Keywords: Church groups
Item 9245
Creation of the Abyssinian Congregational Church, Portland, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 6397
Ladies Aid quilt, Church of the Messiah, Portland, 1883
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Portland Media: Fabric and ink
Item 111998
Westbrook First Baptist Church, Westbrook, 1888-1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888–1954 Location: Westbrook Client: Westbrook First Baptist Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 116275
Church of the New Jerusalem, Portland, 1908-1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908–1945 Location: Portland; Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
Exhibit
Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"1950 The Congregational Church was built in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street. The church was dedicated in 1849."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca."
Story
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
Story
Mike Remillard shares his in-depth knowledge of our community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
You will learn a lot from Mike's fascination with many topics from church organs to submarines.
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
