Picture Tolland: A Visit To An Old Church

TOLLAND, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Tolland series takes us back to the late, late, 1700s and a North Green landmark in Tolland that no longer exists.

It's the Lee Methodist Church, built in 1793 on the site of 95 Tolland Green.

The Tolland Historical Society Tells us that Charles Underwood bought it in 1878 and moved it back about 200 feet (putting it over the current day property line in the wayback part of 689 Tolland Stage Road) after the Methodist Society voted to build a new church on the Green site.

The old church was used for various purposes. It was taken down after the hurricane of 1938 and one of the church benches can be seen at the Jail Museum.

The second church was later sold to the Grange society and is now a private residence.

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Picture Tolland is a periodic look at images of the town, past and present.