Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner
Description
Construction of Old South Congregational Church began in the 1790s. The first bell was purchased from Paul Revere and Son. This bell cracked and was replaced. Charles Bulfinch, brother-in-law to Charles Vaughan of Hallowell, designed the steeple while he was involved in the construction of the Maine State Capital building in Augusta in the early 1830s.
Fire broke out in the church on December 1, 1878 and it burned to the ground. Construction of a new granite church was started in the early 1880s and completed in 1885.
For many years the clock in the belfry was the official city clock.
About This Item
- Title: Old South Congregational Church, Hallowell, ca. 1875
- Creation Date: circa 1875
- Subject Date: circa 1875
- Location: Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 7.5 cm
- Local Code: CP005004
- Collection: Sam Webber Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Streets--Maine--Hallowell
- Water Street (Hallowell, Me.)
- Clock towers--Maine--Hallowell
- Congregational churches--Maine--Hallowell
- Bell towers--Maine--Hallowell
- Revere, Paul, 1735-1818--Associated objects
- Church bells--Maine--Hallowell
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