The Congregational Church was organized in 1706. Its pastors from 1707 to 1917 were William Allen, 1707 to 1760; Samuel McClintock, D.D., 1756 to 1804; James Armstrong Neal, 1805 to 1808; Ephraim Abbott, 1813 to 1828; Samuel W. Clark, 1829 to 1847; Edwin Holt, 1848 to 1851; and Edward Robie, D.D., 1852 to 1917. This building was erected in 1756.