The First Ecclesiastical Society of Winchester was established on May 4, 1768 and the first meeting house was erected the following year. On October 11, 1785, Dr. Josiah Everitt deeded land for a new meeting house and a green. After a dispute between residents of the center and northwest sections of the town over where to erect the new meeting house, it was eventually built on the Winchester Center Green in 1786. In 1840 the Society decided to erect a new meeting house, which was dedicated June of 1842. The First Ecclesiastical Society of Winchester was consolidated to form the Winchester Center Congregational Church on October 9, 1954. Two years later, the church was moved 40 feet to a new foundation. A Pastor’s Study was added in 1962. To celebrate the building’s 150th anniversary, the church was rededicated on June 28, 1992.
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