History:

Thus the present North Windsor Baptist Church was born. The service was apparently held in the Lynn Hill school house, which seemingly continued to serve as meeting place for some fifteen years. It seems strange, but in the continuous minutes we have from 1820 to about 1900 there is no mention of a church being built. However Kingsbury's History of Kennebec County states it was built around 1837 during the pastorate of Wm. Bowler. Our minutes show that Elder Bowler was pastor from 1834 to 1837, so probably a year or two earlier than 1837 would be about right.

The first inkling we have of what the church was like comes in one of the spring minutes of 1871 when the members voted to repair and renovate the building. The building faced north and south, with a gallery or choir loft in the south end and pulpit in north end. Pews were owned by the members and faced south.

A committee of three was named by the chair to see what should be done and make recommendations to the members. The result was interesting to me. With a committee of only three a majority and a minority report were submitted for their consideration. The minority report was accepted which was tear down the gallery, build two small entries, leave pulpit in north end and turn seats around and repair them, cost six dollars each. The choir was to have seats between the entries. The dedication ceremony was held Aug. 16, 1871.