Bicentennial Quilt - The Second Ecclesiastical Society of Saybrook
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The present church building, The Centerbrook Congregational Church, was started in 1790, just west of the old meeting house on a knoll parallel to the "Cart Path," and completed two years later. The great oak framing of the building is still in good condition.
In 1839, the church was turned so that it fronted on the road. At this time, the original steeple was removed. The story is that 100 cannon balls, made at an iron foundry in North Clinton for use in the Revolutionary War, were used as rollers. Twenty or more pair of oxen pulled the building around.
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The Second Ecclesiastical Society of Saybrook
