Aug 01, 2023
PHOTOS: Demolition of the Deborah Chapel
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
A backhoe claws it way into the historic Deborah Chapel Wednesday. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
The Deborah Chapel before demolition in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition of the Deborah Chapel in Hartford came after a decade-long fight over the future of the historic structure. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
The Deborah Chapel before demolition in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
Demolition begins on the Deborah Chapel in the Congregation Beth Israel cemetery at Zion Hill in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
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