St. Peters’ Parsonage
60 Church Street

This building was built in the 1860’s as the parsonage for St. Peters’ rector. In the 18th century it was very common for a minister or rector to settle for life in a town. This changed in the early 1800’s as ministers started to move from parish to parish depending upon their congregation’s dynamics and their personal desire for a professional career. As congregations vied with each other for qualified clergy, minister’s salaries rose. Many small towns like Hebron found they could not raise enough money within their congregations to compete. The solution to this vexing problem was to offer a new minister a parsonage to spare him from having to buy or rent a house in town.

Notice how this structure is similar to other Federal gable-end-to-the-street houses, but with Victorian details such as a porch and Gothic Revival window in the pediment.

Think about it

What would it be like to be a minister’s son or daughter moving every few years. Would you miss your friends?

Would it be easy to make new friends?

Where to go next

Continue to walk south along Church Street toward Hebron Elementary School to look at the land across from Hebron Elementary School.