1639: the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted in the first meeting house by representatives of Wethersfield, Hartford, and Windsor.  This document served as the model for the United States Constitution.  As a prelude to the drafting of the Fundamental Orders, Thomas Hooker preached a sermon in which he stated, “The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the free consent of the people.”

1788: the third Meeting House was the site of the Connecticut convention to ratify the United States Constitution.

1807: First Hartford performance of the “Hallelujah!” chorus from Messiah, at the dedication of the present Meeting House.

1813: the first public Roman Catholic Mass in Hartford was celebrated in the Meeting House.

1822: the Jubal Society was authorized to present musical concerts in the Meeting House and public concerts continue to this day.  The Meeting House has been one of the host sites for First Night Hartford since 1990.  

1865: Mary Warburton endowed a chapel on land the Church purchased on Temple Street. Warburton Chapel served many immigrant families. It continues today as the Warburton Community Church.

1905: the Church House, at the corner of Lewis and Gold Streets, was built and dedicated to the educational and social work of the Church. It provides meeting space for many community-based programs.

1909: Camp Asto Wamah was started at Columbia Lake.

1957: Center Church voted with other Congregational, Evangelical and Reformed, and Christian Churches to merge to form a new denomination, the United Church of Christ.

1968: Center Church and other downtown churches founded Center City Churches, a social services agency still active in assisting city residents.

1994: voted to become an Open & Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ.

1999-2001: extensive restoration of the Meeting House and the Church House to prepare for the twenty-first century.