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 Congregational Church - Cheshire CT Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 41° 29.870 W 072° 54.167
18T E 675050 N 4596146
The First Congregational Church of Cheshire was built in 1827, it was designed by David Hoadley and is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture.
Waymark Code: WM17K2V
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2023
Views: 0
To the south of the Green is the Abijah Beach Tavern (1814) once named
for Benjamin Franklin, which still has its old bar, and a ballroom on the
third floor. The Congregational Church (1826) is fortunate in its location, a little remote from the highway, across the elm-shaded triangular Green.
It is one of the series of churches of almost identical design, the first at Milford and the last in Litchfield, with a tall spire and free-standing
Ionic columns. In front of the Town Hall, directly opposite the church,
is a handsome sycamore measuring 17' 4" in circumference. Facing the Green on the north is the Colonel Ruftcs Hitchcock House (1785), little changed except for the addition of dormer windows. The molded caps over the windows and the original broad porch make it an excellent sample of its period.
American-Guide-Series - Connecticut: a Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People, p.491 (1938)
The church looks pretty typical of New England churches, especially the Congregational churches. It seems like almost every town in New England has a Congregational church on the green.
Book: Connecticut
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 491
Year Originally Published: 1938
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