One of the architects – James Renwick, Jr. – also designed New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution Building. Name: First Presbyterian Church Location: 136 Capitol Avenue Year Completed: 1870 Architect: Renwick & Sands Style: High Victorian Romanesque Historic Buildings of Connecticut: First Presbyterian Church, Hartford Google Map All images copyright […]
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The Gothic Revival Christ Church is quite a contrast with the monolithic Stilts Building just across Church Street. Name: Christ Church Location: 45 Church Street, 955 Main Street Year Completed: 1827 Architect: Ithiel Town Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October
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When viewed from the south, Center Church wears a gold halo in the form of the Gold Building. Name: Center Church, First Church of Christ Location: 675 Main Street, 60 Gold Street Year Completed: 1807 Architect: Daniel Wadsworth Style: Federal Wikipedia: First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground Google Map All images copyright
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Not often that you see a church built in International style. Remarkable contrast to the Aetna HQ across the street, in Colonial Revival. Name: Cathedral of St. Joseph Location: 140 Farmington Avenue Year Completed: Architect: Eggers & Higgins Style: International Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken
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A Gothic Revival brownstone erected just after the Civil War. Historians note that the architect mainly designed for the Roman Catholic Church; this was an exception. Name: Asylum Hill Congregational Church Location: 814 Asylum Avenue Year Completed: 1865 Architect: Patrick Keely Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant
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This is the second church on the site, replacing an 1872 house of worship. The current Collegiate Gothic-style building was erected in 1931. Name: Asylum Avenue Baptist Church Location: 868 Asylum Avenue Year Completed: 1931 Architect: George Keller Style: Collegiate Gothic Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos
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