First Congregational Church (Spencer, Massachusetts)
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The First Congregational Church was a historic church building in
Spencer, Massachusetts Spencer is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,992 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated pl ...
. 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 work ...
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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{{Coord, 42.24643, -71.98906, display=title Churches completed in 1863 Spencer, Massachusetts Destroyed churches in the United States Churches in Worcester County, Massachusetts Building and structure collapses caused by fire