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Huddleston. On October 7, 1962, Rev. A.S. Phillps dedicated the new buildings at 1305 West Second Street, Benicia. In January 1961, First Congregational Church of Benicia changed it name to Community Congregational Church.
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Benicia's Sages Hall (Rueger's Hall), above a town saloon. The First Congregational Church of Benicia chartered on June 5, 1866, after the seventeen members votes on the Articles of Faith and Covenant. The church building was completed on December 10, 1868, at debt free cost $ 6,800 at 35 West J.
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