This is from the latest version of Oneida County History: Exploring 200 Years of Oneida County History by Donald White, 1998. One of the earliest churches was the First Congregational Church of Westmoreland, organized in 1792. A building was erected by its members on the green in Westmoreland in 1798. The Congregational Church, later sold to the Hampton Lodge Masons, was destroyed by fire in 1960. The new Masonic Temple stands on the original church property.