News of a building collapse on another continent isn’t the kind of thing that normally sends people into a frenzy of activity.
But when Mike Bell, an architect in Cape Town, South Africa, heard about .
First Congregational Church’s origin story includes architectural debate, structural flaws Editor’s note: In addition to the sources cited, this story is drawn from the records of the First Congr.
I was startled when I saw an email Friday morning with a copy of a letter dated Oct. 12, 1851, addressed to the leaders of New London’s First Congregational Church, warning them the steeple tower of t.