Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"It was a plain white building with a bell tower and forty-four pews. The total cost of the church was 4,750 dollars."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"The first pastor to arrive at the Methodist Church was Elliot B. Fletcher. He was sent by the Maine Conference to provide knowledge about God and to…"

First Parish in Portland

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"The First Baptist churched merged with the Free Baptist to form the United Baptist Church, locally known as the State Street Baptist in 1915."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"It was comprised of ten Charter Members who held services in private homes for many years before the church was built."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… town’s first meeting house, known as the Town or Congregational Meeting House, it was located on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of land…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Congregational Church, Strong, ca. 1950 The Congregational Church was built in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Today, the Methodist Church remains as one of the most enduring landmarks in the center of the village."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"It currently is occasionally used as a church , and primarily it is used as an arts center for dancing, musical productions, and more."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Thomas Libby was part of the Congregational Church. He was excited when he got to leave the state for the first time when he enlisted in the Civil…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central Congregational/Chocolate Church, were joined by more elaborate structures in the 1850s and 60s to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"May. Their father was the local Congregational pastor, and the importance of faith, decorum, and education was stressed."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… village, on her way to services at the Methodist Church. It was a mile and a half walk that she made each Sunday, weather permitting."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Mary’s Church in Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. He is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"As Strong grew, townspeople added churches and schools. Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… rescued goods were stored in the nearby Methodist Church, while the store was rebuilt. Today a portion of that building makes up part of Beal's…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Mary’s Church Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. Scorbutus was the term for used scurvy during the Civil War…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… wife of one of his students—a reverend at another congregation—for childbirth. The family was already struggling to pay the bills, and the student…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"North Yarmouth Congregational Church ca. 1900North Yarmouth Historical Society Like the people in these two towns, those in the ‘back’ lots of North…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… to the eastward would row to Southwest for the Congregational Church. From the Cranberry Isles, that was seven miles."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Historical Society Originally, the Congregational Church was the dominant church of Puritan New England, but after the mid-1750s, new…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"Another landmark church appears in an ambrotype of the stately Federal style Unitarian-Universalist Church of 1831-32 in Castine. George W."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The first four degrees are based on the four seasons of the year. Members dedicated themselves to achieving levels of Faith, Hope, Charity and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Yarmouth In 1747, Deacon John White of the First Congregational Church of North Yarmouth left 30 pounds in his will for the purchase of books."