Residents of Deerfield, Massachusetts, voted in 1823, to spend $6,000 to build a new Congregational meetinghouse. It would be the fifth one built since the town was established in 1671. Unlike the other four that preceded it, this building would be used “exclusively for worship.” The Congregational Church remained the established church of Massachusetts until 1834. The architecture of Deerfield’s meetinghouse is typical for New England during this period. Its steeple and its location on a knoll made it the tallest building in town, visible for miles.
Brick Church. Photograph. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-08-01-0089/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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