FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  

 

 

 

 

                                                      

                                                        Early photo of Presbyterian Church

 

                                             First church in Clinton County, organized in 1797 and begun in 1812 , the original church was completed in 1816, but during

                                             construction was used as a barracks during the Battle of Plattsburgh. It burned in 1867 and was rebuilt in the 1870s.

                                 

                             

                                            On September 11, 1814 the British used the church, which was only framed out at the time, as a cavalry  barracks. 

                                            American troops, in their attempt to rout out the British, attacked the church with "hot shot", which meant that the

                                            cannon balls were heated to red hot before they were fired.  Fortunately, the church wasn't damaged.  It was completed

                                            in 1816 and dedicated on Christmas Day of that year. 

 

 

 

 

 

                           2011