The church at this site was constructed in 1872 but its congregation is a continuation of West Springfield’s "First Church", which was established in 1696 by order of "the Great and General Court for his Majesties Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England".
In 1702, after receiving permission from the General Court, the first group of parishioners built their "Meeting-House" on the town common where the gazebo now stands. 100 years later, in 1802 when the "Meeting-House" on the common became unusable, the "First Church" parishioners built a new "Meeting-House" on the top of Clay Hill which soon came to be known as "Meeting-House Hill".
In 1869 a group of 72 people asked to be dismissed from the White Church on the Hill for the purpose of organizing a church nearer the center of town. This defecting group had always preferred a more central location. The Park Street Congregational Society was formed July 19, 1871 and built this Gothic style building in 1872.
Forty years later, in 1909, the parishioners who had remained at the White Church on the Hill elected to rejoin the Park Street Society in this church facing the common. The pastor of the White Church made the transition to minister to both groups.
This beautiful historic church has had many changes, renovations and additions since then and the church facilities are used for both religious and civic gatherings.