This turn-of-the century photo of Cumberland Street, left, shows the Warren Congregational Church, which was built in 1869 on Warren Avenue at Cumberland Street. The building behind the church was built in 1880 by Samuel D. Warren to serve as a parsonage. In 1957, a brick Parish House was built on Warren Avenue next to the church. The Warren Congregational Church and the Westbrook Congregational merged in the 1970s and built a new church downtown after urban renewal took the old Westbrook Congregational Church. The old Warren church, parsonage and Parish House were sold to the city of Westbrook. The church was demolished, the parsonage sold and moved to upper Cumberland Street near the Windham line and the Parish House became the Westbrook Police Station. In 2005, a new Public Safety building was built and the police station was relocated there. The old station and land were sold, the building demolished and a new Maine Medical Center professional building is being built on the site.

(Photos courtesy of Mike Sanphy)

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