First Church of Christ (Congregational), Main Street, between School & Church Streets, Farmington, Hartford County, CT
Summary
Site of "Amistad Affair."
Significance: Although moderately altered since its construction in 1771, the First Church of Christ is Connecticut's finest surviving example of a colonial meetinghouse and was the church attended by the Africans involved in the "Amistad" Affair in 1841.
Survey number: HABS CT-224
Building/structure dates: 1771 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1836 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002056
Tags
Date
1901
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Woodruff, Judah
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
connecticut, 41.72006, -72.82862
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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