The current meeting house was built in 1843, and is one of state's best examples of Greek Revival ecclesiastical architecture.

[1] The First Congregational Church stands prominently in the village center of Orwell, near the western end of an oval drive on the north side of Main Street (Vermont Route 73).

The front facade has a fully pedimented gable above an entablature supported by four brick pilasters and two fluted Doric columns.

The fine acoustics lend themselves to organ concerts, congregational singing and makes easier preaching from the large Victorian pulpit.

Music has long been a hallmark of the church, with organists serving for many years at the fine Hook-Tracker organ, built in the 1860s and restored in the early 1990s.