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The First Church of Swampscott

Quick Facts: The First Church in Swampscott, Congregational is so named because it was the first church established in town. This lovely seaside community, which the native Americans called "M'squ'ompskut," -- which means "Standing Red Rock," was settled by the English Puritans in 1629.

In 1845, the Reverend Jonas Bowen Clarke began holding services in the Redington Street schoolhouse. On July 1846, he organized First Church with 13 charter members and four years later dedicated the original Romanesque structure on Blaney Street. In 1852, Swampscott, spurred by the young church, became a town separate from Lynn.

The Burrill Street colonial style church was dedicated in January, 1926. Development of the Monument Avenue site began with the Fellowship House, in 1955, and the present New England colonial church was completed in 1967.