Stone church with arched and circular windows, a Palladian window, and a square tower with a steeple. Young trees grow in the grassy lawn of the churchyard which is surrounded by an iron fence. An excavation in the foreground, apparently where a building has been demolished, is surrounded by a wooden railing. Men sit on the railing near a sign that reads: "Original / Tea / Store / We Moved." A commercial building on the opposite side of the dirt street has iron balconies, striped awnings, and a sign that reads: "Phoenix / Mutual / Life / Insurance / Company. Two horse-drawn wagons are at the left, near a sidewalk and a street lamp. Inscribed on back: "The Pearl Street Church, showing the lot upon / which the Conn. Mutual Life building now stands / just after the removal of the Union Hall building. / The Pearl Street Church was sold to the Con. Mutual Life Co. / in June 1897 and will soon be removed. It was built / about 50 years ago."

Title supplied by cataloger. William H. Kelsey and H.P. Hitchcock were the partners in Kelsey & Hitchcock, merchant tailors at 283 Main Street in the 1870s. The cornerstone of the brownstone Pearl Street Congregational Church was laid in 1851. The building was dedicated in 1852 and demolished in 1899.

1870

Pearl Street (Hartford, Conn.)

Church buildings
Congregational churches
Building sites
Commercial buildings

photographs

Source extent: 1 photographic print ; 10 x 11 cm.

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Accession number 1956.84.120

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