Due to a shortage of funds the church opened and operated for a number of years without a steeple. In 1962 the Methodist Church in Torrington was to be torn down and the steeple from that church was given to this church. For a few months it lay on the side of the church while it was repaired, reshingled and prepared for installation on top of the belfry.

With the steeple finally in place, the Meeting House was now complete. The town of Harwinton, at least to the residents of South Road, had been given a perfect face lift.

The fire of 1949 remains the most significant structural loss due to natural causes that the town has ever suffered through.

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