Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.174 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…

Mohegan Church, Montville.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885

Date1834

MediumDrawing; pencil on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (15 x 20cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley

DescriptionSmall church located in an open field; a stone wall is in the foreground, small trees at left and right, and wooded hills in the background. A small sketch of a two-story house above the main drawing appears to be Sampson Occum's house, also in Montville.

Object number1953.5.174

NotesRelated Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.

Subject Note: According to John Warner Barber, the Mohegan Church was erected in 1831 at the expense of benevolent ladies in Norwich, New London and Hartford, for the use of Mohegan and white inhabitants of the reservation.

Subject Terms