. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. ofthe old, with a simplification of certain decorativefeatures introduced when the apse was built about 25years ago; and it is very successful. The architect was Mr. Ernest Greene of New edifice is substantially built of steel, cement-plaster, concrete and wood. The best quality of clap-boards was used to cover the cement, thus protectingthe cement from the weather and naturally restoringthe old appearance as well as the old lines of thechurch. The corner stone of the new house was laidNovember 8, 1908, and the church was dedic
. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. ofthe old, with a simplification of certain decorativefeatures introduced when the apse was built about 25years ago; and it is very successful. The architect was Mr. Ernest Greene of New edifice is substantially built of steel, cement-plaster, concrete and wood. The best quality of clap-boards was used to cover the cement, thus protectingthe cement from the weather and naturally restoringthe old appearance as well as the old lines of thechurch. The corner stone of the new house was laidNovember 8, 1908, and the church was dedicated June 138 18-19, 1910. It represents an expenditure of about$50,000. Two facts stand out in this brief historical , there has been a house of worship on or nearthe site of the present building for about two and ahalf centuries. Secondly, in the building of the suc-cessive meeting houses steady advance was made inarchitectural effect, resulting in the noble structuredescribed in this sketch and shown in the accompany-ing illustration. 139.
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