State Street Congregational Church first opened its doors in 1852, as an offshoot of its mother church, High Street Congregational Church. A long and storied history has brought it to this day, nearing its 175th anniversary in 2027. Founded by some of the most prominent families in the city, it has played an important role in Portland for over a century and a half.

Throughout its rich history the people of State Street Church embraced and challenged the social assumptions of their times and chose to speak and act deliberately to make the world a better place.  From being staunchly abolitionist to being a spark for women’s suffrage in Maine, to courting the disaffected in the turbulent 1970s, State Street has been willing to be in the forefront on societal issues and concern for the less fortunate.