Church Belfast, Me. 358 10-24-04-5

"Church Belfast, Me. 358 10-24-04-5" Street Scene, Buildings, Church, Bell Tower, Wooden Sidewalks "North Church, High and Church Streets, [built in] 1831-32, Benjamin S. Deane of Thomaston, architect. Dedicated February 14, 1832 as a Congregational Church." --Earle Shettleworth, 2011 [included in the Exhibit "Waldo County Through Eastern's Eye"] View of the North Congregational Church at the corner of Church & Market Streets. When the Reverend William Frothingham took over the First Parish Church Congregational- the First Church on the corner of Church & Spring Streets) in 1819, he brought with him some decidedly Unitarian ideas. This precipitated a theological falling-out. The members of the congregation that did not embrace this philosophy, seceded and eventually built the North Congregational Church in 1831. The theological differences that separated them largely faded by 1900. In 1921, the Congregationalist sold the church to the American Legion and moved back in with the Unitarians at the First Church, healing the century old split.

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LB2007.1.106289

Accession Number

LB2007.1

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106289

Object Name

Negative, Glass Plate

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Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection

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City/Town:

Belfast

State/Province:

Maine

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[included in the Exhibit "Waldo County Through Eastern's Eye"] Untitled, North Church, Belfast, Maine ca. 1910 LB2007.1.106289 Following a split in the congregation of the First Church, the North Church was built in 1831 on Market Street, between High and Church streets. The architect was Col. B. S. Dean of Thomaston. During the summer of 1889 An extension to the church edifice, containing a large lecture room and parlor was completed. At that time eight stained glass windows were substituted for the old ones. In 1921, the Congregationalists sold their church to the Frank D. Hazeltine Post 43 of the American Legion and reunited with the Unitarians at the First Church. Following the sale, the addition was "daintily appointed" and used by the Belfast Business Professional Women's Club throughout the 1930s as their meeting room. The American Legion still owns the building. Contributed by: Megan Pinette, Belfast Historical Society

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