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From the First-Plymouth tower, music floats out and soars upward like
birds shaken free by the great organ inside, grazing Mark, Matthew, Luke
and John at the top of the tower with their golden wings. As one enters
the church thru the large forecourt, his pleasant sense of gracious
earthly living and worship is heightened by the presence of this
heaven-looking tower.
First-Plymouth Congregational church, built in brick, cost half a
million dollars, was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and has become
widely known for its architectural freshness and beauty. A picture of it
illustrates “Religious Architecture” in Encyclopedia Britannica.
Among individual items of interest are three stones incorporated into
the building: The Bethlehem stone from the birthplace of Christ; Pilgrim
stone, gift of Plymouth, England, sailing port of the Mayflower; Martin
Luther stone in the base of the tower, taken from the home of the
reformer. In the singing tower—traditional name of the carillon harking
back to mediaeval times when watchers aloft blew warnings of invaders or
flooding of dikes, are the bells, made by the famous carillon builders,
John Taylor and Co., of Loughborough, England. The church celebrated its
75th anniversary in 1941. Rev. Raymond A. McConnell is its pastor.