As the Irish population of Torrington grew in the mid-nineteenth century, a wood frame Catholic church was built on Main Street in 1859. St. Francis of Assisi mission became a parish in 1874 and on November 13, 1887, a new Gothic-style St. Francis of Assisi Church, replacing the earlier wooden one, was both dedicated and consecrated on the same day, allegedly the first instance of this dual ecclesiastical honor in the nation.
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Torrington (1887)
Do you the architect for St. Francis of Assisi Church in Torrington, CT?
Was it Patrick Keely?
I don’t know. Maybe you could ask the parish?