Original Gregg Library

The importance of books and a library has always been a significant part of First Congregational Church’s history.  When the present sanctuary was built in 1888-89, a library was included, displayed on one wall of the Sacristy.  The library found a new home 46 years later in a small frame house sitting on the church’s west side.  That house was bought and donated to the church in memory of Rev. James B. Gregg, who served as pastor for twenty-seven years.  It was named the Gregg Memorial Library Building. The building housed a study and classrooms.  In addition Dr. Gregg’s children gave a $10,000 bequest dedicated to the library.  That bequest still funds the library’s budget today. The Gregg Library now resides on the second floor of the Education Building attached to the church through an atrium.