Both the site and the congregation are associated with the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Springfield. The Federal style church dates to 1791. In 1856, a Gothic Revival style chapel was constructed to the rear of the church, and originally used as a lecture room. In 1899, a kitchen was incorporated into the lecture room and by 1937 the lecture room was enlarged and converted into the present-day chapel. Structural work, focused particularly on the church steeple was undertaken in the mid-1980s.

The Trust grant will help fund the preparation of a preservation plan and construction documents to resolve several urgent structural issues with the roof trusses and basement piers.

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