The First Meeting House in Princeton, Massachusetts, was completed in June 1762, just three years after the community incorporated. The original meetinghouse was a plain structure that was eventually outgrown and replaced in 1796. By the 1830s, the church was dated and the congregation voted to erect a new house of worship, the first built without tax revenue. The third church, this building, was constructed at the northern edge of the Town Common but was moved to its present location in 1884 to facilitate the construction of Bagg Hall. Completed in 1838, the Greek Revival style Congregational Church of Princeton features a recessed portico, fluted Doric columns and pilasters, and a tall multi-stage steeple. Changes to the building are minor, and date to the 1884 move. The changes include a full basement and the installation of a rose window from the 1762 meetinghouse. Inside, an ornate chandelier said to have been saved from the Maverick Congregational Church in East Boston hangs above the pews.
