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"Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine" by John Hilling, c. 1854. The anti-Catholic riot that occurred in Bath on July 6, 1854, [1] [2] was one of several anti-Catholic incidents that took place in coastal Maine in the 1850s. The first and most violent anti-Catholic riot in Maine took place in Bangor, Maine, in 1834.
The North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist Meetinghouse, also known as the Old Baptist Meeting House, is an historic church on Hillside Street in Yarmouth, Maine.Built in 1796 and twice altered in the 19th century, it is believed to be the oldest surviving church built for a Baptist congregation in the state of Maine. [2]
The origin of the name Maine is unclear. One theory is that it was named after the French province of Maine.Another is that it derives from a practical nautical term, "the main" or "Main Land", "Meyne" or "Mainland", which served to distinguish the bulk of the state from its numerous islands. [1]
KENNEBUNK, Maine — The town is considering purchasing the former Christ Church on Dane Street, where Taylor Swift once shot a music video.. The Kennebunk Select Board will hold a public hearing ...
The church was built in 1857 by Abiah Steward, and represents a well-preserved modestly-styled example of transitional architecture in a rural setting. North Newport's Baptist congregation was established in 1817, and its Christian Church congregation about 1840, both originally meeting in local schoolhouses.
St. James Episcopal Church (Old Town, Maine) St. John Catholic Church (Saint John Plantation, Maine) St. John's Catholic Church (Bangor, Maine) St. John's Episcopal Church (Dresden Mills, Maine) St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Lewiston, Maine) Saint Jude's Episcopal Church (Seal Harbor, Maine) St. Lawrence Arts Center
St. Anne's Church and Mission Site is a historic religious site on Down Street at the southern end of Indian Island in Old Town, Maine, United States.The site includes a church, dating to about 1830, and a cemetery, established in 1668.
The Abyssinian Meeting House is a historic church building at 73–75 Newbury Street, in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine. [1] Built 1828-1831 by free African-Americans, it is Maine's oldest African-American church building, and the third oldest in the nation. [2]