Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ENFIELD, Congregational Church Enfield,Connecticut THE first meeting house in Enfield, a smalltemporary structure, was built in 1684, andwas probably located on the site of the oldcemetery. The second house was erected in 1706 andstood in the highway west of the present post 1775 a third meeting house, the building now usedas a town hall, was erected on ground a little westand south of the present house of worship. In a sermon preached on Old Home Sunday,July 17, 1910, Rev. David L. Yale, pastor of
Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ENFIELD, Congregational Church Enfield,Connecticut THE first meeting house in Enfield, a smalltemporary structure, was built in 1684, andwas probably located on the site of the oldcemetery. The second house was erected in 1706 andstood in the highway west of the present post 1775 a third meeting house, the building now usedas a town hall, was erected on ground a little westand south of the present house of worship. In a sermon preached on Old Home Sunday,July 17, 1910, Rev. David L. Yale, pastor of the Enfieldchurch, said of the third meeting house and the actiontaken towards erecting a new edifice: The meetinghouse was in need of repairs. For nearly seventyyears it had grown old in service for the was the pride of Enfield in Revolutionary days;but, as age had increased, pride had decreased, until,in 1871, there were evident signs of discontent. December 25, 1877, Henry A. Abbe was author-ized to secure subscriptions for a new meeting it was not until Colonel A
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