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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 16

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8  PRELIMINAKY  HISTORY.
and  became  a  proj^rietor  to  the  extent  of  $1,000.
The  contract  was  dated  January  25,  1851,  and  called
for  the  completion  of  the  building  by  the  first  of
March  in  the  following  year.  With  the  exception  of
a  lot  of  land  worth  $2,000,  all  the  payments  were  to
be  made,  and  were  made,  in  cash,  as  the  work  pro-
ceeded. A  very  eligible  site  had  been  purchased  one
week  previous,  for  $1,015,  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Tuttle
and  her  daughters  Lucy  and  Elizabeth,  at  the  corner
of  Columbus  and  Liberty  streets,  described  in  their
deed  as  containing  "  ninety  square  rods,  more  or  less."
It  is  bounded  Northerly  115  feet  6  inches  by  Colum-
bus street.  Easterly  206  feetby  Liberty  street.  South-
erly 115  feet  8  inches.  Westerly  203  feet  9  inches.
The  walls  of  the  church  above  ground  are  of  Port-
land (Connecticut  Eiver)  stone,  64  feet  front  and
rear,  by  90  feet  from  outside  to  outside,  and  34  feet
high  from  top  of  water-table  to  line  of  eaves.  Ke-
cess  for  pulpit  in  rear  end  of  the  church,  7  feet  by
22,  and  26  feet  six  inches  high  from  top  of  water-
table  to  line  of  eaves.  Tower  21  feet  by  21,  and
87  feet  high  from  top  of  water-table  to  top  of  stone-
work. From  the  surface  of  the  ground  to  the  top
of  battlement,  98  feet  6  inches.  As  the  tower  pro-
jects 10  feet  from  the  main  building,  the  entire
length  of  the  structure  is  107  feet.  The  audience
room  is  75  feet  by  59  feet  8  inches  in  the  clear,
exclusive  of  the  recess  for  puljiit,  and  organ-loft  in
front.  Tlie  foundation  walls  of  the  tower  are  six
feet  thick  at  bottom,  and  four  fe-ut  at  top.     Walls

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0016. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 16. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n18/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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