Elmwood Community Church

The Elmwood Community Church is a congregational church that belongs to the United Church of Christ. Founded in 1921 in the center of Elmwood, the church started in the mid-1870's as a small chapel.

History
In November 1926, the congregation of the Elmwood Community Church stood in the excavation of their new church after the morning service. Men of the congregation provided their services in leveling the pyramids of earth thrown up by the steam shovel the week prior to hurry up the work of building and to reduce the cost.

On October 5, 1929, a huge wedding ceremony was held at the Elmwood Community Church between Stephen H. Millard and Ruth S. Tracy, the daughter of the famous Reverend Charles K. Tracy, pastor of the church. In the group of guests were friends from Boston, Torrington, Providence, Norwich, and New York. An October bridal ceremony, it signified the importance of the new church, which had been dedicated just a few years before.

In early October 1958, a new church steeple atop the church was dedicated at Sunday service. Reverend Tracy was one of the members of the dedication ceremony, in which the steeple was raised to the top.