FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  

                               Early photo of Presbyterian Church

                                                                       First church in Clinton County, organized in 1797 and begun in 1812.. 

                                                 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.