"The Gilead Chapel, built in 1876 in the town of Waterford, was deconstructed and moved to Moodus in 1969 by Raymond and Carole Schmitt, as they constructed a symbolic community to be known as Historic Johnsonville Village."
"For 60 years the Gilead Chapel served as the interdenominational Sunday School for the youth of Waterford. The instructor, Henry P. Haven, was a firm believer in the virtues of Christian morality as a civilizing force of young people, to stave off temptations, vices and crime."
When I was in PF at Second Congregational Church in New London CT, we went up to take a tour of Johnsonville Village. The Gilead Chapel is part of Second Church's history and outreach to bring Christian Education to the people of Waterford.
Henry P. Havens was one of the founding men of Second Church and the first superintendent of the Church School at Second Church.
Description of chapel taken from Johnsonville Village website.
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