The First Congregational Church was a historic church building in

Spencer, Massachusetts Spencer is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,992 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Spencer, please see the article Spencer (CDP), Massach ...

. The church designed by architect

Elbridge Boyden Elbridge Boyden (1810–1898) was a prominent 19th-century American architect from Worcester, Massachusetts who designed numerous civil and public buildings throughout New England and other parts of the United States. Perhaps his best known works ...

was destroyed by a fire in 1862 but was rebuilt a year later. On June 2, 2023, a lightning strike caused another fire which completely destroyed the church. The congregation dates to 1743.

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Official website
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