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First Baptist Church (Sedgwick, Maine)

The First Baptist Church is a historic church building on High Street, off Maine State Route 172 in Sedgwick, Maine. It was designed in Greek Revival style by architect Benjamin S. Deane, based on published drawings by Asher Benjamin, and built in 1837 for a congregation founded in 1805. It is one of coastal Maine's finest Greek Revival churches, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Description and history The First Baptist Church is set facing east on the south side of High Street in Sedgwick, between Maine Routes 172 and 175. Its facade is dominated by a massive projecting Greek pedimented gable temple front, supported by fluted Doric columns. The building's front corners are pilasters, a detail repeated where the projecting temple front meets the front wall. The front facade behind the temple front is flushboarded, while the remaining walls are clapboarded. The church has a multi-stage tower that is square in the first two stages, followed by an octagonal belfry with four round-arch louvered openings, topped by a round cupola and spire. Sedgwick's Baptist congregation was established in 1794 as a Congregationalist organization with Rev. Daniel Merrill as its minister. The congregation underwent a large-scale conversion to Baptistry in 1805, taking 75% of the Congregationalist membership. This congregation retained Bangor architect Benjamin S. Deane to design its church, which was built in 1837. Deane's design is based on a drawing publisher by Asher Benjamin in his Practise of Architecture. Its stained glass windows, gifts of parishioners, were installed between 1892 and 1905, and have been given unproven attributions to several noted stained-glass artists of the period, including John LaFarge and Louis Comfort Tiffany. The congregation was disbanded in 2008, and the building is now owned by the local historical society. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine References
First Baptist Church (Waterville, Maine)

The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 1 Park Street (corner of Elm) in Waterville, Maine. Built in 1826, it is the city's oldest standing public building. It was renovated in 1875 to a design by Francis H. Fassett. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Description and history The First Baptist Church building is located in the center of Waterville, at the northwest corner of Park and Elm Streets. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. It is basically rectanisgular in plan, with a projecting entry vestibule, and a vestry addition to the rear. The building's facade is ornately decorated, with paneled corner pilasters rising to bracketed eaves. Windows are narrow sash, separated between floors by panels, with moulded hoods above the second-floor windows. A tower rises above the main roof, with a square stage rising to an octagonal louvered belfry and then a steeple with flared base. The Baptist congregation in Waterville was established in 1818 by Rev. Jeramiah Chaplin, and at first met in the town's meeting house. In 1824 the congregation began fundraising to build its own church, which resulted in construction of the present building two years later. In 1875, the building was renovated in the latest Victorian styles to a design by Portland-based Francis H. Fassett, then one of the state's leading architects. Under the pastorship of Stephen O. Meidahl, the church became non-denominational and no longer affiliated with the Baptist Church; it was renamed simply First Church and as it states on its website it is a "a non-denominational reformed church teaching historic Christianity" in a historic church building." https://www.firstchurchwaterville.com/ See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References External links Official website
First Callahan Building

The First Callahan Building is an historic commercial and residential building at 276 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine. Built in 1892 to a design by noted local architect George M. Coombs, the Renaissance Revival brick building was part of a major development on the city's main commercial street by the Callahan brothers, owners of a local gentleman's furnishings store. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The First Callahan Building is located on the east side of Lisbon Street in Lewiston's principal downtown commercial district. It is located adjacent to the Second Callahan Block (at number 282), and across from the Lower Lisbon Street Historic District, which encompasses Lewiston's earliest commercial development. It is a four-story red brick with a flat roof that has an extended bracketed cornice above a brickwork entablature. The main facade, facing Lisbon Street, is nine bays wide, divided into three groups by metal pilasters at the first floor level, and brick pilasters above. The first floor has three modern storefronts, while the upper floors have sash windows set in flat-topped openings with granite sills. Access to the upper floors is via an entrance on Chestnut Street, whose facade matches in detailing that facing Lisbon Street. This building was designed by noted local architect George M. Coombs (who designed numerous buildings across northern and western Maine), and was built in 1892 for T. F. and Eugene Callahan, brothers who operated a shop providing hats, trunks, and other furnishings for gentlemen. The building originally house retail establishments on the ground floor, and offices and residences above; the upper levels have been rehabilitated for exclusive residential use. The Callahan brothers were apparently financially successful, since they were able to build the adjacent block in 1911; it was designed by Coombs' son-in-law and successor, Eugene Gibbs. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
Former First Congregational Church (Wells, Maine)

The Former First Congregational Church is a historic church building at 938 Post Road, on the corner of Rt. 1 and Buzzell Road in Wells, Maine. It was built in 1862 on the site of the first colonial meeting house in Wells, believed to have been built in 1664. The building is a fine example of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. It now serves as the museum of the Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Description and history The former First Congregational Church is located on United States Route 1 in central Wells, a short way north of the Webhannet River. The area is now commercially developed; the building stands at the southwestern corner of Route 1 and Buzzell Road, facing east. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. The front facade is symmetrically arranged, with sash windows topped by Gothic arched louvered panels on the outer bays, and the entrance at the center, set under a round arch supported by pilasters. Above the entrance is a three-part window with narrow sidelights, with Gothic-arch louvers above. A tower rises above the main ridge, with square stages supporting an open octagonal belfry with round-arch openings. The tower is topped by a steeple and weathervane. The entrance leads into a vestibule area, which is separated from the main hall by two entrances, with an enclosed winding stair leading to a gallery above. The interior doorways are highlighted by gabled pediments. The gallery, unlike many churches of the period in Maine, is cantilevered over part of the nave area, supported by large brackets. The ceiling is pressed metal. The church was built in 1862, and is the third meetinghouse to stand on the site; the first is believed to have been erected in 1664, and the second in 1699, after the first was burned in a Native American raid. The church saw active use until the 1960s, and was given to the local historical society in 1967. Its vestry space is used as a library and museum, while the hall is used as a community performance space. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References External links Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit web site
First McGillicuddy Block

The First McGillicuddy Block is an historic commercial building at 133 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine. The block was built in 1895 by Daniel J. McGillicuddy, and is one of two surviving local examples of the work of local architect Jefferson Coburn. The block, a fine example of late Victorian architecture, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The First MicGillicuddy Block is located at the northwest corner of Lisbon and Ash Streets, occupying a prominent position on Lewiston's principal downtown street. It is a four-story brick structure, trimmed with metal and stone. Its main facade faces Lisbon Street, and is three bays wide, the corner bay rounded at the upper levels and capped by a conical roof. Windows are varied, including large round-arch and segmented-arch windows, and paired narrow windows, all with arches highlighted by orange brick voussoirs and granite keystones. An orange brick beltcourse lies just below the pressed metal cornice of the roof. The ground floor storefront is modern. The Ash Street facade is less ornate, but has two oriel window bays, two stories in height, at the second and third floors. The building was designed by Jefferson L. Coburn & Sons, noted local architects who also designed the adjacent Osgood Building. It was built for Daniel J. McGillicuddy, a prominent local lawyer, who had served in the state legislature and as mayor of Lewiston, and later served in the United States Congress. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
First National Bank (Lewiston, Maine)

The First National Bank is a historic commercial building in Lewiston, Maine. Built about 1903 for the city's first chartered bank, it is a fine local example of French-inspired Classical Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The First National Bank building is located on the south side of Main Street (United States Route 202) in downtown Lewiston, marking the end of a block of brick and masonry buildings at the junction of Main and Lisbon Streets. It is a three-story building with brick walls and cast stone trim. The main facade is four bays wide, with a first floor of modernized storefronts. The bays of the upper floors are demarcated by fluted Doric pilasters, with th esecond-floor windows having square hooded trim, and the third floor windows having segmented-arch lintels. The pilasters support an entablature, above which a modillioned and dentillated cornice projects. The third floor windows have wrought iron balconies supported by cast stone brackets. The Lewiston Falls Bank, later the First National Bank, was founded in 1852, and was instrumental in financing the growth of Lewiston's textile mills in the period before the American Civil War. This building, whose architect is unknown, was built for the institution about 1903. When it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, it was occupied by the bank's successor, Norstar Bank. The building presently houses other retail and commercial businesses. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
First Parish Church (Brunswick, Maine)

The First Parish Church is an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. The church meetinghouse sits at 217 Maine Street in Brunswick, Maine. Built in 1845 to a design by Richard Upjohn, it is a unique example of Gothic Revival architecture done in wood, as the church was built with vertical board-and-batten paneling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The congregation dates to 1717. The Senior Pastor is Rev. John Allen. Description and history The First Parish Church occupies a prominent location on a rise between downtown Brunswick and the Bowdoin College campus, which lies directly to its south. It is a single-story wood frame structure, whose Gothic Revival features include a buttressed tower, lancet-arched openings for doors and windows, and vertical board-and-batten siding. It originally had a spire, which was blown off in a storm in 1866 and not replaced. The church congregation was founded in 1717, for which this is the fourth church. It was built, on the site of the third church, in 1846 by the labor of the congregation, to a design by the noted American architect Richard Upjohn. Funding was provided in part by Bowdoin College, and it has been used by the college for commencement exercises and other activities. The attached vestry was built in 1883. On May 2, 1851, American author Harriet Beecher Stowe had a vision while sitting in pew 23 of the church wherein she saw an enslaved man wounded from a beating he endured from his enslaver. The incident inspired her book Uncle Tom's Cabin. After years in disrepair, the church underwent extensive restoration, which was completed in 2004; the restoration earned the church a Maine Preservation Honor Award in 2006. Past Ministers James Woodside (1718-1719) Isaac Taylor (1721-1722) Robert Rutherford (1735-1742) Robert Dunlap (1747-1760) John Miller (1762-1789) Ebenezer Coffin (1794-1802) Winthrop Bailey (1811-1814) Asa Mead (1822-1829) George Eliashib Adams (1829-1870) Ezra Hoyt Byington (1871-1879) William Phones Fisher (1879-1889) Edward Beecher Mason (1890-1902) Herbert Atchinson Jump (1903-1909) John Hastings Quint (1909-1913) Chauncey William Goodrich (1913-1917) Thompson Eldridge Ashby (1917-1951) John Arthur Samuelson (1951-1958) Horace Martin McMullen (1959-1962) William Brotherton Davis (1962-1966) John Harry Wild (1967-1984) William Carl Imes (1985-2001) Larry Robert Kalajainen (2004-2008) Mary Eileen Begley Baard (2009-2021) John Allen (2021-present) See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine References External links First Parish Church web site
First Parish Church (Portland, Maine)

First Parish Church is a historic church at 425 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. Built in 1825 for a congregation established in 1674, it is the oldest church building in the city, and one of its finest examples of Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The congregation is Unitarian Universalist; its pastor is Reverend Norman Allen. Description and history The First Parish Church stands on the north side of Congress Street, opposite its intersection with Temple Street (formerly Meetinghouse Lane), in the civic heart of Portland, with Portland City Hall a short way to the east, the public library a short way west, and Portland High School immediately to its north. The church is a tall single-story structure, built out of granite from Freeport. The granite is ashlar, except for finely dressed corner quoining. The building is basically rectangular, with a projecting three-bay entrance vestibule, from which a square tower projects slightly further. The three entrances are set in round-arch openings with a fanlight above. The multistage tower has an arched louver above a marble date panel at the second stage, and a clock at the third stage, which is differentiated from the second by rounded corners. The belfry is octagonal, with round-arch louvered openings, and is topped by a smaller octagonal cupola and a short spire. The church congregation was founded in 1674, when Portland was known as Falmouth, then in the Province of Maine, and its early history was interrupted by Native American attacks. Its period of continuous history begins in 1718, when it began meeting in a log church, which was replaced in 1721 and again in 1740 by frame structures. The latter was where a convention was held to draft the soon-to-be state's first constitution in 1819 (statehood being awarded the following year). This church was built on the site of the 1740 "Old Jerusalem" church, and was the first major granite structure east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The building, which reused the tower clock, bell (replaced in 1862) and weathervane from the previous incarnation, was the only one in the surrounding area to survive Portland's great fire of 1866. A chandelier in the church's interior includes a 12 pounds (5.4 kg) cannonball fired at the building during the British attack on Portland in 1775. Hermann Kotzschmar (1829–1908) was the church organist for 47 years. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine Thomas Smith (parson), the church's leader from 1727-1795 References External links Media related to First Parish Church (Portland, Maine) at Wikimedia Commons First Parish Church web site Portland's oldest place of worship opens a new, woman-led chapter The Forecaster, November 30, 2010
First Parish Congregational Church

The First Parish Congregational Church is a historic church at 116 Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine. The congregation was established in 1730, as the ninth church founded in what is now Maine. The current Italianate meeting house was constructed in 1867–68, and is an important surviving design of Portland architect George M. Harding. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The present congregation is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. Description and history Yarmouth's First Parish Congregational Church is located to the east of the town center, on the south side of Main Street (Maine State Route 115). It is a tall single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, an exterior sheathed in clapboard and flushboarded siding, and a granite foundation. A square tower projects slightly from the front, with a gabled entry vestibule projecting further in front of it. The entry consists of a pair of doorways, each flanked by thin composite columns and set in round-arch openings. A larger three-part round-arch window stands above them, with a banded frieze along the raking gable edge of the vestibule. The tower has four stages, and is elaborately decorated, with an open belfry and an octagonal spire. The First Parish congregation was established in 1730, and first met in a meetinghouse, known as the Meetinghouse under the Ledge, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of this location. In 1818, they moved to a new building, known as the Old Sloop, across the street from its current location. That building was turned into a public hall after the congregation moved out in 1868, and was demolished in 1879. The cost of the new church was $35,000. The church was designed for the congregation by Portland architect George M. Harding, one of Maine's leading architects of the mid-19th century. It is one of only three church designs of his to survive in the state. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine References External links Official website
First Parish Meetinghouse

The First Parish Meetinghouse is a historic colonial meeting house at Meeting House Road and Old Pool Road in Biddeford, Maine. Built in 1758, it is the oldest public building in the city, and is one of the oldest buildings of its type in the state. It served as a combined church and town hall until about 1840. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is now owned by the Biddeford Historical Society. Description and history The First Parish Meetinghouse is located at the triangular intersection of Old Pool Road (Maine State Routes 9 and 208) and Meeting House Road. Set facing west, toward Meeting House Road, it is a single-story wood frame structure, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Its front facade is symmetrically arranged, with a pair of entrances at the ground level, and a single window in the gable at the gallery level. The doorways and all windows are topped by lancet-arched Gothic louvers. The main structure is built out of hand-hewn timbers. The building originally had a belfry; this was apparently removed during alterations in 1840, in which the pulpit was lowered and soundboard removed. The meetinghouse was built in 1758 by Nathaniel Perkins, a local master builder, pursuant to a vote by the Biddeford town meeting. The congregation that met here is the "mother congregation" of both the congregation church in adjacent Saco and the present UCC congregation in Biddeford. The meeting house was an important site in the community during the American Revolutionary War, when local organizing activities were held here. It is also notable for its association with James Sullivan, who rose to prominence as a lawyer here and eventually became Governor of Massachusetts. Today, the meeting house is used by the Biddeford Historical Society to hold lectures and educational events about Biddeford's history such as reenactment performances. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References External links
First Parish Meetinghouse (Standish, Maine)

The First Parish Meetinghouse, also known as the Old Red Church, is a historic church building on Oak Hill Road in Standish, Maine. Built 1804-06, it is a well-preserved example of rural Federal period design. The building has served the community as a church and school, and is still occasionally used for religious services. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Description and history The Old Red Church stands in the main village of Standish, near its northern edge, on the northeasteast side of Oak Hill Road. The church is a two-story wood frame structure, with front-facing gabled roof, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation. The front facade, facing the street, is symmetrically arranged, with two entrances set widely apart, with flanking sash windows to the outside, and sash windows above. The main gable has a full pediment, with a Federal period fan louver at the center. The facade is topped by a two-stage square tower, with an open belfry at the second stage, and a balustrade at the top with finialed posts. The interior originally had a large two-story meeting space with a gallery around part of the second floor. In 1848 the second floor was built out fully as part of the building's conversion to educational use. The original box pews and pulpit remain on the first floor. The church was built in 1804-06 on land donated by the Rev. Daniel Marrett, and served a Congregationalist congregation. In 1834 the congregation split over Unitarianism, with the Unitarian faction retaining the building. It used the building for religious services until 1860, adding the second story in 1848 to house a short-lived academy. In the 1890s and 1900s the building was again briefly used for education purposes, as the town high school. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine References