Ebenezer
LutheranOrganized
originally as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
church. The Swedish Lutheran Church dominates
the corner of Oak and Summit streets in this
1896 photograph. Swedish immigrants had
organized "Den Svenska evangeliska Lutherska
Ebenezerkyrkan av Willimantic" on November 17,
1889. The church was built in 1893/94, and
partially rebuilt after a 1916 fire.
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Saint
Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchSt.
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church was built in 1876
on Jackson Street, financed by the borough's
first and second generation of Irish-Americans.
Up until the Civil War, Catholic church services
had to be held in secret. A Belgian missionary,
Father Florimond de Bruycker was also a central
figure in the building's construction.
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Methodist
ChurchThe
Willimantic Methodist Episcopal Church was
organized in 1829. The building gave its name to
to Church Street. It was built in 1848, and
demolished in 1974.
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Saint Mary's Church
St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church, built in 1903 for the city's
growing French Canadian population. Its ornate
spires were replaced in 1956.
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Saint
Paul's was organized in 1882 and in 1883 the
first St. Paul's Church building was erected at
the present site. It was a gingerbread style
church, which came in three sections from
Central Village. During the turn of the century
many Syrian people joined the church, and the
little church was bulging at its seams. In 1912
the present church was built. "
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The original St.
Paul's Episcopal Church building and Parish
House
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Saint Paul's
Church and Parish House
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Congregational Church
The Willimantic's
First Congregational Church was built in
1869/70, thanks to the generous donation of land
and funds from the borough's wealthiest
Congregationalists. It lost its fine spire in
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Baptist
ChurchThe
Willimantic Baptist Church was organized in 1827
and the church was built in 1844. It was
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The Lathrop
HouseThis is
the Lathrop house which stood on the corner of
Union and Washington (now Clark) Streets. The
first Roman Catholic Mass in Willimantic was
celebrated there in 1847 by the Reverend John
Brady of Middletown.
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Immaculata Retreat House |
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Saint Joseph's School
(app. 1892)Father
Florimond DeBruycker is on the left. Sister
Onifried and Father Lawlor are on the right.
Joseph F. Paulhus is third from the left in the
front row.
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