'Turnback Tuesday' features St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Huntington Green

Turnback Tuesday looks at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church located by the Huntington Green in Shelton.

This building was completed in 1818 after an 1811 fire destroyed the original church, which was built in 1740.

The first rector was Rev. Christopher Newton who is buried in the cemetery on the right side of the church when facing the building. The blue image is created with a process called cyanotype. It is a process that uses a mix of iron compounds that when exposed to UV lights and washed in water oxidizes, creating a Prussian blue image. The technique was invented in 1841 by Sir John Frederick Herschel (1792-1871).

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.