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St. John's Catholic Church is a historic church at 217 York Street in Bangor, Maine.Built in 1855 at the height of the anti-immigrant Know Nothing movement, it stands as a major symbol of the city's Irish-American heritage, and a high quality local example of Gothic Revival architecture.
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 church was finished on July 18, 1936, and was dedicated on October 23, 1938, to the saints the church whose name it bears, Saint Peter and Saint Paul. On July 14, 1983, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places, for being the second-largest church in New England. In 1986, the Dominicans handed the administration of ...
The church and parking lot at 7 Dane Street were put on the market in December for $900,000. Christ Church started holding services at the Dane Street site in 1921 but vacated the premises in ...
The Former First Congregational Church is a historic church building at 938 Post Road, on the corner of Rt. 1 and Buzzell Road in Wells, Maine. It was built in 1862 on the site of the first colonial meeting house in Wells, believed to have been built in 1664. The building is a fine example of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a historic cathedral on Cumberland Avenue in Portland, Maine, which serves as seat of the Diocese of Portland. The rector is Father Seamus Griesbach. [2] The church, an imposing Gothic Revival structure built in 1866–69, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
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.
A Voyage into New England, written by Capt. Christopher Levett to spur interest in the Maine colony. The first European to attempt settlement was Christopher Levett, an English naval captain who was granted 6,000 acres (24 km 2) from the King of England in 1623 to found a permanent settlement in Casco Bay.