From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 31:
BAPTIST CHURCH
August 17, 1804, thirty·five of the inhabitants of Rutland met at the house of Amos Weller, organizing themselves as the First Baptist Society of Rutland. January 11, 1805, a council assisted in organizing a Baptist Church in Center Rutland, where after ten or twelve years services were disscontinued and never after resumed. In 1818 a series of revival meetings at "Mill Village", was so successful that the new interest resulted in the organizing of the present Church, which was recognized November 25, 1823. February 17, [32] 1827, the present Baptist Society came into legal existence for the purpose of building a meeting house and supporting a minister . Two days later a compact was entered into by which the first Church edifice of this society was erected on the northeast corner of Washington and Main Streets.
Rev. Hadley Proctor was the first settled pastor commencing his labors in 1827. He reemained with the church until 1834. From 1852 to 1860 the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. Leland Howard. a very able and lovable man. He died here in 1870.
The corner-stone of the present meeting house on Center Street was laid July 18, 1871, the work being completed at a cost of $42.000. George A. Tuttle was chairman of the building committee. The building was dedicated September 30, 1873. In 1873. a Mission School was established at West Rutland, the outgrowth of which has been an organized Church and a neat edifice. The present pastor, Rev. F. W. Irvin, has but recently assumed the duties of his office. He is an energetic and conscientious worker. This Church has the largest membership of any Baptist Church in Vermont.