Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut)

Christ Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Christ Church Cathedral
Location	955 Main St., Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1827
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	83003558
Added to NRHP	December 29, 1983

Christ Church Cathedral is a historic church at 955 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. 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.

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Although the church was constructed over a long period of time (it was begun in 1823, but the tower was not completed until 1839), the initial design was by Ithiel Town; it is one of the nation's earliest Gothic churches.

See also

• Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
• Richard Thomas Nolan
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut

External links

• Contributions to the history of Christ church, Hartford, Volume 1 (Belknap & Warfield, 1895)