Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut)

Christ Church Cathedral stands in downtown Hartford at the southwest corner of Church and Main Streets, surrounded by large-scale commercial buildings. It is a basically rectangular brownstone structure, with a square tower centered at its eastern end. The main facade is divided into three sections by the tower, each of which has a doorway set in a two-story Gothic-arched recess, with a window above. The sides are five bays deep, with buttresses separating Gothic-arched windows, and brownstone finials at intervals along the roof line. The finial details are repeated at the top of the tower, which is surrounded by a low balustrade.[3]

Anglican services have been held in Connecticut since 1702. The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut was organized in 1785 by Samuel Seabury. This church was designed by New Haven architect Ithiel Town, who designed that city's Trinity Church. Primary construction of the edifice lasted from 1827 to 1829, with the tower (designed by Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, after traveling to see country churches in England) not completed until 1939. These two Town designs are the oldest known examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States.[3] Later additions to the building include alterations designed by Henry Austin, George Keller, Frederick Withers, and Ralph Adams Cram. These were typically done with great care to enhance or complement Town's original design.[3]

• List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States
• List of cathedrals in the United States
• Richard Thomas Nolan
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut).

• Christ Church Cathedral web site
• Episcopal Church in Connecticut web site
• Contributions to the history of Christ church, Hartford, Volume 1 (Belknap & Warfield, 1895)

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