Newtown's history and historian, Ezra Levan Johnson . X X c 5 c t^. NEWTOWNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHES 81 As the building was erected at the expense of the Church ofEngland people, and not at the expense of the town, nothing ap-pears on the town records as to the expense of the work or as toits dimensions or the time of its completion. All we know aboutthe building is what we are told by Dr E. Edwards Beardsley in hishistory of the Church in Connecticut: It was a strong, neat building 46 feet long and 35 feet wide and 25 feetto the roof. To make clear to the reader its exact location with reference t
Newtown's history and historian, Ezra Levan Johnson . X X c 5 c t^. NEWTOWNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHES 81 As the building was erected at the expense of the Church ofEngland people, and not at the expense of the town, nothing ap-pears on the town records as to the expense of the work or as toits dimensions or the time of its completion. All we know aboutthe building is what we are told by Dr E. Edwards Beardsley in hishistory of the Church in Connecticut: It was a strong, neat building 46 feet long and 35 feet wide and 25 feetto the roof. To make clear to the reader its exact location with reference tothe meeting house of the Presbyterians, we need to bear in mindthat the meeting house was on the east side of the street exactlyopposite where the Congregational church now stands, and thislocation of the Church of England house of worship was by vote ofthe town exactly 28 rods to the south of that, but on the oppositeside of the road. The building was used by the Episcopalians until1793, when it was sold to Solomon Glover, who moved it off thehighway and rented
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