From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House
Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House
Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House Added to NRHP: February 20, 1975
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House is a his-
toric church at 155 Wyllys Street in Hartford, Connecti-
cut. It was commissioned by Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, the
widow of Samuel Colt. The buildings were designed by
Edward Tuckerman Potter.
Church of the Good Shepherd
The church was built in 1867 and the parish house
completed in 1896. The church was built as a memorial
to Samuel Colt who died in 1862 and three of his children
who died in infancy. The parish house was built in 1895
as a memorial to Colt’s son Caldwell Hart Colt who died
in 1894. Potter had come out of retirement to design this
building. The church and parish house were added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2]
References
[1] "National Register Information System". National
Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
Location: 155 Wyllys St., Hartford, Connecticut
2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/
docs/All_Data.html.
Coordinates: 41°45′26″N 72°40′9″W / 41.75722°N [2] "Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House"
72.66917°W / 41.75722; (pdf). http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/
-72.66917Coordinates: 41°45′26″N
72°40′9″W / 41.75722°N 72.66917°W / Text/75001925.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
41.75722; -72.66917
Area: 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built: 1867
Architect: Edward Tuckerman Potter
Architectural style: Gothic
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 75001925[1]
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• Gothic Revival architecture in Connecticut
• Religious buildings completed in 1867
• 19th-century church buildings
• Buildings and structures in Hartford, Connecticut
• Buildings of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
• Churches in Hartford County, Connecticut
• Edward Tuckerman Potter buildings
• Connecticut Registered Historic Place stubs
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