Plymouth Congregational Church (New Haven, Connecticut)

Plymouth Congregational Church
Location 1469 Chapel St., New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°18′41″N 72°56′40″W / 41.31139°N 72.94444°W / 41.31139; -72.94444Coordinates: 41°18′41″N 72°56′40″W / 41.31139°N 72.94444°W / 41.31139; -72.94444
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1894
Architect William H. Allen; Sperry & Treat
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 83001250[1]
Added to NRHP July 28, 1983

Plymouth Congregational Church, also known as Plymouth Church or Temple Keser Israel, is a former late-nineteenth-century Congregational Church at 1469 Chapel Street in New Haven, Connecticut. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The church is notable example of adaptive reuse, having been converted into a synagogue and medical office building.

The church was built around c.1890 in the Romanesque Revival style with an elaborate octagonal interior sanctuary listed on the National Register of Historic Places that lost many original features and fittings when it was converted into a synagogue. Before the building was abandoned and vacant for several years, the ceiling had been covered with acoustic tiles, and the vacancy invited extensive vandal and water damage. An initial attempt to convert the abandoned building into medical offices with the insertion of three floors and the complete destruction of any extant internal features was denied by the regional National Park Service office since the alterations would "… leave no area for perception of even part of the original. grand, open plan." Upon appeal, however, and a review of the damage already afflicted, the reuse was approved since the damage was seen to be beyond repair and the interior was gutted.[2][3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Mark A. Bower, “Putting Offices in the Sanctuary: Utilizing Rehabilitation Tax Credits for Adaptive Reuse of Religious Buildings,” Inspired, Mar-Apr 1989: 4-6, 8, 16-17.
  3. ↑ Jack A. Gold and John Herzan (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Plymouth Congregational Church / Plymouth Church / Temple Keser Israel" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1983


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