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  The Union Baptist Church has occupied a prominent place on ‘Baptist Hill’ for many years and has been photographed by many a visitor to Mystic. The following is a just a fragment of the legacy of this dynamic and ever changing church.
  
  The Union Baptist Church met for the first time on September 1, 1861 upon the culmination of efforts to join the congregations of the Second and Third Baptist Churches together. The Second Baptist Church had begun as a small church on Fort Hill in the town of Groton in 1765. In 1831 the population in Mystic had grown to the point where a new Baptist Church was needed and Third Baptist Church was formed. By 1861, both congregations saw the need to join together. The building that houses The Union Baptist Church was formed by conjoining the two church buildings together.
  
  According to Charles Stark’s History of Groton, 1705-1905, “the house of the Third Church was moved back on the lot and placed at right angles to the other, forming a letter “T”. The house of the Third Church was the former Mariners Free Church, an interdenominational meeting house. Teams of oxen dragged the Second Church up High Street a block to the north and placed this building with its spire and clock in front of the Third Church, facing eastward toward the bridge. The bell rang each Sunday as a call to worship. The clock served as the town clock for many years. The hurricane of 1938 took down the steeple and not only destroyed the “Town Clock”, it silenced the church bell as well. The bell and steeple were replaced in 1968 and has been an integral part of village life for nearly a century.

  Added March 24, 2017 by A Google User