Whitneyville Congregational Church (Hamden, Connecticut)

The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut. The congregation is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC).[1][2] The church building is a Greek Revival style built in 1834, with an interior altered in 1866 to designs by Rufus G. Russell. It has an entrance deeply recessed behind a pair of fluted columns, flanked on the sides by pilasters rising to support a triangular pediment.[3]

Whitneyville Congregational Church
Whitneyville Congregational Church
Location1247--1253 Whitney Ave., Hamden, Connecticut
Coordinates41°20′48″N 72°54′47″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1834
ArchitectRufus G. Russell
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.95000906[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1995

The church, along with its 1924 parish house, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Whitneyville United Church of Christ website, accessed January 22, 2012.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Whitneyville Congregation Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-26.


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