Tuesday, April 03
The First Congregational Church of Lee, founded in 1778, built a meeting house in 1780 on the south side of the church green; today the site is marked by a Lee marble stone marker. In 1800, a more imposing edifice was built, but it burned to the ground in 1857. The current church, which dominates the village green, was constructed immediately thereafter and is considered an unusually fine example of Romanesque style of architecture. The wooden frame steeple is said to be the tallest in New England. A 2,000-pound bell hangs below it in the bell tower, and the Seth Thomas clock system tolls every hour. The clock is still wound weekly by hand. From June through October tours are given every Saturday morning from 11 to 12, or at other times by arrangement through the church office.


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