First Universalist Church

Liberty Township was organized in 1837. Early settlers, many from New York State, founded the Universalist Society in 1856, organized a Ladies Aid in 1869 and a school in 1876, and held services in the school and the Methodist church until 1881, when they built this church at a cost of $2,400. Two days of sermons and sumptuous dinners preceded its March 2, 1882 dedication, and after the dedication sermon, Baptists, Methodists, and Universalists alike donated the funds required to retire the remaining debt. The bell was donated to the church in 1922, the locally gathered fieldstone staircase was added in 1940, and in 1961 the society joined in the national merger with the Unitarian church.

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