. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. which eoii-lained the record lieing worn out I lu earliest reference to it is in107J. when the new hook lirgins. Iiwas e\iilentl\- .a \ery rude structure used as a fort its well ,as a church J1 he s feel s(|uarc, .and furnished with ,1cupola i>r turret which according was in llu- cenlcr, I low hardIt wa- to secure this hnilding cm h- inferred hy the length of time takenfor its construction; and how much theprosperity of tlie town in sixty years, cm lie seen in thecontrast of this si
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. which eoii-lained the record lieing worn out I lu earliest reference to it is in107J. when the new hook lirgins. Iiwas e\iilentl\- .a \ery rude structure used as a fort its well ,as a church J1 he s feel s(|uarc, .and furnished with ,1cupola i>r turret which according was in llu- cenlcr, I low hardIt wa- to secure this hnilding cm h- inferred hy the length of time takenfor its construction; and how much theprosperity of tlie town in sixty years, cm lie seen in thecontrast of this and. a- the rec-ords show, very poorly constructedliuildiiig with the lieantiful and splen-didly huilt cdilice. which .at that timesucceeded ii. and uliich stands to thepresent da\. still lieantiful and strong This third ;ind present structure was he-giiii in 1771. as shown in the date marked tipon the foundation 1 oiir, Ii was completed and the dedi-. L,. .oiii^iim r I OXIi OK TIIIO .MOST I ol .\\ti()i;ks— i^ tiikciiiiicii isi:ii |-oi{ ()\ i;i! yi;.\I!S. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 47 cation exercises were held Xovember25tli of the following year. The twopersons to whom the credit of its build-ing is most due, are Colonel Fisher Gayone of the leading merchants of thetown, and Captain Judah Woodruff,who was the architect and master build-er : and who also built a number of thefine and substantial dweltins houses ofthe village, most of which still remainand in good condition. In building thechurch, no pains were spared to havethe material of the best quality, and thework most thoroughly done. The de-sign of the building, probably made byCaptain Woodruff, resembles in a gen-eral way, that of the Old South Churchin Boston, as do man\- of the bestNew England cburcbes. The spire isits crow-ning glory, not only in its ex-ternal beauty, but in the quality of itsconstruction. It was comple
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