* [[Newington Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) 1928-1996; (English OB) 1996-'''2024+'''
** Hartford Italian Assembly Hall 1928-1996; Charter Oak Gospel Hall 1948-1996
** @ 464 Farmington Ave. +1933+, 73 Windsor St. +1936+; 57 Albany Ave. +1941-1948+; 49 Charter Oak Ave. +1950-1975/1983; 345 E. Cedar St. 1996-present;
** c/o G. DeLuca +1936+; Joseph DeLuca +1941-1954; c/o Nick Vendetta 1948+ Matthew Brescia @ West Hartford 1955-1967; Matthew J. Brescia @ Windsor 1968-2022;
** also see [https://www.gospelhall-newington.com/ NGH's website]
** Matt Brescia's father, George Brescia, was saved in 1921 at Philadelphia, fluent in both Italian and English, and joined the assembly in Philadelphia initially. Around 1928, a crowd of Italians (40-50) were saved in tent meetings in Hartford, and blessing was granted from brethren in Philadelphia to start an Italian hall in Hartford, of which George Brescia was involved, along with his twin brother Joe, and another brother Matt. Another would be Mike Magnal. At some juncture, the assembly became half Italian-speaking, and half English-speaking, and by 1996, services were completely in English.
** In 1944, in Hartford, Cecile Louise Marr was unwilling to take "unqualified oath of allegiance" to the U.S. as "a member of a religious section known as Plymouth Brethren", as did Damiano Colella, Mary Josephine De Santis,
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