The town of Pittsfield was originally part of Chichester. The first settlers, however, were from Hampton Falls and that vicinity. The time of settlement was not far from 1770. The town was incorporated March 27th, 1782. On June 3rd of that year the town voted to build a meetinghouse for the Congregational Society and locate it where the former town hall (now Community Center) stands.
At a town meeting held January 6, 1783, it was voted "that the meeting-house should be built of the same bigness of the Hampton Falls meeting-house."
The work was begun and by degrees advanced so as to accommodate the people. But the building was not completed until the spring of 1789.
In September, 1787, the Congregational Society met at the corn barn of Colonel John Cram, who was the first settler in the town. Here the members deliberated, discussed, and planned for the spiritual welfare of the people, present and future, and here they took measures for the regular preaching of the gospel.
On November 17, 1789, the Congregational Church of Pittsfield was duly organized with the Congregational form of government, doctrine and discipline. There were ten people who thus covenanted together.
On the night of February 14, 1876, fire destroyed the church and other structures in the business portion of town.
The following Sunday, the congregation assembled in Central Hall, which was kindly offered by the Grand Army for the use of the church. The message by the Reverend S.S.N. Greeley who became the minister of the Church in 1874 was titled, "In the Day of Adversity Consider."
From his sermon may have come the inspiration for replacing the burned meeting house with the impressive edifice in which the church now takes justifiable pride.
Approximately one year later, on February 13, 1877, the new meeting house which cost $16,000 to build was dedicated free from debt.
