Ridgefield, Connecticut

— The Museum in the Streets —

A New Catholic Church was first planned in 1896. This Victorian Gothic building was completed and dedicated on July 5, 1897. This building is described by the Ridgefield Preservation Trust as "? one of Ridgefield's finest buildings?a complex and disciplined design [and] reflects the idealistic romantic approach to the architecture of the Victorian age." On September 12, 1901 its bell tolled for the first time on the occasion of the death of President William McKinley. The Victorian-style church rectory seen in the photograph was completed in 1894. It was razed in 1974.
The building across the street that is now the church's parish-house was built in 1907. it was used for many years by the Knights of Columbus and Marquette Council No. 254, organized in 1897. The first meeting of the Knights of Columbus was held in the old St. Mary Church at the eastern end of Catoonah St.

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Out of the Ashes ...
The Livery Stable and the First Catholic Church
The Village Center in the Early 1900s
A Much-Loved Old Church and a Watering Trough for Horses
The First Society of Ridgefield
The Original Episcopal Church
The Village in the 1900s
More of the Great Fire
The Great Fire of 1895
The Museum in the Streets

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