Saint Laurent F. C. - RC Church, 1888
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (23.5 x 18.4cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPhotograph of Saint Laurent Church in Meriden, CT. Front facade has a square tower in the center entrance. A stone staircase leads to the front entrance. Stained glass windows of clovers on the front facade. The side facade has lancet stained glass windows and buttresses.
Object number2015.149.1.9
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "Saint Laurent F. C. - RC Church, 1888"Recto, handwritten in pencil: "Meriden"NotesFrom: Archdiocese of Hartford, Parish History website
Catholic Church in Meriden. Responding to immigrant needs, on May 27, 1880, Bishop Lawrence S. McMahon appointed the multilingual Father Alphonse Van Oppen to found a parish for both the French and Germans. Father Van Oppen bought property on Camp Street, where groundbreaking ceremonies occurred on July 5, 1880. Bishop McMahon dedicated the church basement, named in his honor, on April 10, 1881. On November 4, 1888, the upper church was dedicated, despite delays caused by the Blizzard of 1888. St. Laurent grew with the establishment of a parish school in the church basement in 1893, staffed by the Sisters of the Assumption. In 1903, a new school was erected on Camp Street. It closed in 1998.
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