When it was put up in 1794, the raising of the Meeting House was a town-wide affair, according to Historical Society President Lenny Cornwell. The town supplied a hog’s head — 250 pounds of rum — for the expected party. Hugh Gregg, whose descendants still live in town, was paid 75 pounds to build the frame, and more than 100 men from the surrounding local towns turned out to help raise it.

Until a few years ago, Greenfield’s Meeting House was still operating as both a municipal building and a church. Now, the church has moved on, although the building still holds remnants of its presence, including stained glass windows decorating the upper level of the building.

When the Meeting House was first built on the Commons, it faced Francestown Road, and was in the center of the common area where the townspeople would leave their livestock to graze for the day. Older photographs of the building still show the granite fence posts that were used to keep the animals in.

In 1867, the town decided that the Meeting House should face the town center and the building was lifted two feet, hooked to a team of horses, and rotated to face its current direction.

Like most Meeting Houses that continued to hold both town and church functions in the same building, a second floor was added when the building was turned, with the church upstairs.

The Meeting House was also lengthened to accomodate the staircases and a vestry.

The clock and steeple were added in the 1890s. More renovations were added in the 1900s, with a kitchen addition in 1938, and a basement added in 1950.