sandstone. This tower is connected to a much larger tower which has set of steps leading up to a entrances set within banded Gothic arches. Above is a single Gothic style window with a light sandstone lintel. Two such windows are located on the next level, followed by a circular window with dark and light banding, a large arched window beneath a gable roof. The tower is topped by a tapered hexagonal steeple.

The main block of the church has a two story high, three-part stained glass window framed by a Gothic style banded arch. Below the apex of the west facing gable is a rounded triangular window. A pair of smaller stained glass windows flank the central stained glass window.

The east side of the main block of the church has a one story high section set off from the main block by a slanted roof. There is a pavilion entrance on the southeast corner covered by a gable roof. Beyond the entrance is three sets of three Gothic style windows. Extending to the northwest is a second large gabled section with a pavilion entrance on the south west side and five tall windows on the gable end.

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1869 Age of Church building determined by?: Historical Society If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Episcopal If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:00 AM Street address of Church: 155 Wyllis Street Hartford, CT United States 06106 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed

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