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Rocky Hill Congregational Church

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projecting gabled entry section with corner pilasters, and three doorways. The central doorway is framed by engaged columns and topped by triangular modillioned pediment, while the flanking doorways are framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature and modillioned cornice. A three-stage square tower, housing a clock and belfry rises at a small setback from the projecting entry section.
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The Rocky Hill Congregational Church stands prominently in Rocky Hill's town center, on a triangular site encompassed by Church, Old Main, and Center Streets. It is a two-story gable-roof wood-frame structure resting on a brownstone foundation. It has distinctive late Georgian styling, with a
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The first church in Rocky Hill was built in 1727, after it was established as a separate parish of
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Rocky Hill Congregational Church is located in Connecticut
Rocky Hill Congregational Church is located in the United States
Rocky Hill
Connecticut
41°39′56″N 72°38′21″W / 41.66556°N 72.63917°W / 41.66556; -72.63917
Georgian
Rocky Hill Center Historic District
ID07000111
82004438
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Georgian architecture
National Register of Historic Places
Wethersfield
Middletown
Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut


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Rocky Hill Congregational Church
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