Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . be bought of the estate of BenjaminSmith, deceased, for the sum of $400. Instructionswere given to the building committee at this meetingto examine the meeting house in Springfield and thehouse in Meriden, Connecticut, and any other housesof worship they might think best to inspect. Therewas also talk about a vestry and measures for warmingthe house. It was voted to purchase the proposed sitefor the sum named by the committee. The name ofGeorge W. Hubbard appears in the records as parishclerk at this time. February 5, 1849, the building

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Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . be bought of the estate of BenjaminSmith, deceased, for the sum of $400. Instructionswere given to the building committee at this meetingto examine the meeting house in Springfield and thehouse in Meriden, Connecticut, and any other housesof worship they might think best to inspect. Therewas also talk about a vestry and measures for warmingthe house. It was voted to purchase the proposed sitefor the sum named by the committee. The name ofGeorge W. Hubbard appears in the records as parishclerk at this time. February 5, 1849, the building committee reporteda plan for the meeting house, calling for a structureeighty feet long, including a portico in front of sevenfeet, supported by four Ionic columns, and a vestibule often feet The width of the building proposed was fiftyfeet, and according to the plan there were to be seventysix pews on the lower floor and twenty in the gallery,with suitable seats for the accommodation of the pews in the new house were appraised at $5,880. 66. THE Forn IONIC ;

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