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Item Title
First Church of Christ (Congregational), Main Street, between School & Church Streets, Farmington, Hartford County, CT
Locationbetween School & Church Streets,
Farmington, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CT-224
Building/structure dates:
1771 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1836 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1901 subsequent work
Site of "Amistad Affair."
National Register Number: 75002056
Significance: Although moderately altered since its construction in 1771, the First Church of Christ is Connecticut's finest surviving example of a colonial meetinghouse and was the church attended by the Africans involved in the "Amistad" Affair in 1841.
Subjects
Meeting HousesCongregational Churches
Related Names
Woodruff, Capt. Judah
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
7. Historic American Buildings Survey (Fed.) Stanley P. Mixon, Photographer July 29, 1940 (A) EXTERIOR GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTH (REAR) SIDE
8. EXTERIOR VIEW
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