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Abington Congregational Church

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65: 51: 927: 90: 938: 97: 72: 265:. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is three bays wide, the bays articulated by Doric pilasters, and topped by a pedimented gable that is flushboarded, with a round window at the center. A three-stage square tower rises above the entrance. 816: 911: 847: 831: 821: 982: 962: 369: 906: 852: 493: 873: 775: 806: 740: 705: 780: 685: 645: 470: 745: 735: 730: 710: 826: 660: 575: 695: 690: 565: 785: 750: 655: 630: 770: 720: 700: 675: 665: 650: 640: 625: 605: 580: 570: 560: 967: 790: 765: 670: 610: 590: 585: 555: 545: 725: 680: 620: 595: 550: 857: 755: 635: 600: 811: 760: 715: 615: 523: 508: 463: 539: 273:
The church was built in 1751 for a congregation established in 1749 after the main Pomfret congregation grew too large. It is one of the few surviving examples of the
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The Abington Congregational Church is located in the rural village of Abington, on the east side of Route 97, south of its junction with
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are included on the church's website, as well as a record of all Civil War veterans and units from Pomfret, Connecticut.
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and historians. The Old Cemetery of the Abington Church was used from 1760 to 1900, and includes gravestones of 82
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that has been continuously used for religious purposes. In 1977 it was included on the
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Today the church is the spiritual home to a small congregation, and is a member of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut
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gravemarkers, and is still in use today. Lists from both
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Abington Congregational Church is located in Connecticut
Abington Congregational Church is located in the United States
CT 97
Abington, Connecticut
Pomfret, Connecticut
41°51′27″N 72°0′29″W / 41.85750°N 72.00806°W / 41.85750; -72.00806
Edwin Fitch
77001413
Connecticut Route 97
Abington
Pomfret, Connecticut
ecclesiastical
State of Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places
United States Route 44
peg and beam
New England
Edwin Fitch
Mansfield
parsonage
parish hall
United Church of Christ
website
genealogists
American Revolutionary War
Civil War
cemeteries
Reverend Bruce A. Hedman

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