The matter of replacing the old thatched log meeting house stirred intense emotion in Hingham .
It took two heated town meetings to settle on a site for the new edifice , which was built on land donated by Capt .
The matter of replacing the old thatched log meeting house stirred intense emotion in Hingham , and it took two heated town meetings to settle on a site for the new edifice , which was built on land donated by Capt .