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The Warren Congregation Church in Cumberland Mills was officially dedicated on July 8, 1869. Samuel Dennis Warren, owner of the S.D. Warren mill, contributed generously to help build this church. In 1880, Warren again came forward and built a parsonage adjacent to the church. The Rev. Edward S. Tead (1877-1884) was the first minister to occupy the building. When urban renewal took the historic old Westbrook Congregational Church in the 1970s, the congregation merged with the Warren Congregational Church and a new Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church was built. The Warren church property, church, parish hall and parsonage, were sold to the city of Westbrook. The church was demolished; the hall was renovated to serve as a police station and rescue quarters; and the parsonage was sold and moved to a location on Cumberland Street near the Windham town line, and is a private residence.

When the new public safety building was opened in 2005, the city sold the police station, rescue quarters and surrounding land. The site was cleared and a new medical building Is located there. The photo on the right shows the location where the parsonage was originally located.

Research and photos by Mike Sanphy

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