Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . om, once sup-ported the pulpit, but were removed and allowed togo to decay when the attempt was made in 1860 tomodernize the interior of the house. It was at thistime that the pulpit was lowered; the backs of thepews were also lowered and the doors at the ends ofthe pews taken off. The pulpit was lowered again in1885. The fish which serves as a weathervane is inter-esting. It is left to the reader to decide whether itrepresents a Connecticut river shad or the symbol offaith employed by the early Christians. CHICOPEE FALLSThe members of t
Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . om, once sup-ported the pulpit, but were removed and allowed togo to decay when the attempt was made in 1860 tomodernize the interior of the house. It was at thistime that the pulpit was lowered; the backs of thepews were also lowered and the doors at the ends ofthe pews taken off. The pulpit was lowered again in1885. The fish which serves as a weathervane is inter-esting. It is left to the reader to decide whether itrepresents a Connecticut river shad or the symbol offaith employed by the early Christians. CHICOPEE FALLSThe members of the Methodist society in ChicopeeFalls may well take pride in their house of have shown good taste in retaining the purewhite color of the exterior. The frieze of the corniceis ornamented by a delicate line of dental work ex-tending around the two sides and front of the front are ten pilasters, which give the house astately appearance. The spire, consisting of an octag-onal base and a slender tapering roof rising above nar- 110. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. CHICOPEE FALLS
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