{"id":39034,"date":"2024-02-13T16:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39034"},"modified":"2024-02-12T18:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:20:05","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-connecticut-community-mourns-loss-of-historic-church-after-roof-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39034","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Connecticut community mourns loss of historic church after roof collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-39035\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Globe-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/>Connecticut&#8217;s New London community is reeling after a roof collapsed at the First Congregational Church reports <em>CT Insider<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>CT Insider<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The pile of stone that was once a seemingly indelible landmark in New London should wake state residents to the urgent need to save Connecticut&#8217;s historic houses of worship, preservationists say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet&#8217;s use this tragedy as an excuse to get this conversation going,\u201d historian and preservationist Bill Hosley said of the collapse on Jan. 25 of the Engaging Heaven Church\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the cave-in of the church&#8217;s granite steeple and much of the roof is under investigation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/connecticut\/article\/new-london-church-collapse-ct-preservation-18634727.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut&#8217;s New London community is reeling after a roof collapsed at the First Congregational Church reports CT Insider. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39036,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39034\/revisions\/39036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}