In 1828, there was no church in the growing community of Wolcottville, the section of present-day Torrington where the church is located. Captain Uri Taylor, who built the community's first school and first hotel, inspired the building of a house of worship - a simple, white frame structure that featured a Sabbath School, led by Taylor's sister-in-law, Charlotte Hungerford.

The congregation itself was not officially gathered until July 11, 1832. A new stone structure was erected in 1867 and still stands as part of our sanctuary. When the three communities of Torrington, Torrinford and Wolvotville united to become Torrington, the Wolcottville Congregational Church became the Third Congregational Church of Torrington. In 1900, the stone structure was expanded to it's present size and was reborn as Center Congregational Church.

Over the years, as the church opened its doors to the expanding immigrant community, special worship services were conducted here in six foreign languages: German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Swedishm and Arabic/Aramaic.

Our church building was burned by arsonists in January 1979 but, aided by the community and many other churches was restored to its present beauty in October 1980. In 1982, we joined with the United Church of Christ, a denomination made up of churches with a heritage and mission similar to our own.