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Title: Abington Congregational Church
Creator: Mills, Lewis Sprague, 1874-1965 (Photographer)
Date: 1895 - 1955
Summary: White Greek revival style church with shuttered windows and bell tower photographed from front right angle. Houses of Pomfret Center visible down the road.The congregation of the Abington Congregational Church was founded in 1749. The church building was built in 1751, making it the oldest standing ecclesiastical building in Connecticut and one of the few surviving examples of 18th century peg and beam construction in New England. The steeple and bell were added in 1802, and the church done over in Greek revival style in 1840.
Owner: Connecticut State Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:1265

Title: Aerial View, Avon
Summary: Aerial view of early Avon, Connecticut, as seen from the spire of Avon Congregational Church.
Owner: Avon Free Public Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/150002:74

Title: Arch Street looking north, New Britain
Date: 1910
Summary: Brick commercial buildings, some with awnings, line a dirt street with trolley tracks. A frame building at the left has signs that read: "Liquors" and "...use." A standing sign on the sidewalk reads: "Tremont House Cafe / bottling of / Ale, Lager & Porter / Johnson & Parson Prop." Other signs read: " ... / Laundry" "Hoffmann's Bakery / Confectionery" "... / Signs... / Best / in the / City." "... Laundry Cor." The church with a steeple on the right is the South Congregational Church. Horse-drawn wagons, one with a sign that reads: "Laundry," are in the street. A trolley car is blurred from movement. Utility poles line the street. Inscribed on back: "#6 Arch Street New Britain Conn / looking North."
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:14599

Title: Ashford
Creator: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 (Creator)
Date: 1835
Summary: View of the central part of Ashford. At the left is the Congregational Church, with horse sheds beside it; the next building is the Academy. At the right, two taverns, or public houses, with prominent signs, face one another on the opposite sides of the main road leading north. The one on the right is labeled "Post Office / Tavern." Details of the two taverns and adjoining buildings appear above the main composition. The walls are labeled "stone" or "stone walls."
Owner: The Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9482

Title: Ashford
Creator: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 (Creator)
Date: 1835
Summary: View of the central part of Ashford. At the left is the Congregational Church, with horse sheds beside it; the next building is the Academy. At the right, two taverns, or public houses, with prominent signs, face one another on the opposite sides of the main road leading north. The one on the right is labeled "Post Office / Tavern." Details of the two taverns and adjoining buildings appear above the main composition. The walls are labeled "stone" or "stone walls."
Owner: The Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:16914

Title: Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Asylum Avenue, Hartford
Date: 1904
Summary: Gothic revival church built of Portland stone with a multi-colored slate roof and a tall spire. Houses are visible on either side of the church. Trees and utility poles line the street. Snow is on the ground. Inscribed on back: "Asylum Hill Cong. Church / about 1904."
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18647

Title: At a meeting of the General Association of the state of Connecticut, holden at Litchfield, June 16th, 1801. Voted to approve the following regulations proposed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America
Creator: Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Association (Creator), Perkins, Nathan, 1748-1838 (Contributor)
Date: 1801
Summary: Broadside sets forth regulations governing the settlement of disputes between pastors and congregations in Plan of Union churches with instructions for missionaries to new settlements. Signed by Nathan Perkins, scribe.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:20662